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Exposures to second-hand smoke lower than believed, ORNL study finds

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Exposures to environmental tobacco smoke may be lower than earlier studies indicated for bartenders, waiters and waitresses, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

ORNL story tips

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ELECTRONICS – Flat-screen, high-definition televisions and flat-panel displays could be more affordable with an emerging ORNL technology that could lower the cost of owning and operating these modern marvels. ENVIRONMENT – New "green chemistry" technology that substitutes benign carbon dioxide for noxious industrial solvents holds great promise for the $368 billion per year U.S. chemical industry.

Evaluating vehicle emissions controls

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL researchers are developing software tools for supercomputers that will simulate engine exhaust from various lean-burn diesel and gasoline engines as it flows through envisioned catalytic converters designed to chemically transform pollutants into harmless emissions.

ORNL weigh-in-motion system could increase military mobility

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Armed with an automated weigh-in-motion system being developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. military forces could increase mobility and decrease mistakes when loading vehicles on transport planes and ships.

Anti-electrons help researchers find nano-surface defects in gold

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tiny defects in the surface of common material - from silicon to steel -- determine the properties of material and how it can be used. Unfortunately, many of these pores, called vacancies, are so small they cannot be accurately measured. Today an international team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is applying the use of positrons, or anti-electrons, to the task of measurement.

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

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ENERGY - Solar energy could get a megaboost, effectively gaining a three-fold improvement over conventional technology... ENVIRONMENT - Increasingly stringent standards for sulfur emissions from vehicles could be met with a new process... ELECTRONICS - An ultra-clean ozone-collecting process with applications for producing revolutionary semiconductors... MILITARY - An automated weigh-in-motion system being developed.

ORNL technology could make solar energy more viable

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Solar energy could get a mega-boost, effectively gaining a three-fold improvement over conventional technology, with a system being developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The tips include:

BIOLOGY -- Spinach and chips . . .
CHEMISTRY -- New tool for archaeologists . . .
BIOLOGY -- 10 billion for dinner . . .
ELECTRONICS -- New smart surfaces . . .
ENVIRONMENT -- Reigning in uranium . . .

ORNL helping industry establish value of cool roofs

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Light-colored roofs that reflect the sun’s heat can save consumers money, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is working with the roofing industry to predict the amount of savings and establish standards to help consumers compare materials.

Story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Energy -- a cool concept. Instrumentation -- sensor in a drum. Environment -- compare from your chair. Energy -- putting a tiger in your tank.