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Texas company adding ORNL material to portfolio

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Poco Graphite is expanding its product base with Grafoam, a material developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that could lead to more powerful laptop computers and better aerodynamics in automobiles.

July story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SENSORS -- Super-sensitive chemical detector
ENVIRONMENT -- A river flows through it
AUTOMOTIVE -- Electric bus of the future
MANUFACTURING -- A safer workplace

ORNL Part Of Team To Keep Trucks On Wheels

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Thousands of accidents involving truck rollovers could be prevented with an onboard warning system being developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL Discovery May Lead To New Thinking, Materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oil and water do mix after all, some chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered, and their finding may lead to new advanced materials and have other ramifications.

MicroCAT A Welcome Sight To Geneticists And Mice

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With MicroCAT, developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers no longer will have to rely on visible genetic markers and physical examinations to discover the presence of mutations.

ORNL-SEMATECH Computing Tool Helps U.S. Semiconductor Industry Identify Manufacturing Problems

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The U.S. semiconductor industry is raising its productivity and lowering its costs in producing electronic components for computers using a computing software tool developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Funder: Department of Energy

Oak Ridge Physicists Discover New Proton-Emitting Thulium Isotope

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have identified the shortest-lived proton emitter known—the 33rd isotope of thulium (Tm).

Warfare Agent Mass Spectrometer Being Built At ORNL

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A chemical-biological mass spectrometer (CBMS) that will more accurately detect deadly chemical and biological warfare agents and warn soldiers to wear protective gear or to avoid contaminated areas is being developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM).

ORNL To Evaluate Novel Supercomputer

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Next-generation computing is just a processor or two away for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has been designated by DOE to evaluate the first in a new line of supercomputers from the Colorado Springs, Colo.- based SRC Computers Inc.

Nose On A Chip Provides Low-Cost Chemical Detection

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Microsensors able to sniff our mercury, natural gas, carbon monoxide and other chemicals are just a nose away from becoming a reality. The "nose on a chip" is being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.