One year ago scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory were reminded that the community of science is truly global. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed more than 3,000 people, ORNL researchers were deluged with electronic mail messages of condole...
Most population databases have one potentially fatal flaw, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers who have developed a system that could be a lifesaver if a city had to be evacuated.Unlike conventional models, ORNL's LandScan USA model takes into account the difference between dayti...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new computer link to Atlanta is 200,000 times faster than the fastest dial-up connections typical of home computers and is expected to spur significant advances in science and economic development in the region and beyond.
At a ceremony today at ORNL, Ray Orbach, d...
Three Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers will receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Science and Engineering from President Bush. The awards will be presented Friday, July 12 during a White House ceremony. The honorees are Vince Cianciolo of ORNL's Physics Division, Ian Anderson of the M...
David J. Hill has been named director of the Nuclear Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
and No. 1 in the Southeast - in the Top500 list of fastest computers in the world.
The list, released Thursday, identifies the most powerful commercially available systems and is presented twice per year by authors at ...
Hands-on experiences for students in a variety of science disciplines are available through the Ecological and Physical Sciences Study Center coordinated by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Celebrating its 15th year of operation, the center has worked with more than 130,000 ...
A facility to test distributed generation energy for building applications was designated today as the 20th national user facility at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
of-the-art energy efficient building technologies was announced today during a ceremony at Lenoir City's Harmony Heights subdivision.
The technologies will be tested through the Buildings Technology Center at the Departm...
Three researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Virginia Dale, Al Geist and Richard Haire - have been named corporate fellows by UT-Battelle, ORNL managing contractor.ORNL Director and UT-Battelle Chief Executive Officer Bill Madia announced the appointments, which a...