If you're a diabetic, you must go through an annoying ritual every three months. When you visit your doctor, a nurse pierces you with a needle and takes your blood. Then you have to wait a couple of days for the test results.
Patients needing bone marrow transplants or radiation therapy to kill cancerous cells may benefit from a computer code developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).The code, called MarCell for marrow cells, helps physicians plan a safe course of treatment for p...
A new superconducting wire developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) may pave the way for the future manufacture of practical conductors for electric power applications.
"This research innovation has tremendous significance," said James Daley, manager of D...
Dr. Paul J. Hanson, a researcher at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), recently won the Environmental Sciences Division's (ESD) 1995 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award.Hanson, a research staff member in ESD, was the 15th individual to receive the honor wh...
The Health Science Research Division (HSRD) of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), recently recognized its finest research activities of 1995 by presenting its annual Awards of Excellence.Thomas Thundat and Eric Wachter received the Excellence in Research Award fo...
A discovery by researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) could lead to early detection and perhaps control of seizures in victims of epilepsy, a condition that affects about 1 percent of the population, or nearly two million people in the United States.Usi...
Work being done by researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) may have worldwide significance when it comes to negotiating trade agreements among nations.Warren Webb and Bill Schramm of ORNL's Environmental Sciences Division are preparing a report to recomm...
Eric Mulkey, a research staff member in the Office of Environmental Compliance of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been elected a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
Dr. James C. Norris Jr., a toxicologist in Health Sciences Research Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), recently received the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM ) 1995 Award of Recognition for Leadership of Subcommittee E05.21 (Smoke and C...
The Biofuels Feedstock Development Program of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Dr. Mark Downing, an economist in the program, have received the WesMin Resource Conservation and Development Council's 1995 Outstanding Project Award for the Minnesota Wood Energ...