Jesse Labbé: Innovating biotechnology for energy, security and health
Department of Energy (DOE) researchers have developed a new microbe as part of a process that converts corn into a cost-efficient source of the chemicals used to make polymers, clothing fibers, paints, inks, food additives, automobile bumpers and an array of other industrial and consumer products.O...
The Association of American Geographers (AAG) has named Frank Southworth of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to two boards of directors.
Tiny critters, living deep in the soil and invisible to the naked eye, are becoming one of the Department of Energy's (DOE) biggest allies in efforts to clean up contaminated sites.
Dr. Baohua Gu, a research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was appointed to serve on a panel to select outstanding research proposals for environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry.
Dr. Robert L. Siegrist, a researcher in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was chosen to serve on the Water Environment Federation's five-person selection committee. Siegrist holds a joint appointment with ORNL and the Color...
Radon Research Notes , a newsletter for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Radon Program, has won the 1995-96 Newsletter Merit Award in the publications competition of the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).This is the fifth consecutive year that Radon Research No...
Michael E. Murray and Peggy F. Tiner of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been certified as registered radiation protection technologists.In receiving their certification, Murray and Tiner of ORNL's Health Sciences Research Division passed a comprehensive pr...
Terry Allmond, an industrial hygienist in the Program Support Section of the Office of Safety and Health Protection at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was recently certified as an indoor air quality professional by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).AEE...
Wood-the fuel source of the past-could be the fuel source of the future. Fast-growing trees are being cloned and nurtured for conversion to biofuels to replace or supplement gasoline for transportation.
Dr. Philip M. Jardine, a staff research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed an adjunct professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Tennessee.