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ORNL, General Electric collaborate on super efficient electric water heater

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new Energy Star criteria for electric heat pump water heaters. The GE Hybrid Water Heater is affordable and designed to be 50 percent more energy efficient than a standard 50 gallon electric water heater.

GE Energy to market SNS-developed detector electronics system

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

GE Energy, manufacturer of Reuter Stokes radiation detection equipment, has signed a technology transfer agreement to market the electronics and software associated with the SNS 8Pack neutron detector system, an award-winning design for a system of sensitive neutron detectors developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2008

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stories on the following topics are from the US Department of Energy: navigation, electronics, biology and energy.

New process could cause titanium price to tumble

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.

Jaguar upgrade brings ORNL closer to petascale computing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Upgrades to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar supercomputer have more than doubled its performance, increasing the system's ability to deliver far-reaching advances in climate studies, energy research and a wide range of sciences.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2008

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following contains story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip.

Crop management strategies key to a healthy Gulf, planet

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Improved management of crops and perennials could go a long way toward alleviating the problem of hypoxia, which claims thousands of fish, shrimp and shellfish in the Gulf of Mexico each spring.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2008

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following contains story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip.

ORNL study finds rivers play part in removing nitrogen

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tiny organisms play a powerful role in removing nitrate, a form of nitrogen pollution caused by human activity, in streams, according to a study by a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and published in Nature.

Journal: Nature

ORNL study shows hybrid effect on power distribution

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all -- depending on when people recharge their automobiles. A recent ORNL study examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid electric cars and trucks will affect the power grid depending on what time of day or night the vehicles are charged.