en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/newsroom.cfm Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts basic and applied research that provides innovative solutions to complex problems. webmaster@ornl.gov 131 22 http://www.ornl.gov http://www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/rss/logo.gif Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:59:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/features/get_feature.cfm?FeatureNumber=f20120206-00 If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No wonder it was considered a deity by countless ancient civilizations. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120203-00 Jerry Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Scientist in the BioSciences Division, has been named Forest Biotechnologist of the Year by the Institute of Forest Biotechnology (IFB). Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:46:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/features/get_feature.cfm?FeatureNumber=f20120202-00 A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter called supersolidity: Does it exist? Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120202-00 Envirofit International, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Colorado State University have won a Federal Laboratory Consortium award for excellence in technology transfer for a clean-burning cookstove designed for the developing world. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120201-00 Four startup companies, Borla Performance Industries, SH Coatings, TrakLok, Inc., and Woodmont Enterprises, are using Oak Ridge National Laboratory's technology to compete in the Department of Energy's "America's Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge," a competition where Americans vote online for the most innovative and promising startup companies that are using technologies from the Department's national laboratories to develop new products and businesses. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120201-01 UT-Battelle has presented $10,000 to Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC) to help the local organization provide housing for families in need. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120131-00 Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:55:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/features/get_feature.cfm?FeatureNumber=f20120130-00 Six neutron sciences research collaborations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are featured in "Dynamics of Water and Glass-Forming Liquids," a special issue of Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120123-00 By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions and laying the groundwork for applications ranging from keeping oil pipes clear to sequestering radium. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120117-00 To better understand the fundamental behavior of molecules at surfaces, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining the powers of neutron scattering with chemical analysis. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20120109-00 The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 13:37:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/features/get_feature.cfm?FeatureNumber=f20120105-00 Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fusion Pellet Fueling Lab has been at the center of design and testing of plasma fueling systems for tokamak research applications for decades. Since the mid-1970s, lab researchers have been designing, testing and contributing hardware for fusion magnetic confinement experiments here in the United States and around the world. As the US ITER project moves from design and testing of components to manufacturing, the lab is making prototypes for the ITER tokamak. ITER's "first plasma" is planned for around the close of this decade. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:19:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/features/get_feature.cfm?FeatureNumber=f20111228-00 Soldiers returning from war who have lost a leg could lead a more active lifestyle with the help of a technology being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:05:00 EDT http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/story_tips.cfm Story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The latest tips include: "Environment - Permafrost peril," "Biofuels - Coast Guard going green," "Materials - Revealing artifacts? secrets," "Materials - Unexpected excitations," "Soft Matter - Tracking cell death protein"