ORNL researchers winners of five DOE SciDAC awards
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7-Sep-2006
Precision climate modeling forecast by ORNL researchers
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Climate modeling of tomorrow will feature precision and scale only imagined just a few years ago, say researchers David Erickson and John Drake of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computer Science and Mathematics Division.
1-Sep-2006
Innovative projects help ORNL win 3rd straight DOE Pollution Prevention Award
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Donating an old particle accelerator and converting scrap wallboard into fertilizer has helped Oak Ridge National Laboratory save $5 million and earn a Department of Energy "Best In Class" Pollution Prevention Award for a third consecutive year.
25-Aug-2006
ORNL Jaguar supercomputer surpasses 50 teraflops
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has increased the system's computing power to 54 teraflops, or 54 trillion mathematical calculations per second, making the Cray among the most powerful open scientific systems in the world.
17-Aug-2006
US ITER project completes management team
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
A team of scientists and engineers has been chosen to manage the United States' role in a multi-national project to harness the power of fusion. The 12-member contractor team will manage the U.S. contribution to ITER, a global initiative to build the world's most advanced magnetic fusion experimental facility.
7-Aug-2006
ORNL hybrid lighting technology gaining momentum around nation
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
With five hybrid solar lighting systems already in place and another 20 scheduled to be installed in the next couple of months, the forecast is looking sunny for a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
3-Aug-2006
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2006
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: Atom-scale switch, A warmer future, New genetics tool, and Potential CO2 vault.
5-Jul-2006
ORNL wins six R&D 100 Awards, pushing total to lab-leading 128
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won six R&D 100 Awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.
30-Jun-2006
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2006
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
July's story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: bone cloning, new old detectives, electromechanics in liquids, and wider truck tires.
12-Jun-2006
Managing the Soviet legacy
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
An intact nuclear weapon is stolen and detonated. A terrorist group somehow steals, purchases, or produces fissile material and fabricates a crude bomb, called an improvised nuclear device, which the group threatens to detonate if its demands are not met.