ORNL Review Archive
A Matter of Degrees
- Editorial: A Matter of Degrees
- Features: The Most Complex of Subjects
- Keeping a Record … Modeling the Future … Testing Nature … Life in a Warmer Land … From Prediction to Response … Reversing the Trend
- A Closer View: Thom Mason
- Research Horizons: Avoiding the Dark
- Awards: Maintaining the Lead ... And the Winners Are…
Greening the Real World
- Editorial: Energy Solutions for the Real World
- Features: A Glimpse of the Energy Future ... Components of a “Zero-Energy”House ... Green Is this Season’s Color ... Building the Cars of Tomorrow ... Losing Weight ... Cleaner and Greener ... Simply Electric
- A Closer View: Jeff Christian: Zero Sum Game
- Research Horizons: Still Pursuing the Electric Car ... New“Arms”for Disabled Soldiers
- Awards: And the Winners Are…
The Resurgence of Bioenergy
- Editorial: A Transformational Change
- Features: America Responds ... The People’s Tree ... Next-Generation Fermentation ... The Business of Biomass ... Enzymes in Motion
- A Closer View: Jeremy Smith
- Research Horizons: Taking the Long View ... In Memory of Alvin Weinberg
- Awards: And the Winners Are ...
Addressing the World's Energy Challenges
- Systems Biology: Advancing at a Breathtaking Pace : Editorial: Unraveling Life's Molecular Mysteries ... New Tools of Analysis ... First, the Questions ... Sequencing The First Tree Genome ... Pathways Underlying Disorders ... Piloting The Pipeline ... Neutron-Rich Mecca For Biologists ... A Clean Mouse Research Lab ... A Return On Investment ... Providing Access to The Best Biological Tools
- A Rich Past: Pioneer of Biological Research ... ORNL's Unsung Discovery
- Profile: Tuan Vo-Dinh: Inventor and Mentor
- Research Horizons: Guiding Light ... Another World Record
- Awards: ...and the Winners are...
Addressing the World's Energy Challenges
- Editorial: Regaining America's Leadership in High-Performance Computing ... Leadership-Class Computing for Science
- Scientific Discovery: Biology: Uncovering Secrets of Living Cells ... Climate and Carbon Research: Glimpses of Global Warming ... Fusion: Progress Through Computation ... Materials: Exploring and Modeling 21st Century Materials ... Astrophysics: Simulating Supernovae ... Chemistry: Tomorrow's Molecular and Nanoscale Devices
- Partnerships, Systems, Services, Support: Center for Computational Sciences: A Leadership-Class Facility ... Partnerships: Joining Hands to Address National Problems ... Networking: Linking America's Laboratories ... Software Tools: Scalable Systems Software for Terascale Computer Centers ... Future Computing Technologies: Pathfinders for Ultrascale Computing ... Visualization: New Ways to Understand the Data ... Industry: A Critical Connection
- Awards: ...and the Winners are...
Back To The Future: Nuclear Energy Research
- Features: Editorial ... Nuclear Power And Hydrogen Production: Fabricating Fuels ... Future Reactor Materials: Can the Next Generation Take The Heat? ... Future Reactor Materials: A Revolutionary Reactor Concept ... Uranium Enrichment: Coming Full Circle ... Nuclear Waste: Recovering Fuel From Waste ... Nuclear Safety: Staying In The Comfort Zone ... Nuclear Fuel: Getting Credit ... Reactor Power In Space: Shooting For The Moons ... Reactor Power In Space: Ahead Of Their Time
- Groundbreaking Science: New Horizons In Science Briefing ... Carrying Your Weight ... Defining The "Machines Of Life" ... Nanofluidics And The Artificial Cell ... Imitating Nature ... Tiny Detectors ... A Neutron Microscope ... Neutron Clues ... Uncovering The Evidence ... Bone Diaries ... From Exotic To Extinct ... Protein Folding Gone Awry ... Unfolding The Answers
- Profile: Jeff Wadsworth: New Director, New Directions
- Research Horizons: Cyber Science ... Modernizing The Grid ... ORNL's Impact On Big Bang Research
- Awards: And The Winners Are...
Disorder in Crystal Surfaces
- ORNL and Antarctica
- Reducing Friction To Save Energy
- Differing Structures of Amorphous Solids
- The Verdict on Acid Rain
- ORNL's Contributions to NAPAP
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—Successful first Saturday Academy for Computing and Mathematics; photograph of Oak Ridge teacher in national magazine
- R&D Updates—ORNL waste site surveyed by mobile robot; ORNL materials aboard Ulysses space probe; ORNL procedure adopted by EPA
- Technical Highlights—Part of gene making fruit fly resistant to insecticides cloned; subtle DNA changes and trace levels of organics detected by two ORNL mass spectrometer systems; rat lung tumors targeted by ORNL's monoclonal antibodies; new theory on tokamak operations
- Technology Transfer—Optics MODIL organized; iron aluminide technology licensed to two firms
ORNL's Future Missions
- 2 Editorial—ORNL can help synthesize new materials, as called for by a recent National Research Council report.
- Robotics for Nuclear Reactors and Hazardous Environments
- Examining Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
- Mechanisms of Radon Transport
- ORNL's Future Missions
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Educational Activities—Science and Technology Alliance; memorandums of understanding
- User Facilities—Bioprocessing Research Facility examined
- R&D Updates—New findings on attic insulation and heat loss; ORNL contributions to shaping National Energy Strategy many and varied; computation speed record attained; U.S . civil defense's ability to meet threat of nuclear winter studied; ORNL tritium sales ended; support for Operation Desert Shield
- Technical Highlights—5 R&D 100 Awards for ORNL; new concept for producing very pure therapeutic drugs continuously
- Technology Transfer—Radiation detector for groundwater licensed; new R&D agreements allowed
Visualizing Scientific Data
- State of the Laboratory—1989
- Scientific Visualization: New Insights by Computer
- Improving Detection of Airport Explosives
- Microwave Processing of Radioactive Waste
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- User Facilities: The expanding Roof Research Center
- Educational Activities: Role models at ORNL for future women scientists; helping public-school science and math teachers
- Technical Highlights: Solar-powered infrared-emitting microchip being developed and tested; microbes aided by vegetation in decontaminating waste sites; revealing results of a carbon dioxide simulation model
- R&D Updates: World's longest dinosaur imaged by ORNL technique; SSC detector pre-proposal developed at ORNL; the HFIR restored to full-power operation
- Technology Transfer: Electrical solvent extraction technology, precision etching technology, and a radionuclide generator for diagnosing heart disease licensed
Organ Images
- Eureka! A Look at Inventing
- Iron Aluminides and the Inventor of the Year
- Human Behavior in Emergencies
- Environmental Protection in China
- Toward a One-Angstrom Electron Microscope
- ORNL's Impact on Radiation Protection Guidance
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—New initiatives pushed by President Bush, Secretary of Energy Watkins, Energy Systems, and state of Tennessee
- R&D Updates—New parallel computer at ORNL; Oak Ridge Detector Center established; effects of solar storms on U.S. electric power systems being studied
- Technical Highlights—New concept for increasing optical data storage; important human repair gene cloned; ORNL support for French fusion device; waste-managing microbes
- Technology Transfer—ORNL to collaborate with SEMATECH; computer security technology licensed