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(Newswise) SENSORS - Data a click away...With a network of more than 5,000 sensors that monitor weather conditions, seismic activity, traffic, bacteria on beaches, water levels and much more, Sensorpedia is a significant resource that continues to expand...MEDICINE - Eliminating guesswork...Armed with neutron imaging, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Trent Nichols, a doctor of internal medicine who also holds a doctorate in physics, hopes to improve the odds for patients with cancer...NANOSCIENCE - Highly sensitive arrays...Researchers at George Washington University and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that tailored silicon nanopost arrays can provide researchers with an important analytical tool for nanoscale applications...COMPUTING - SciDAC 2010...Hundreds of computational scientists from around the world will gather in Chattanooga July 11-15 to participate in technical and scientific talks, poster sessions and discussions of recent advances...6/2
(Newswise) Carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural activity in the United States can now be tracked with unprecedented resolution because of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A team led by Tristram West uses satellite remote sensing, computational resources and high-resolution national inventory datasets to pinpoint agricultural-based carbon emissions nationwide...6/2
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(Government Computer News) team of four Energy Department national laboratories, three universities and three energy companies will receive up to $122 million over the next five years to develop a highly accurate computer simulation of a light water nuclear reactor. The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors, led by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the first of three Energy Innovation Hubs expected to be announced this year by DOE as part of a plan to increase federal research and development spending on clean energy. The consortium’s goal is to create a virtual reactor that can be used to improve the performance and safety of existing reactors and to help design the next generation...6/2
(American Affairs) On May 19, 2010 the National Research Council (NRC) released three reports urging Congress to act immediately to develop a national strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change that the researchers now see as inevitable. They say decision makers at all levels need to make informed and forward-looking choices now if severe impacts to the U.S. are to be avoided or minimized... Thomas Wilbanks manages the programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory dealing with global change and developing countries. He led the NRC panel on adapting to the impacts of climate change...6/2 |
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Much of the money supporting the Tennessee Valley Corridor and the "summits" used by U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., and others to tout the possibilities for regional economic development has come from Oak Ridge and the federal base of operations there...6/2
(Science Now) ...“It’s a tremendous achievement,” says Maury Goodman, a neutrino physicist at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, although he adds, “It’s probably what everyone expects.”...6/2
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) A Nissan executive says the lithium-ion battery to be made at Smyrna for the automaker's new Leaf could eventually become a source of stored energy, possibly for power companies...6/3 |
National
(CS Monitor) A US college degree has been the gold standard. But global economics and a crisis of confidence may be pushing the US down in rankings among top universities...6/2
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The tower of storied Ayres Hall on the University of Tennessee campus will finally get a clock. A ticker at the top of the tower was part of the original building plans in 1921, but the university appeared to run out of money, said project manager Lori Wilson, with UT Facilities Planning...6/3
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New study could explain why volcanoes form far from the edges of tectonic plates