Archived News Releases for 2005

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Audio Spot: Operation cleaner fuels
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 28, 2005 — Ships powered with low-sulfur diesel fuels may have cleaner emissions and actually perform better than when powered with other diesel fuels, according to findings by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Navy.

Spallation Neutron Source Amazing Science Facts
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 22, 2005 — The New Year is bringing the science community a grand

ORNL's thin film lithium technology may power Christmas of the future
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 21, 2005 — Battery-powered toys, radios, and portable electronic devices make fun Christmas gifts - until the batteries run down. But advances in rechargeable thin-film lithium battery technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory might one day provide a solution to the dead-battery dilemma.

Pennycook earns top honor during ORNL Awards Night
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2005 — Stephen Pennycook, a UT-Battelle corporate fellow and group leader in the Condensed Matter Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was honored tonight as the recipient of the UT-Battelle 2005 Director's Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology during the laboratory's Awards Night ceremony at the Knoxville Convention Center.

ORNL-led study shows forests thrive with increased CO2 levels
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2005 — Forest productivity may be significantly greater in an atmosphere enriched with carbon dioxide, according to findings released today that challenge recent reports that question the importance of carbon dioxide fertilization.

Oak Ridge High School students to participate in national science competition
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 6, 2005 — Three Oak Ridge High School seniors working at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will present how computers can better interpret language during a national science competition this weekend in New York.

State Lego Tournament is Saturday in Cookeville
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 6, 2005 — About 500 Tennessee middle school students will be competing in the state's sixth annual FIRST Lego League competition Saturday in Cookeville, where students use their designed and programmed autonomous robots to perform required tasks on a table.

ORNL scientists looking at nature in a new way
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 30, 2005 — Improved tools and increasingly sophisticated approaches are helping researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory gain a better understanding of how organisms respond to and interact with their environment.

Audio Spot: ORNL research seeks to control kudzu
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2005 — (November 2005 story tip) Controlling kudzu to keep it from displacing and destroying natural vegetation on the Oak Ridge Reservation is a task being supervised by Oak Ridge National Laboratory environmental analyst Harry Quarles.

ORNL earns federal energy savings award
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 22, 2005 — A new 376,000-square foot facility that is part of the East Campus Modernization at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has earned a Federal Energy Saver Showcase Award.

UT-Battelle provides $50,000 grant to Second Harvest
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 21, 2005 — A $50,000 grant from UT-Battelle to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee has helped restock food supplies to the agency after it donated much of its previous supply to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

ORNL leading effort to help harness power of Shewanella
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 11, 2005 — Tremendous amounts of data being generated about a microbe adept at bioremediation will be more efficiently organized and shared through a new $3 million project headed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Duraloy Technologies and ORNL license agreement will improve U.S. steel mills
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2005 — Technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that dramatically improves efficiency and operation of steel mills has been licensed to Duraloy Technologies, a Scottdale, Pa.,-based foundry and fabricator of high alloy steels.

Audio Spot: ORNL contributes to higher Tennessee business climate ranking
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2005 — With the national publication Site Selection ranking Tennessee as the state with the fifth best business climate in the nation, Allen Neel of the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency says the good news is due in part to new opportunities created in the Oak Ridge area.

Audio Spot: ORNL seeks to improve biodiesel production
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 7, 2005 — Working toward better use of cooking grease, vegetable oil and soybeans to develop alternative energy fuel is the goal of research taking place at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL United Way campaign raises more than $835,000
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2005 — This year's United Way campaign at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has raised more than $835,000 for East Tennessee agencies, far exceeding the goal and again setting a record with the largest amount ever for an ORNL drive.

Audio Spot: ORNL, UT working on biomass research initiative
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2005 — Developing more energy efficient resources is the goal of a $12.6 million joint initiative of the Departments of Energy and Agriculture that involves the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee.

Audio Spot: Worldwide Energy, LLC, licenses ORNL fuel cell technology
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 28, 2005 — Worldwide Energy, LLC, today announced an agreement to develop and commercialize an advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Three ORNL technologies earn technology transfer excellence awards
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2005 — Three technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Southeast Region of the Federal Laboratory consortium.

Audio Spot: ORNL to provide fuel cell technology expertise in downtown Atlanta development
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2005 — Using hydrogen fuel cells to power a new development near downtown Atlanta is planned with help from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: High School students writing assessment of DOE's Oak Ridge Reservation report
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 20, 2005 — Scientists and staff of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working with 30 Karns High School students to summarize the Annual Site Environmental Report about the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation.

Veteran-owned businesses showcased at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 20, 2005 — Veteran-owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned small businesses will be showcased Thursday, Nov. 10 as part of the Veteran Owned Small Business Day at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: ORNL develops high-speed supercomputing link for DOE labs
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 10, 2005 — The new high-speed UltraScience Net supercomputer data transmission system that links a group of Department of Energy laboratories conducting sophisticated science research was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL Director Wadsworth Inducted into National Academy of Engineering
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 10, 2005 — Jeffrey Wadsworth, director of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was inducted Sunday into the National Academy of Engineering at a ceremony in Washington D.C.

Houston company seeks to accelerate superconducting capability with ORNL help
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 6, 2005 — An effort to transmit 150 times more electric power through long-length high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional copper wire is the goal of a cooperative research and development agreement between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Metal Oxide Technologies (MetOx) of Houston.

ORNL raises $168,000 in Katrina Relief, helps displaced researcher
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory has raised $168,000 for Hurricane Katrina victims and also helped provide a home and laboratory here for a researcher displaced by the storm.

Audio Spot: Environment -- Native species restoration
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 26, 2005 — Non-native invasive plant species, such as kudzu, fescue and Japanese honeysuckle, have caused overgrowth problems for many land areas throughout the Southeast, literally choking off plant species native to the region and reducing diversity of plant habitats.

Audio Spot: Masters degree nursing program would help in response to hurricane disasters
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 26, 2005 — A master's degree program in homeland security nursing and response to mass casualty events such as hurricanes is being offered by the University of Tennessee with some of the training provided by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Collaborative Cross to provide powerful resource for mouse model researchers worldwide
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 22, 2005 — A thousand new strains of mice being bred at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of an international effort will provide researchers with a powerful resource for studying human disease.

Vo-Dinh sees new journal advancing nano-bio field
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 20, 2005 — Editor in Chief Tuan Vo-Dinh envisions the new international peer-reviewed journal NanoBiotechnology providing a forum that leads to "explosive growth" where nanotechnology and biomedical sciences converge.

Audio Spot: Tennessee governor excited by ORNL's synergy with state
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 16, 2005 — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen visited the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory this week, touring the Spallation Neutron Source and other facilities.

ORNL, Princeton partners in five-year fusion project
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 14, 2005 — Knowledge gained by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers and colleagues through an initiative to begin this fall could answer several long-standing questions and give the United States a competitive edge in the design of future fusion power plants.

ORNL, Army Corps of Engineers pooling resources through MOU
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 12, 2005 — Determining how best to balance water and energy security with environmental sustainability is the focus of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: New Oak Ridge company putting hybrid solar lighting on map
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 31, 2005 — Startup company Sunlight Direct is bursting onto the horizon with demonstration hybrid solar lighting systems at the Department of Energy's American Museum of Science and Energy and several locations across the country (see full news release at http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20050830-00).

New Oak Ridge company putting hybrid solar lighting on map
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 30, 2005 — Startup company Sunlight Direct is bursting onto the horizon with demonstration hybrid solar lighting systems at the Department of Energy's American Museum of Science and Energy and several locations across the country.

Audio Spot: Crude oil prices expected to remain high; keeping gasoline prices up
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 26, 2005 — Projections are for gasoline prices to remain high for at least the next year, due to rising crude oil prices, according to David Greene, a corporate fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

'Cold linac' commissioning major step for ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 19, 2005 — The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has met a crucial milestone on its way to completion in June 2006 -- operation of the superconducting section of its linear accelerator.

Audio Spot: Electronics - Slick surveillance system
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 19, 2005 — Technology similar to that found in a CD player is at the heart of a system that could make homes and the nation safer.

Audio Spot: ORNL materials scientist assesses shuttle mission
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2005 — Following Space Shuttle Discovery's landing, a material scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is studying ways to prevent foam from falling off the shuttle.

Audio Spot: ORNL to work with institutions on math-related research
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2005 — The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will work with three institutions on a variety of mathematical-related research projects thanks to a $1.2 million DOE Office of Science grant.

Summer program brings student interns to ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2005 — Some students relax during the summer, take a break from studies and go on vacation.

Audio Spot: ORNL buildings technology spearheading improved home energy efficiency
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 8, 2005 — New construction technologies and improved heating and cooling equipment and appliances developed and tested at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have helped to improve home energy efficiency levels almost 25 percent over three decades.

Audio Spot: Students survey Oak Ridge area creeks
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 28, 2005 — A group of high schools students, which recently visited the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, studied species living in several creeks in the Oak Ridge area, and listed its findings in a report.

Audio Spot: ORNL monitoring energy efficiency systems at two Texas Wal-Marts
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 21, 2005 — Monitoring energy efficiency systems in two Wal-Mart stores in the Dallas suburb of McKinney is being conducted over three years by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: High school students, teachers conduct research at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 21, 2005 — High school students and teachers from 13 states in the Appalachian Regional Commission region of the Eastern and Southern United States are spending two weeks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, receiving hands-on experience about science.

ORNL mirrors powerful tools for studying micro-, nano-materials
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 20, 2005 — Precision mirrors to focus X-rays and neutron beams could speed the path to new materials and perhaps help explain why computers, cell phones and satellites go on the blink.

ORNL emergency response exercise, siren test set for July 20
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 14, 2005 — Hundreds of responders will participate in a large-scale emergency management exercise set for Wednesday, July 20, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and several associated locations.

ORNL textile coding system weaving way to marketability
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 6, 2005 — A textile marking system developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that encodes information invisible to the naked eye could save the U.S. millions of dollars in revenue lost each year to counterfeiters and violators of trade laws.

ORNL to host Community Day Celebration Aug. 27
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 6, 2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory will host its first public open house in eight years on Saturday August 27 with a Community Day theme of "Ready for the Next Generation of Great Science."

ORNL wins three R&D 100s
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 30, 2005 — Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won three R&D 100 Awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.

Salmon survival, cleaner hydropower focus of ORNL research
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 29, 2005 — A new advanced turbine being tested at Wanapum Dam in Washington state produces nearly 5 percent more power, but before more are installed researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are getting input from several thousand fish.

ORNL establishes Shull Fellowship for neutron research
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 29, 2005 — The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced the establishment of the Clifford G. Shull Fellowship, a two-year postdoctoral appointment similar to ORNL's Wigner Fellowship.

Audio Spot: Roundabout under construction at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 28, 2005 — Construction begins this week on a traffic circle or roundabout along Bethel Valley Road near the Visitors Center at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: ORNL to be leader in nanotechnology
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 28, 2005 — The study of matter measuring as tiny as one billionth of a meter will be the focus of the new Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Spallation Neutron Source safety landmark observed
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 24, 2005 — Four million work hours without lost time for injury was celebrated by construction workers today at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge.

Audio Spot: Fiber diet
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 23, 2005 — Automated spraying of carbon or glass fiber could soon provide the most economical way to create preforms in the manufacture of body panels for automobiles, heavy vehicles and other machinery.

Audio Spot: Spectrometer can instantly analyze chemical content of materials
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 23, 2005 — A new instrument that can instantly identify the chemical contents of a material or human bones, detect counterfeit money or verify authentic artwork may soon help unlock mysteries from bio-technology to crime solving.

Audio Spot: Youngsters learn sciences at two ORNL summer camps
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 10, 2005 — Rising fifth, sixth and seventh graders are getting a hands-on indoctrination into science this summer at two outdoor camps sponsored by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Research focuses on learning more about pollen, allergies
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 10, 2005 — Allergy season is upon us, but scientists may soon gain a better understanding of why air particles cause many to sniff and sneeze.

Microbiology organization elects Zhou fellow
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 9, 2005 — An Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist researcher of microbial genomics and ecology has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Van Berkel earns Biemann Medal for contributions to mass spec field
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 8, 2005 — Gary Van Berkel of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division has been awarded the Biemann Medal by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

ORNL's Reeves elected FLC regional coordinator
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 1, 2005 — Mark Reeves of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Technology Transfer and Economic Development directorate has been elected regional coordinator of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer Southeast Region.

Elusive salamanders have role in developing new sampling models
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 1, 2005 — Rare salamanders at a Georgia military base are the guinea pigs for Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers whose goal is to develop methods to better determine whether a species has vanished.

Audio Spot: Nuclear power may be staging comeback
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 27, 2005 — With the United States' demand for electricity expected to double over the next 20 years, the nuclear power option is gaining strength.

ORNL nanoscience center 'Jump Starts' medical compound device
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 24, 2005 — A device that could create custom-tailored medical compounds faster than ever before is one of the first projects launched under the new Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Nano-science users meeting set this week in Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 23, 2005 — More than 200 prospective users of the soon-to-be opened Center for Nanophase Materials Science at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory convene this week to discuss their proposed projects for the new facility to study very small materials.

Audio Spot: UT-Battelle assists in creating East Tennessee jobs
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 20, 2005 — An effort to create new economic opportunities in Tennessee is the goal of a job creation program engineered by UT-Battelle and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory names UT-Battelle Corporate Fellows
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 12, 2005 — Three researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge

Audio Spot: Tennessee Education commissioner visits ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 12, 2005 — Tennessee Education Commissioner Lana Seivers hopes to increase teacher internship opportunities with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: More than 1200 scientists to attend Particle Accelerator Conference
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 12, 2005 — More than 1,200 scientists from around the world will be at the Knoxville Convention Center beginning Monday, May 16 for the Particle Accelerator Conference.

Audio Clip: ORNL oversees industrial sites' energy assessment program
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 12, 2005 — The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is overseeing a program to assess 200 industrial sites in 39 states with the goal of helping these factories attain greater energy efficiency.

Audio Spot: ORNL corporate fellow co-edits book on Mount St. Helens research
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 11, 2005 — Twenty-five years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, a new book describes the thriving re-establishment of plants and animals there.

ORNL technologies win maximum Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 6, 2005 — Four technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have earned Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.

Spallation Neutron Source, Knight/Jacobs mark successful partnership
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 6, 2005 — Officials of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source and Knight/Jacobs Joint Venture, the SNS project's prime construction contractor, marked the successful completion of Knight/Jacobs' role in the Department of Energy project in a Friday afternoon ceremony.

ORNL, UC Berkeley unravel real-world clues to Earth's mysteries
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 5, 2005 — A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California could be a gold mine to researchers in their quest to understand the complex biological relationships and how these inner workings might apply on a grander scale.

Farragut's O'Connor recipient of UT-Battelle scholarship
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 4, 2005 — Kellen Daniel O'Connor of Farragut High School has received the 2005 UT-Battelle Scholarship worth up to $20,000.

Audio Spot: Tracking truck emissions
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 3, 2005 — Engineers at the National Transportation Research Center-- a user facility of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- have developed the Spatially Resolved Capillary Inlet Mass Spectrometer, which measures the chemical makeup of intake and exhaust air as it travels through the engine.

Audio Spot: ORNL researcher wins nanotechnology grant
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 22, 2005 — Mike Simpson, a researcher in Condensed Matter Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a joint faculty member with the University of Tennessee, is part of a National Academy of Sciences study of how nano-scale structures interact with biological proteins to mimic the function of real cells.

Audio Spot: Washing machine energy standards increased with ORNL assistance
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 21, 2005 — New Department of Energy efficiency standards for clothes washers can cut consumer energy bills by nearly $53 million annually.

Growth in biomass could put U.S. on road to energy independence
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 21, 2005 — Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of Agriculture and Energy.

UT-ORNL joint institute state's top rated 'green' building
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 21, 2005 — The state of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory together are setting a new standard for environmental responsibility and energy efficiency for Tennessee public buildings.

Audio Spot: Energy - Nuclear fuel study
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 15, 2005 — High-resolution three-dimensional images gained with a new specialized instrument will provide insight into the relationship between materials microstructure, processing conditions and nuclear fuel performance.

Audio Spot: Physics - Stirring the Big Bang soup
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 15, 2005 — Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are setting up for some cataclysmic number crunching.

Horton, Lowndes to lead ORNL's nanoscience center
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 13, 2005 — A director and scientific director have been named for the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), a nanoscale research facility that is in its final stages of construction at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: New high-powered electron microscopes installed at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 13, 2005 — Three new high-powered electron microscopes installed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory enable scientists to routinely image single atoms.

Audio Spot: Southern Technology Council meets at ORNL to discuss nanotechnology
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 12, 2005 — Technology advisors representing governors from Texas to Delaware visit the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wednesday and Thursday to talk about the emerging technology of nano-science and how the South can benefit.

Forsberg earns prestigious nuclear engineering award
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 12, 2005 — An Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher has been honored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his work in nuclear power, hydrogen production and electricity.

Four more Oak Ridge spring nature walks planned
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 11, 2005 — Four more nature walks are planned this spring in the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park.

Audio Spot: New supercomputer arrives at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 7, 2005 — Installation of what will be the world's largest unclassified supercomputer has begun at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: ORNL laboratory assisted winning NASCAR team
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 5, 2005 — Kevin Harvick's NASCAR victory Sunday at the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway was helped with technical assistance provided by the High Temperature Materials Laboratory of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Surging gas prices not affecting demand
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 24, 2005 — Gasoline prices are high, but not nearly high enough to curb demand, a fuel economy specialist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory says.

Audio Spot: Safe Harbors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 18, 2005 — Ports in the United States and around the world could be protected with a threat vulnerability analysis system being developed by a team led by Robert Patton of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Criminals are target of ORNL advanced communications system
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 11, 2005 — Residents of small communities could be better protected with a law enforcement communications system developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Summer science camps offered at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 9, 2005 — The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will sponsor two one-week Science Explorers camps for elementary and middle school students this summer.

Audio Spot: ORNL center aids NASCAR racing team
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 4, 2005 — Improving performance of NASCAR circuit race cars is possible through ongoing work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

UT-Battelle honors small business contractors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 4, 2005 — Small businesses, which have provided outstanding service and support to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, were honored today during UT-Battelle's annual Small Business Subcontractor Awards luncheon.

Lenoir City resident named vice-chair of biosphere group
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 3, 2005 — Pat Parr -- who oversees natural resource management and land use planning integration at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- has been elected vice-chair/chair-elect of the executive committee for the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative.

Oak Ridge spring nature walks begin March 5
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 1, 2005 — Spring nature walks in the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park start Saturday with a walk to see waterfowl and winter birds near the ponds at East Tennessee Technology Park.

Criminals are target of ORNL advanced communications system
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 24, 2005 — Residents of small communities could be served and protected better because of a communications system being proposed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Super-heavy nuclei take shape in 'extreme' new theories
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2005 — Advanced computational methods and supporting experiments, including work performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are giving scientists a better understanding of the nature and stability of superheavy nuclei and the heaviest elements that lie beyond the borders of the periodic table.

UT-Battelle supports Secret City Commemorative Walk
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2005 — UT-Battelle is supporting the Secret City Commemorative Walk--a memorial to participants in the Manhattan Project who also built the city of Oak Ridge--with the purchase of a monument for the new park.

DOE gives UT-Battelle highest performance rating for 2004
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2005 — The Department of Energy has awarded UT-Battelle an overall performance rating of "Outstanding" for the company's management of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The rating is the highest awarded by DOE and comes after an evaluation of ORNL's performance from October 2003 through September 2004.

Audio Spot: Cleaner, cheaper coal power
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 11, 2005 — (Audio for December 2004 Story Tip) A system that monitors individual burners and allows operators of coal-fired power plants to make instantaneous adjustments to each burner can mean cleaner air and lower costs for utilities.

ORNL Director Wadsworth named to National Academy of Engineering
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 11, 2005 — Jeffrey Wadsworth, director of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Combating blindness is vision of UT, ORNL project
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2005 — Millions of people at risk of becoming blind could one day be helped by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology originally intended to understand semiconductor defects.

Audio Spot: Next-generation steel
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 7, 2005 — (Audio for January 2005 Story Tip) New products made of stronger components that are lighter in weight, more energy efficient and have an extended use life may be possible through a technology that can alter the characteristics of steel and other materials.

Governor's Budget Funds Neutron Research Facility at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2005 — Governor Phil Bredesen's proposed state budget contains

Oak Ridge National Lab, UT-Battelle tsunami relief fund totals nearly $200,000
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory employee contributions and matching funds from UT-Battelle totaling $192,356 have been raised to aid victims of the recent Asian tsunami, ORNL Director Jeff Wadsworth announced Wednesday.

Audio Spot: Cool under pressure
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 21, 2005 — (Audio for December 2004 Story Tip) Firefighters, first responders and even team mascots and Disney characters could stay comfortable with a cartridge-based integrated cooling system being developed by a team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Navy's Navair Research Center.

ORNL's Visitor Center moves to new Research Support Center
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 14, 2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Visitor Center is moving. On Tuesday, the Visitor's Center will become part of the new Research Support Center located on ORNL's new east campus.

ORNL, U.S. Air Force launch educational program
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 14, 2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force have launched a program to help Air Force personnel upgrade their technical knowledge and skills and raise their awareness of potentially useful ORNL research and technology.

Audio Spot: Better distributed energy
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 14, 2005 — (Audio for December 2004 Story Tip) A quest for superior spark plugs for natural gas engines that help power commercial buildings, schools, restaurants and hotels has ignited an effort between Champion and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Electrical imaging process may aid study of nanotechnology
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 13, 2005 — Studying very small biological nanomaterials and their properties may become easier as the result of development of an electrically charged imaging technique at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Technology can protect water supply
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 7, 2005 — A technology to instantly determine a poisoned water supply system has been developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

UT-Battelle to match tsunami relief effort at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 6, 2005 — UT-Battelle will match tsunami relief contributions from Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees, many of whom are from countries hit hardest by the disaster, ORNL Director Jeff Wadsworth announced Thursday.