Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2003
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17-Mar-2003
Miniature spectrometer can detect biological hazards
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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.
3-Mar-2003
The next-generation supercomputer
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In September 2003, the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Cray, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, will deploy Cray's X1 system at ORNL's Center for Computational Science. This next-generation supercomputer will be instrumental in addressing problems related to climate, biology, nanoscale materials, fusion, and astrophysics.
3-Mar-2003
ORNL earns four federal lab awards
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has earned four awards in excellence in technology transfer for 2003 from the Federal Laboratory Consortium, which includes some 700 national laboratories throughout the United States.
13-Feb-2003
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory February 2003
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Topics that you might find interesting include: Nanotechnology -- The shape of tomorrow;
Materials -- A smashing success;
Ecology -- Where roads and nature meet and;
Energy -- Cleaner, more efficient gas turbines . . .
30-Jan-2003
ORNL, Georgia's Isotron develop promising new cancer treatment
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Doctors treating incurable brain tumors and other cancers resistant to conventional therapies will soon have a new treatment available to them because of a development by Isotron of Alpharetta, Ga., and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
14-Jan-2003
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2003
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This press release contains story ideas in the areas of transportation, instrumentation, and the
environment.
20-Dec-2002
Cost of lavish Christmas lights display offset by simple measures
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If you're wondering just how much your neighborhood Clark Griswold is paying to brighten the town with Christmas lights visible from outer space, the answer varies significantly from one part of the country to another.
19-Dec-2002
Stretch of I-40 part of ORNL, UT environmental lab initiative
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Twenty-five thousand big rigs rumbling through Knoxville every day will help researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory get a better handle on real-world emissions and their effects on the environment.
6-Dec-2002
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2002
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Story ideas include the following:
Robotics - Easing the warrior's load. Materials - Woodman, spare that tree. Information processing - Evaluating the threat. Chemical monitoring - Keeping labs safer.