Measuring corrosive and toxic gas flow rates once took days, but a new calibrator developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) needs only a few minutes to weigh corrosive gases accumulating at volume rates as low as a few cubic centimeters per minute.
Forming high-quality, complex-shaped ceramic parts quickly and cost-effectively is now possible with a new process, called gelcasting, developed by engineers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Ceramics, which are made from nonmetallic minerals that have been he...
Visitors to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta hope to avoid the rat race and find a parking space. Through development of "smart" cars and up-to-date traveler information displays, regional scientists hop e to help at least some of Atlanta's visitors.Researchers at the Department of Energy's...
Tennessee students can travel the world on their fingertips while never leaving the room with Internet programs funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Through the Oak Ridge Educational Network (OREN) and the Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS) pr...
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) experiment is slated to be rocketed into space as a step toward finding out more about life on Earth.Biology Division researcher Gerry Bunick and his colleagues are taking advantage of the absence of gravity to obtain premium quality crystals of a DNA-protein...
Just as people need air to breathe, high-temperature gas turbines need clean fuel to burn to prevent damage to sensitive internal parts.
Highway maintenance crews battle icy roads by salting them. But how much salt should be sprinkled on the ice to melt it as quickly as possible? Moonis Ally of ORNL can provide the answer in a few minutes using a personal computer program he helped to write.
Doctors who rely on tests that monitor brain activity of their patients could one day benefit from a new battery developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and licensed to Teledyne Electronic Technologies.
Writers and editors putting together the next generation of science textbooks may be scurrying over the next few years to include a finding that sheds new light on photosynthesis, the world of green plants that supports all life on Earth.Scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Nati...
Dr. Frances E. Sharples has been appointed deputy director of the Center for Risk Management at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She is head of the Environmental Analyses Section of the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL.The Risk Management Center is an in...