Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Jeff Wadsworth today joined Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham in a commitment to help communities place a greater emphasis on science education. The Department of Energy, which oversees the nation's national laboratories, announced an initiative to promote...
Physicist Jim Beene and materials scientist Steve Zinkle have been named UT-Battelle corporate fellows in recognition of their sustained and outstanding research contributions at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dennis Jackson of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received an association of cargo transportation and security professionals' highest award.
Oneida High School has received a $10,000 gift from UT-Battelle that will be used to enhance and upgrade the school's science programs.Brenda Hackworth, ORNL Director of Community Outreach, presented the check to Rep. Les Winningham (D-Huntsville) during a special ceremony Tuesday at the school.Win...
Schools, hospitals, dormitories and theaters could be a lot more comfortable during steamy summers because of a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry. That partnership was made possible by a Department of Energy program that sou...
By simply installing roofing material coated with special color pigments, homeowners and businesses can cut air-conditioning costs 20 percent and reduce peak loads on utilities. The new roofing product, being developed by the roofing industry, Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley national laborator...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new Flux Ecoregions Website is a valuable tool for climate researchers and great viewing for map lovers. Because carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas, climate researchers take great interest in how the earth's ecosystems store and release carbon into th...
Widely held notions about why so-called high- transition temperatures superconductivity occurs may not be accurate after all, according to a team of researchers whose paper was published in the June 3 issue of Nature. At the heart of the issue is the observation of new excitations that scientis...
UT-Battelle has donated $150,000 in support of the Nine Counties. One Vision. recommendation to help improve the region's science education. The gift will fund a University of Tennessee science education workshop July 13-23 for 40 middle school teachers from the nine Knox-area counties.
UT-Battelle, the managing contractor for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received an award from the federal agency for the laboratory's record of promoting diversity in subcontracting work to small businesses.