Archived News Releases for 2010

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Upgrading dams suggested as strong renewable energy option
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 22, 2010 — Upgrading existing dams with new equipment could enable the South to reduce the amount of electricity produced in the region by fossil fuels, according to Marilyn Brown, a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors and a public policy professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Four ORNL scientists named American Physical Society Fellows
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 17, 2010 — Four researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected to fellowship in the American Physical Society.

2010 Commitment Award recognizes ORNL's F&O directorate
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 16, 2010 — A comprehensive effort undertaken by the Facilities and Operations Directorate of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve efficiency, security and safety has helped earn an award from the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence.

Supercomputing research opens doors for drug discovery
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2010 — A quicker and cheaper technique to scan molecular databases developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could put scientists on the fast track to developing new drug treatments.

ORNL's AquaSentinel licensed to East Tennessee startup company
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 7, 2010 — A Tennessee startup, SecureWaters Inc., has licensed a water supply monitoring technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Bredesen Dedicates Joint Research Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 3, 2010 — Governor Phil Bredesen today joined officials from the University of Tennessee and the Department of Energy in dedicating a new state-funded research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL's Leal and Snead named American Nuclear Society Fellows
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2010 — Luiz Leal and Lance Snead from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected to the American Nuclear Society's Class of 2010 Fellows.

Jaguar helps develop new nuclear power capabilities
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2010 — While the Jaguar supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently ceded its rank as the world's most powerful supercomputer - dropping to No. 2 - it is still performing world-class science.

Clinton High students learn of area career opportunities
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 24, 2010 — Sixteen Clinton High School students learned about career opportunities in science and technology during a recent visit to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

ORNL scientists crack materials mystery in vanadium dioxide
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2010 — A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Talented math, science students focus on technology careers
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 19, 2010 — More than 100 high school students of color from Knoxville and Oak Ridge who have accomplished high achievement in math and science are currently experiencing first hand East Tennessee organizations focused on technology, including the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Dai named ORNL's top scientist by UT-Battelle
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2010 — Sheng Dai, a researcher in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has earned the UT-Battelle Director's Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology.

Declining nitrogen availability reduces CO2 fertilization effects, researchers find
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2010 — Climate models that project future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations should include a coupled nitrogen cycle, a team of researchers led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has concluded.

Anderson County High junior defines patriotism
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 11, 2010 — Emmalee Mariner may be just a junior at Anderson County High School, but she can clearly define what patriotism means to her.

ORNL Purple Heart recipient moves forward
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 11, 2010 — Retired Army Master Sgt. and Purple Heart recipient Richard Robertson was wounded in 2005 in Iraq, losing four of his comrades during an attack.

Four ORNL researchers receive presidential early career award
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2010 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Jeremy Busby, De-en Jiang, Sergei Kalinin and Rahul Ramachandran are among 85 scientists across the nation to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE.

ORNL's Amit Goyal R&D Magazine's Innovator of the Year
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2010 — Amit Goyal, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named by R&D Magazine as the leading technology publication's Innovator of the Year.

Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 21, 2010 — Tin may seem like the most unassuming of elements, but experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are yielding surprising properties in extremely short-lived isotopes near tin-100's "doubly magic" nucleus.

ORNL's research reactor revamps veteran neutron scattering tool
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 19, 2010 — The Cold Triple Axis spectrometer, a new addition to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor and a complementary tool to other neutron scattering instruments at ORNL, has entered its commissioning phase.

ORNL theorist part of team that discovers unexpected magnetism
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 18, 2010 — Theoretical work done at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has provided a key to understanding an unexpected magnetism between two dissimilar materials.

UT-Battelle United Way campaign tops $1 million 3rd straight year
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 8, 2010 — UT-Battelle has contributed more than $1 million to the United Way campaign for the third consecutive year.

ORNL has key roles in DOE cybersecurity for energy effort
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 7, 2010 — With the transition to a smart grid comes new opportunities for hackers, but researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to stay at least one step ahead.

UT-Battelle gives $5,000 to benefit Appalachian families
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 6, 2010 — Low-income families under stress from high utility bills can find relief through a new energy savings program supported by UT-Battelle.

ORNL uses new technologies to take steam out of wasted energy
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 5, 2010 — By installing wireless sensors and replacing faulty traps along the 12 miles of steam lines at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, officials expect to save as much as $675,000 per year.

ORNL's Bhaduri earns homeland security honor
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 5, 2010 — Budhendra Bhaduri of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named a recipient of a 2010 Homeland Security Award presented by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and AgustaWestland North America.

Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2010 — Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life.

New TV show features energy efficient Oak Ridge homes
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 24, 2010 — Knoxville-based DIY Television is producing a new series called "This New House" with segments about construction of Oak Ridge homes with a number of energy efficient and energy saving technologies developed and/or tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

New Oak Ridge homes are laboratories for energy efficiency
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 20, 2010 — Four East Tennessee homes completed this month showcase how scientific research can make dramatic changes in the cost of heating and cooling our homes.

ORNL strengthens DOE-funded clean vehicles team
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 17, 2010 — As a member of the recently announced clean vehicles consortium, part of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are focusing on a suite of technologies to put more electric and hybrid vehicles on the road.

Neutrons helping ORNL researchers unlock secrets to cheaper ethanol
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 15, 2010 — New insight into the structure of switchgrass and poplars is fueling discussions that could result in more efficient methods to turn biomass into biofuel.

ORNL scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 14, 2010 — As industries and consumers increasingly seek improved battery power sources, cutting-edge microscopy performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing an unprecedented perspective on how lithium-ion batteries function.

ORNL, Bavaria agree to exchange program
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 13, 2010 — We soon may be seeing some students and scientists from the German state of Bavaria - which includes Munich - working in a new exchange program at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL wins two awards for sustainability program
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 9, 2010 — Exemplary efforts to "go green" at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have resulted in a 2010 Federal Energy & Water Management Award and a 2010 Department of Energy Management Award in recognition of the lab's Sustainable Campus Initiative.

ORNL graphite foam technology licensed to LED North America
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2010 — Technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that extends the life of light-emitting diode lamps has been licensed to LED North America.

ORNL scientists help explain graphene mystery
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2010 — Nanoscale simulations and theoretical research performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are bringing scientists closer to realizing graphene's potential in electronic applications.

UT, ORNL crunching numbers to make sense of climate change
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 19, 2010 — Buried in mountains of meteorological and hydrological data are likely clues that could help in predicting floods, hurricanes and other extreme weather events.

ORNL's Peng wins Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2010 — Martin Peng, a researcher in the Fusion Energy Division of Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected by the Fusion Power Associates board of directors to receive a 2010 FPA Leadership Award.

Award-winning supercomputer application solves superconductor puzzle
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 9, 2010 — Superconducting materials, which transmit power resistance-free, are found to perform optimally when high- and low-charge density varies on the nanoscale level, according to research performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Unprecedented look at oxide interfaces reveals unexpected structures on atomic scale
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 4, 2010 — Thin layers of oxide materials and their interfaces have been observed in atomic resolution during growth for the first time by researchers at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, providing new insight into the complicated link between their structure and properties.

New emergency preparedness video aimed at people with special needs
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 27, 2010 — Final edits to a video that will help people with disabilities better prepare for emergencies are being made this month, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's John Sorensen, co-writer and producer of the project.

Michael K. Miller named UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 23, 2010 — UT-Battelle has appointed Michael K. Miller of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory a UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow. The honor is reserved as the highest level of recognition for career achievements in science and technology, performance and leadership.

ORNL's Buchanan named 2010 American Chemical Society Fellow
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 22, 2010 — Michelle Buchanan, Associate Laboratory Director in Physical Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the 2010 class of fellows of the American Chemical Society.

Polymer synthesis could aid future electronics
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 19, 2010 — Tomorrow's television and computer screens could be brighter, clearer and more energy-efficient as a result of a process developed by a team of researchers from Canada and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

UT Athletic Director Hamilton kicks off ORNL United Way effort
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 16, 2010 — University of Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton encouraged several hundred UT-Battelle employees to consider visiting United Way agencies to see the good they are doing.

ORNL researchers win eight R&D 100 awards
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 8, 2010 — Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been honored with eight awards in the annual R&D 100 Awards by R&D Magazine. Sometimes referred to as the "Academy Awards of Science," the magazine selected winners for development of "one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of 2010."

Cell signaling classification system gives researchers new tool
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 2, 2010 — OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 02, 2010 -- Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are tracing the evolution of the bacterial regulatory system that controls cellular motility, potentially giving researchers a method for predicting important cellular functions that will impact both medical and biotechnology research.

Climate change scientists turn up the heat in Alaska
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 25, 2010 — Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost.

DOE, ORNL officially join NSF on massive ecological study
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 22, 2010 — With the signing of a memorandum of agreement, the Oak Ridge Reservation officially becomes one of 20 planned core ecological observatory sites that will provide valuable information to help scientists better understand how the ecosystem breathes.

So far, fish appear to be healthy after fly ash spill
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 9, 2010 — Fish exposed to fly ash at the site of the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash spill are faring better than some expected, researchers have learned.

ORNL wins Eisenhower Award for small business support
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 7, 2010 — ORNL's record in using small businesses to meet subcontracting needs has earned UT-Battelle the 2010 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence in the Research and Development category.

ORNL sows seeds with new agricultural carbon accounting tool
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 2, 2010 — Carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural activity in the United States can now be tracked with unprecedented resolution because of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

New 'doubly magic' research reveals role of nuclear shell
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 1, 2010 — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the University of Tennessee (UT) and six collaborating universities have performed an unprecedented nuclear reaction experiment that explores the unique properties of the "doubly magic" radioactive isotope of 132Sn, or tin-132.

Oak Ridge National Lab to lead Reactor Simulation Innovation Hub
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 28, 2010 — A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received $122 million and access to the world's most powerful computers to speed the development of the next generation of nuclear reactors. The award from the Department of Energy creates the first energy innovation hub -- the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors -- headquartered at Oak Ridge.

Gene discovery potential key to cost-competitive cellulosic ethanol
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 20, 2010 — Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving strains of microorganisms used to convert cellulosic biomass into ethanol, including a recent modification that could improve the efficiency of the conversion process.

Advancing the nuclear enterprise through better computing
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 18, 2010 — Scientists at the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are merging decades of nuclear energy and safety expertise with high-performance computing to effectively address a range of nuclear energy- and security-related challenges

American Nuclear Society honors new fellow Besmann with Mishima Award
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 11, 2010 — Ted Besmann, leader of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Surface Processing & Mechanics group, has been elected fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and has been selected to receive the society's 2010 Mishima Award.

ORNL technology raises bar, lowers cost for groundwater contaminant sensors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 6, 2010 — Long-term continuous monitoring of groundwater where contaminants are present or suspected could be streamlined with a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Preventing blindness focus of ORNL technology, AMDx
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 5, 2010 — Automated Medical Diagnostics, a startup company based in Memphis, envisions its product helping to preserve the sight of millions of people at risk of vision loss from diabetic retinopathy.

Oak Ridge student wins $20,000 UT-Battelle scholarship
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 30, 2010 — Mark Remec, a senior at Oak Ridge High School, is the winner of the 2010 UT-Battelle scholarship, a four-year scholarship to the University of Tennessee.

New ORNL carbon composite holds promise for bionics
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 22, 2010 — Mimicking the human nervous system for bionic applications could become a reality with the help of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to process carbon nanotubes.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Industry to Collaborate in Advanced Battery Research
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 20, 2010 — Through new collaborations totaling $6.2 million, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and American industry will tackle some of the most critical challenges facing lithium ion battery production.

ORNL's 'green' efforts recognized by Office of Science
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 20, 2010 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's research and operations programs in sustainability and energy efficiency have resulted in recognition from the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

International team discovers element 117
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 7, 2010 — An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, including two Department of Energy national laboratories and two universities, has discovered the newest superheavy element, element 117.

Microorganisms in toxic groundwater fine-tuned to survive
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 29, 2010 — Microorganisms can indeed live in extreme environments, but the ones that

Neutron scattering society honors Mook with Shull Prize
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 26, 2010 — Herbert A. Mook Jr., a UT-Battelle Senior Corporate Fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded the 2010 Clifford E. Shull Prize by the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA).

Maryland and Arkansas Teams Win ORNL Global Venture Challenge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 26, 2010 — Graduate students from the University of Arkansas and the University of Maryland received first place at the 2010 Global Venture Challenge that was hosted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory March 24-26. The challenge is a competition that brings together students developing new technology in the two tracks of energy and security and venture investors with expertise in the marketplace.

ORNL Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 25, 2010 — Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at

ORNL Director Thom Mason's message on UT-Battelle contract extension
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 23, 2010 — The following is the text of a message Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PartTec to market SNS-developed neutron detector system
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 11, 2010 — PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL earns project of year award from tech transfer group
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 8, 2010 — A technology that can enhance collecting of data from studying the compositions on a material surface has earned the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Excellence in Technology Transfer Project of the Year Award from the Southeast Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.

UT-Battelle recognizes contributions of small businesses
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 5, 2010 — UT-Battelle, LLC, management and operating contractor for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), presented awards to seven small businesses today at the 11th Annual ORNL Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Awards ceremony.

Four ORNL researchers named American Physical Society fellows
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2010 — Four scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named fellows of the American Physical Society.

ORNL technology may better detect cyber security attacks
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 25, 2010 — A system that can more effectively detect possible cyber security attacks within large organizations - including government agencies -- is being developed with the assistance of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

CEO of PAX Water Technologies to speak at ORNL's Global Venture Challenge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 23, 2010 — Peter Fiske, president and chief executive officer of PAX Water Technologies, will be the keynote speaker for the 2010 Global Venture Challenge March 25-26 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

2010 DOE INCITE projects allocated at ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 23, 2010 — OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 23, 2010 -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers will lead projects that have been awarded a total of 251 million processor hours of computing time on supercomputers located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. These awards were made through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program. This year, the INCITE program will make approximately 1.6 billion processor hours available to projects designed to facilitate breakthroughs in areas such as climate change, alternative energy, life sciences and materials science. The projects were selected based on peer review and evaluations of their potential to advance scientific discovery.

ORNL researcher assists 'Extreme Makeover' crew
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2010 — Jeff Christian of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge

ORAU and ORNL Partnering with Siemens Foundation, College Board and Discovery Education to Host 'Siemens Teachers as Researchers' Program
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2010 — OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is partnering with Oak Ridge National

New ORNL sensor exploits traditional weakness of nano devices
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2010 — By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos Datskos is developing a chemical and biological sensor with unprecedented sensitivity.

Five spring nature walks planned in Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 11, 2010 — Five nature walks are planned this spring in the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park.

Paul Gilna to lead ORNL's BioEnergy Science Center
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2010 — Dr. Paul Gilna is joining the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as director of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC).

Semi-finalists named for Global Venture Challenge 2010
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2010 — Student teams from 22 universities have been selected to advance to the semi-final round of the 2010 Global Venture Challenge hosted March 25-26 by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

New facility expected to clarify ecosystem responses to climate change
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 5, 2010 — Scientists hope to get a glimpse of the future with a proposed experiment facility in northern Minnesota that would allow them to adjust temperatures and levels of carbon dioxide across a broad range of possibilities projected by climate models.

Four ORNL researchers selected for Recovery Act early career funds
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 4, 2010 — Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are among the 69 scientists that will receive five-year research grants as part of the Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program.

New ORNL system provides hybrid electric autos with power to spare
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 4, 2010 — An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation.

New neutron studies support magnetism's role in superconductors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 2, 2010 — Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechanisms are behind both copper-based high-temperature superconductors and the newly discovered iron-based superconductors.

UT-Battelle licenses tissue regeneration technologies to NellOne Therapeutics, Inc.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2010 — In a major step toward commercialization of a promising therapeutic treatment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory contractor UT-Battelle has exclusively licensed patents on inventions based on the Nell-1 gene to NellOne Therapeutics, Inc. (NellOne), a company spun out of the Department of Energy laboratory.

Supercomputing time awarded to design transformational lithium air battery
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2010 — The Department of Energy announced today that 24 million hours of supercomputing time out of a total of 1.6 billion available hours at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories have been awarded to investigate materials for developing lithium air batteries, capable of powering a car for 500 miles on a single charge.

U.S. ITER awards agreement for Tokamak Cooling Water System
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 19, 2010 — The U.S. ITER Project Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has awarded a basic ordering agreement for design and fabrication of the Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) - a major U.S. contribution to the ITER Project - to AREVA Federal Services LLC of Charlotte, N.C.

Bhaduri appointed to prestigious Mapping Science Committee
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 12, 2010 — Budhendra Bhaduri of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Mapping Science Committee of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.

ORNL hosting fourth annual Global Venture Challenge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 7, 2010 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory invites universities to apply to compete in the fourth annual Global Venture Challenge to be held March 24-26.

Nagler, Zinkle elected fellows of AAAS
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 6, 2010 — Two researchers at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory--Stephen E. Nagler and Steven J. Zinkle--have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).