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ORNL Microscope "Sees" Bumps That Reveal Partial DNA Structure

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a new imaging approach as an alternative technology for DNA mapping by using an atomic force microscope to image a serpentine strand of DNA.

ORNL Helps Develop Electronic Notebooks

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a recordkeeping tool for the future -- the electronic notebook, which offers scientists all the features of the traditional paper notebook, along with the capability toaccept multimedia input and computer-generated images

ORNL Mice Helping Researchers Isolate, Identify Causes Of Cancer

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are learning something about the causes of leukemia, lymphoma and other illnesses in people by using mice to study the genetics of cancer

Florida Company Using ORNL Technology For Revolutionary Wheelchair

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An invention licensed to a company in Florida by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the basis for a revolutionary, omnidirectional wheelchair, in which an operator can maneuver with 360-degree free wheeling capability

ORNL Method May Treat Breast Cancer Without Surgery

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new method capable of destroying breast tumors without surgery and side effects has been developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Three ORNL scientists applied for a patent on this minimally invasive therapy for breast cancer that combines laser light and presently available drugs

Flaw Detection System May Help Save U.S. Textile Jobs

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

On-line sensors at three United States textile plants are providing information at will help keep textile industry jobs in the U.S. and improve quality of domestically produced fabric. The sensors are part of the American Textile Partnership's Computer-Aided Fabric Evaluation project, developed by DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, and other DOE laboratories

ORNL Develops Procedure To Rate Thermal Performance Of Whole Walls

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has created a procedure to help users measure the ability of whole walls to hold in heat in the winter and keep out heat in the summer

ORNL Signs CRADA With American Magnetics Inc.

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with American Magnetics Inc. of Oak Ridge to produce a new superconducting electric current lead for powering cryogenic systems, which operate at temperatures of -452 degrees Fahrenheit or 4.2 Kelvin.

Neutron Technique May Help Coal, Cement Industries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A nonintrusive inspection technique, developed by DOE's Oak Ridg National Laboratory and Western Kentucky University researchers, can analyze the content of coal and cement and detect explosives and drugs

Microcantilevers: ORNL's Sensors With Sensitivity

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Thanks to a problem with a high-tech microscope, researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed microscopic sensors. These hairlike, silicon-based devices are at least 1,000 times more sensitive and 1,000 times smaller than currently used sensors. Each microsensor spans the width of a human hair