Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2003
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24-Jul-2003
ORNL negotiating with companies on cryogenic systems
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Contracts for developing a new generation of producing electricity with high-temperature superconductors are being negotiated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
9-Jul-2003
Story tips from Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2003
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Interesting story ideas from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory include: ORNL adds to arsenal, better turbines, stopping uranium cold, and earlier hints of spring.
3-Jul-2003
Fourth of July no picnic for the nation’s environment
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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.
2-Jul-2003
ORNL wins four R&D 100 awards, pushing total to 116
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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.
9-Jun-2003
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.
6-Jun-2003
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2003
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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).
2-Jun-2003
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.
19-May-2003
ORNL researchers expect big things from nanostructures
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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.
8-May-2003
ORNL instrument can help keep U.S. military planes in air
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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.