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Vol. 35, No. 3, ( 2002)
New Pathways to Research- Materials Research at ORNL: A Distinguished Past, A Bright Future (Editorial by Jim Roberto)
- HTML User Centers Help U.S. Industry
- HFIR’s Cold Neutrons for New Materials Insights
- SNS Instruments for Materials Research
- Leading Nanofab Lab for ORNL
- Mapping Materials in 3D Using X rays
- Seeing the Unseen in a New Microscope Lab
- Environmentally Quiet Building
- Award-Winning Characterization Tool
- From Ordinary Alloys to Extraordinary Materials
- Niche Applications for ORNL’s Nickel Aluminides
- ORNL Breaks into Metallic Glass Field
- Materials Processing Using ORNL’s Powerful Lamp
- Making Better Billets
- Synthesizing Polymers to Make Sensors
- Nanoporous Materials for Novel Catalysts
- Exploring Carbon Nanotubes
- Self-Assembled Film for Aligning Carbon Nanotubes
- How Do Carbon Nanotubes Grow?
- Carbon Nanotubes and Chemistry
- Improving Superconductors and Semiconductors
- Unlocking Mysteries of the Nanoscale
- Neutron Science, Nanoscience, and New Simulations
- Predicting a Model Weld
- Novel Materials for Homeland Security
- Hot Spotter: Detecting Radiation from Suspicious Packages
- Faster Computers through Carbon Foam?
Vol. 35, No. 2, ( 2002)
Energy Security- Editorial: Energy Security—Providing Secure Energy Supplies and Protecting Our Energy Infrastructure
- Nuclear Energy: Assuring Future Energy Supplies
- Methane Extraction and Carbon Sequestration
- Gas Pipeline Safety: ORNL’s Role
- Energy from Biomass: Nature’s Power
- Fuel Cells for Buildings and Vehicles
- Clean Coal Power Technologies
- ORNL and Oil Research
- Water and Energy Security
- The Future of Fusion Energy: Meeting National Energy Goals
- ORNL Technologies for Energy Infrastructure Assurance
- Optical Seals for Containers
- Responding to Energy-Related Emergencies
- Power Grid of the Future
- Improving the Global Standard of Living: Aid from ORNL
Vol. 35, No. 1, ( 2002)
Supercomputing for Science- Supercomputing for Science—ORNL’s Commitment to Scientific Discovery
- A National Resource at ORNL: Supercomputers Support Superb Science
- ORNL’s Powerful Tools for Scientific Discovery
- New Home Planned for 10-Teraflops Supercomputer
- Developing Computer Tools for Scientists
- ORNL Leads Effort to Build Better Supercomputer Centers
- From the Stone Age to the Lego Block Age of Computing
- ORNL, IBM, and the Blue Gene Project
- Evaluating Supercomputer Performance
- Retaining and Retrieving Data More Effectively
- Networking: Making Faster Connections among Supercomputers
- Networking for More Powerful Supercomputers
- Visualization Tools: Interacting with Data in Many Dimensions
- Collaborations and Partnerships
- Modeling Magnetic Materials
- The Science Grid
- Designing Electronic Devices Using Supercomputers
- Simulating Supernovae on Supercomputers
- Probing Cells by Computer
- Modeling Blood Flow during CPR
- World-Class Climate Modeling
- SciDAC Funding for Local Climate Modelers
- Chemical Experiments and Predictions by Computer
- Computer Modeling Aids Understanding of Plasma Physics
- Car Crash Simulations May Improve Vehicle Efficiency
- Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Controls
- Computer Modeling and Homeland Security
Vol. 30, No. 3, ( 1997)
High-Performance Computing- Foreword
- The Future of High-Performance Computing
- The Center for Computational Sciences: High-Performance Computing Comes to ORNL
- Industrial-Strength Computing: ORNL's Computational Center for Industrial Innovation
- Scientific Visualization at ORNL
- Visualization and Virtual Environments Research
- Algorithms, Tools, and Software Aid Use of High-Performance Computers
- Software Components To Facilitate Application Development
- High-Performance Computing: Innovative Assistant to Science
- Computing the Genome
- Developing a Grand Challenge Materials Application Code
- How Solids Melt: ORNL Simulations Support Theory
- Giant Magnetoresistance in Layered Magnetic Materials
- Edge Dislocations in Silicon
- High-Performance Computing in Groundwater Modeling
- Analysis of Material Performance in Automotive Applications
- Optimization of Microstructure—Property Relationship in Materials
- Computational Engine Modeling
- From a Distance: Remote Operation of Research Equipment
- Crisis Management and Collaborative Computing: ORNL's Contributions
Vol. 30, No. 1, ( 1997)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory—1996
- Neutron Science and Technology Initiatives
- Life Sciences Initiative
- Computational Sciences Initiatives
- Biological Sciences
- Environmental Sciences and Technology
- Energy Production and Energy End-Use Technologies
- Instrumentation, Manufacturing, and Control Technologies
- Advanced Materials Processing, Synthesis, and Characterization
- Physical Sciences and Neutron Science and Technology
- Computational Science, Advanced Computing, and Robotics
- Robotics and Education
- Technology Transfer: CRADAs, Licenses, and Patents
- Awards and Appointments for 1996
Vol. 21, No. 4, ( 1988)
Waste Management and Remedial Action- A New Way of Doing Business: An Interview with Tom Row
- The DOE Model
- The Energy Systems Approach
- Improving Waste Management Operations
- Waste Management Technology Center
- The Hazardous Waste Technology Program
- PCB-Eating Microbes
- Radioactive Waste Management R&D
- Grouts Solve Disposal Problems
- ORNL's New Environmental Projects
- Remedial Actions for ORNL's Environment
- QA in Waste Management
- Loss of Coolant: ORNL's Role in a Key Reactor Safety Experiment
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. ORNL researcher's book discusses the economics of recycling plastic waste
- R&D Updates. Roof Research Center dedicated; leaking Georgia cesium capsules probed
- Take a Number
- Technical Highlights. Two 1988 R&D 100 Awards for Oak Ridge; new ORELA positron source operating
- Technology Transfer. Triple-effect absorption chiller and diagnostic device licensed
Vol. 21, No. 3, ( 1988)
Supercomputers in Scientific Research- Supercomputers in Scientific Research
- Energy for Development: ORNL Returns to the Third World
- Designer Steels for Advanced Energy Applications
- New DNA Stain Aids Cell Studies
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. Chaos, by James Gleick, reviewed by Woody Gove
- R&D Updates. Alvin Trivelpiece: ORNL's new director; two HHIRF devices operating; tritium pellet injector for fusion demonstrated; DOE Superconductivity Pilot Center located at ORNL
- Technical Highlights. Hood River Conservation Project an energy-saving success; decline in tree growth linked to aluminum "freed" from soil by acid rain
- Technology Transfer. Valley-Todeco licensed to make aircraft fasteners from ORNL alloy; metallamics to manufacture nickel aluminide products
Vol. 21, No. 2, ( 1988)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory: "Gee Whiz". Ceramics strengthened by microwaves, superconducting films, a computer program featuring a "bug" that learns, a microbe that destroys PCBs in soil, a laser having a tuning range 2000 times greater than its commercial counterpart, an energy-efficient liquid separation system, and chemically produced whiskers that strengthen ceramics are "gee whiz" achievements in 1987. In his final State of the Laboratory address as ORNL director, Herman Postma challenges the staff to set new directions and learn from past mistakes.
- Susan Whatley: From Fast Track to Slow Boat. Impelled by economic necessity and an enthusiasm for learning, Susan Whatley rose from secretary to engineer to manager to professional society president in a short time. Now retired, she and her husband are sailing around the world. Accompanying articles tell about ORNL's mentoring program and progress in affirmative action.
- Imaging the World's Longest Dinosaur. An ORNL acoustic technique for imaging underground features has determined the precise positions of buried bones of the longest dinosaur ever discovered and should help guide and hasten the excavation of this Seismosaurus.
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Books. The Making of the Atomic Bomb is reviewed. Recent books authored or edited by ORNL staff members are listed.
- Technical Highlights. HFIR shutdown stops production of californium-252. A robot-like manipulator for NASA is being built at ORNL.
- R&D Updates. The HTML wins an award from Research & Development. Tumulus disposal of low-level wastes has been demonstrated.
- Technology Transfer. An ORNL surveying system has been licensed to Chemrad Corporation. 1987 patentees from ORNL are listed.
Vol. 21, No. 1, ( 1988)
Transferring ORNL Technology- Toward a "Technological Commons"
- A New Licensing Approach
- Industrial R&D Consortia
- Local ORNL Spin-off Companies
- Designing Chips by Computer. ORNL is custom designing microchips for specific uses, such as tracking the migration of killer bees, due in the United States by next year.
- Images of the Heart. New developments from ORNL's Nuclear Medicine Group will improve diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases and aid in cancer detection.
- "We Have the Best People Around": Interview with Associate Director Robert Merriman. Bob Merriman discusses his new job, nuclear power, ORNL's environmental problems, robotics, SDI research, and AVLIS for uranium enrichment.
- Microwave Processing of Ceramics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. High-frequency microwaves may be used to strengthen large, already-formed ceramic parts having complex shapes.
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer is reviewed.
- R&D Updates. Athens Automation and Control Experiment proves successful; impact statement completed on disposal of chemical weapons; the Advanced Toroidal Facility achieves its first plasma
- Technology Transfer. U.S. steelmaker acquires rights for use of ORNL alloy.
Vol. 18, No. 4, ( 1985)
- Parallel Computing at ORNL. Computer scientists are learning how to use new parallel processing machines to meet ORNL's research needs. New parallel algorithms for solving large systems of equations have been developed at ORNL.
- Protecting Human Health: The Chemical Challenge. Scientists at ORNL have developed several methods of detecting human responses to hazardous energy-related chemicals. They are using interferon as a bioeffects marker and are developing the "fluoroimmunosensor," which detects minute amounts of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in body fluids and tissues.
- The Technology Transfer Fund: A Status Report on the ORNL Projects. ORNL, DOE, and the Office of Technology Applications of Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., have committed funds to stimulate innovation and bring ORNL technologies to the stage where their commercial potential can be judged. The status of five technology-transfer projects is described.
- Pion Emission from Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions. A theorist said it couldn't be done, but nuclear physicists at ORNL's Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility accelerator have detected the emission of pions, short-lived particles that serve as the "glue" in the nucleus, from low-energy nuclear reactions. Current theory is being revised to explain how pions can be produced at unexpectedly low energies.
- Managing Hazardous Waste: ORNL Examines the Options. ORNL is playing an important role in managing the nation's defense-chemical wastes and in devising better ways of dealing with its own hazardous materials.
- Books. Chancing It: Why We Take Risks is reviewed by W. S. Lyon.
- Take a Number
- Technical Capsules. Device to measure metal deformation wins IR 100 award; technology transfer and cell freezing.
- Lab Anecdote. The story of the radiation-danger symbol.
- News Notes. ORNL Director Herman Postma talks to President Reagan; Radio Frequency Test Facility completed; Associate Director Fred Mynatt testifies on advanced reactors for space; fusion magnet facility begins 6-coil tests; Athens power-distribution experiment under way; Life Sciences Complex plans told; Cummins Engine licensing breaks new ground.
- Awards and Appointments