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ORNL engineer recognized for contributions

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Johney Boyd Green Jr., a researcher with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been recognized as one of the 50 most important black research scientists in America, according to the September issue of Science Spectrum magazine.

Funder: National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science

ORNL's Delmau joins Technology Review's list of top young innovators

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Laetitia Delmau of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named by Technology Review magazine as one of the world's top young innovators. Delmau joins the "TR100" group of 100 selected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's science publication. Delmau specializes in studies of the physical properties of ligands and separation science with an emphasis on thermodynamics, radiochemistry and physical chemistry.

ORNL microscope pushes back barrier of 'how small'

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers, using a state-of-the-art microscope and new computerized imaging technology, have pushed back the barrier of how small we can see--to a record, atom-scale 0.6 angstrom. ORNL, a Department of Energy national laboratory, also held the previous record, at 0.7 angstrom.

Neutron physics instrument may unlock mysteries of universe

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fundamental questions that particle physicists have pondered for decades might be answered when a $9.2 million neutron physics beam line is built at the Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source on Chestnut Ridge.

ORNL's Shen receives Presidential Early Career Award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Jian Shen of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a Department of Energy recipient of the latest Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), presented today in a White House ceremony.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2004

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Story tips include: simulation -- new generation optoelectronics, energy -- an untapped resource, transportation -- a road to better highways, air quality -- immediate analysis, and chemistry -- the big squeeze.

ORNL's high temperature materials laboratory assists NASCAR teams

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

You might say some scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hang with a fast crowd. More and more, NASCAR teams seeking a racing edge are making pit stops at ORNL's High Temperature Materials Laboratory for high-tech tips to better performance.

Sensors at Watts Bar being evaluated by ORNL

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hundreds of barges, tow boats and recreational craft passing through Watts Bar on the Tennessee River will be monitored for nuclear material as part of an effort to thwart terrorists.

Homeland security initiative takes Memphis' ORNL technologies to the nation

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Homeland Security's recent selection of Memphis as a "best practices" model for high-tech security measures could speed the implementation of similar technologies in other cities.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2004

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include Grains of insight into the grid, more bang for the buck and good vibrations.