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Story tips from Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2003

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Interesting story ideas from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: ORNL adds to arsenal, better turbines, stopping uranium cold, and earlier hints of spring.

Fourth of July no picnic for the nation’s environment

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

When an estimated 60 million Americans fire up their barbecue grills this Fourth of July, they'll be burning the equivalent of 2,300 acres of forest and consuming enough energy to meet the residential demand of a town the size of Flagstaff, Ariz., for an entire year.

ORNL wins four R&D 100 awards, pushing total to 116

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Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won four R&D awards from R&D Magazine, which since 1963 has given the awards for the 100 most significant innovations of the year.

Expecting big things from nanostructures

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to streamline micro-injection--a proven technique for altering the DNA content of a cell--for medical, agricultural, and environmental applications. This research was published in the May 2003 issue of Nanotechnology.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2003

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Interesting story tips from this month include "Steel for the 21st century" (materials), "Nanostructures in a new light" (physics), "A sizzling partnership," and "Record-setting sensors" (chemistry).

Clustering in universe seen as indicator of galaxy evolution

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Researchers at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have discovered surprising new information about how galaxies cluster in space, leading to new information about evolutions of galaxies and matter in the universe. These findings were presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 26, 2003.

ORNL researchers expect big things from nanostructures

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Arrays of nanofibers able to deliver genetic material to cells quickly and efficiently have researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory excited about potential applications for drug delivery, gene therapy, crop engineering and environmental monitoring.

ORNL instrument can help keep U.S. military planes in air

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using an instrument and technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, mechanics can know in seconds if a fuel pump of a military transport plane like the C-141 Starlifter is excessively worn and could fail.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2003

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: "Environment -- Potent poplars," "Sensors -- Tracking down explosives," "Nanotechnology -- There's the rub," and "Energy efficiency -- Better for buildings."

Miniature spectrometer can detect biological hazards

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a miniature device that can identify as little as a fraction of a spore of anthrax and other biological hazards within 30 milliseconds.