Biosciences Division

News

• 'Zoomable' map of poplar proteins offers new view of bioenergy crop
  
• Plant Microbiomes Unfurl As DNA sequencing costs drop, scientists begin cataloging plants' beneficial band of microbial stowaways
• Extreme bacteria provide an unexpected boost to manufacturing
• Water-Wise Biofuel Crop Study to Alter Plants Metabolic, Photosynthesis Process
• Teacher Lauds 'Amazing Opportunity' to Participate in ORNL Fellowship Program
• Tapping into reservoir of heat-loving bacteria

  BESC scientists explore bacteria to break down cellulose

• Follow ORNL scientists in the Arctic as part of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment on the NGEE Blog
• Gerald A. Tuskan named Forest Biotechnologist of the Year

• Supercomputer reveals new details behind drug- processing protein model

  ORNL study of the motion of water molecules contributes to a broader understanding of drug processing by P450 enzymes.

• A Bioenergy Ecosystem

  BESC's innovative partnership of national laboratories, a private research foundation, universities and industries is translating R&D into biofuels.

• DOE program reaches thousands of students with 'farming for fuels' program

  More than 34,000 youngsters, teachers and parents around the country have had a chance to learn about bioenergy through hands-on experiments that are part of an outreach effort by the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center.

• Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels

  New clues about plant structure are helping researchers from the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center narrow down a large collection of poplar tree candidates and identify winners for future use in biofuel production.

• Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy

  Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices.

NIST Calibration Certificates for Measuring Instrumentation and Radiation Sources at the ORNL Dosimetry Applications Research Calibration Laboratory

Calibrations of Measuring Instruments

NIST Report of Calibration for NEI model 2530/1C ion chamber, S/N 688, to bremsstrahlung photons of X-ray codes M60, M100, M150 & H150

NIST Report of Calibration for NEI model 2530/1C ion chamber, S/N 688, to gamma photons of Cs-137 and Co-60

NIST Report of Calibration for Exradin model A3 ion chamber, S/N XR021761, to gamma photons of Cs-137 and Co-60

NIST Report of Calibration for Exradin model A3 ion chamber, S/N XR021761, to bremsstrahlung X-ray beam codes M30, M60, M100 and S60

NIST Report of Calibration for Exradin model A3 ion chamber, S/N 183, to gamma photons of Cs-137

NIST Report of Calibration for NEI model 2530/1C ion chamber, S/N 526, to gamma photons of Cs-137 and to bremsstrahlung X-ray beam codes M60, M150 and H150

 

Calibrations of Source Emissions

Manufacturer's Calibration Certificate for total neutron emission from 238Pu/Be source MRC Pu8Be-496 (ORNL source ID MRPU8BE496)

NBS Report of Test for total neutron emission from 241Am/Be source MRC-110

NBS Report of Calibration for absorbed dose rate in water from 90Sr source SK-308 (ORNL source ID SR90-3284, DOSAR #25)

NIST Report of Calibration for total neutron emission from 252Cf source NSD-107

NIST Report of Calibration for total neutron emission from 252Cf source