Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam visited ORNL Jan. 27 to congratulate the team involved in the discovery of the element tennessine, named in recognition of the vital contributions of the state of Tennessee to the international search for new superheavy elements.
ORNL marked the discovery by announcing ...
ORNL’s Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 was highlighted by a keynote address delivered by Col. Lee Hartley, vice commander of the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard at McGhee Tyson Air Base. Hartley thanked ORNL’s Global Security Directorate and other ORNL directorates in deve...
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, ORNL scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous.
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The recently discovered Element 117 is now officially named “tennessine” in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of ORNL, Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee.
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, ORNL scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous.
Oak Ridge retiree Jim Ealy has recently published a mystery novel titled “The Secret Revealed . . . A Nuclear Odyssey,” depicting a scientific terrorism attack on Oak Ridge. Jim uses Jay Elam as his pen name and the name of the principal character in the book. He uses some actual local events and lo...
Bill Strunk of ORNL’s Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate received the ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology during the Laboratory’s Awards Night event Nov. 18 at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Strunk was recognized for exemplary leade...