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(Wall Street Journal) It’s a heady time in high-performance computing, driven by rapid improvements in the chips that supply number-crunching power. The next target could be data storage...Using solid-state memory as an alternative to disk drives is not a new concept, notes Jack Dongarra, a supercomputer expert who is a computer science professor at the University of Tennessee and a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The new wrinkle is adopting flash memory rather than specialized circuitry for that chore...6/15
(PR Newswire) SAE International named 26 mobility engineering professionals as winners of the 2010 Forest R. McFarland Award...2010 award winners include: Michael L. Santella, senior research and development staff member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory...Robert M. Wagner, distinguished member of the research staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory...6/15 |
(Newsblaze) On Aug. 14, 2003, more than 40 million people were plunged into darkness when electrical service failed in large portions of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada....American Superconductor and its partner Southwire Company developed a 25-meter IFCL-HTS cable that was tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2009...The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is supporting a technological advance that could reduce the chances of similar blackouts occurring in the future...According to Dr. Christopher Rey, senior staff scientist at ORNL, the lab plans to test an improved version in the near future...6/16 |
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DOE
(DOE Press Release) Based on updated information and scientific assessments, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Chair of the National Incident Command's Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) Dr. Marcia McNutt (Director of the U.S. Geological Survey) today announced an improved estimate of how much oil is flowing from the leaking BP well...6/15
(Oak Ridger) A new, more efficient steam plant at the Y-12 National Security Complex will significantly reduce emissions and waste, officials said at a Tuesday ceremony...6/16
(Knoxville News Sentinel) "We've got a fully staffed up design team," Kohlhorst said during a short interview Tuesday before an event to celebrate Y-12's new steam plant. "We're about 42 percent design complete at this stage...6/16
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National
(NY Times) The Obama administration, seeking to build on the momentum of the Iran resolution passed last week by the United Nations, announced Wednesday that it had imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Iranian companies and individuals with links to the country’s nuclear and missile programs...6/16
East Tennessee
(Oak Ridger)
Oak Ridge High School has been ranked No. 849 in the nation in the annual Newsweek selection of the best high schools in the country, according to information released Monday afternoon...6/15
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority on Wednesday voted to move on to the second phase in a feasibility study to build the Oak Ridge General Aviation Airport...6/17
State & Regional
(The Tennessean) The Tennessee Valley Authority is raising rates for a fifth straight month due to higher fuel costs, adding up to $4 a month for residential customers...6/17
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Nigeria: 'World oil pollution capital'