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The American Physical Society’s president-elect, Laura Greene, recognized ORNL’s Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility as an APS Historic Physics Site at the recent Nuclear Structure 2016 Conference and Neutrinos in Nuclear Physics Workshop held in Knoxville.

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ORNL’s climate and energy scientists have developed a new method to pinpoint which electrical service areas will be most vulnerable as populations grow and temperatures rise. “For the first time, we were able to apply data at a high enough resolution to be relevant,” said ORNL’s Melissa Allen, co-au...
 from left, Sen. Estes Kefauver, ORNL Director Alvin Weinberg, Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, Tennessee Gov. Frank Clement and Sen. Albert Gore Sr.

The 1956 presidential campaign made a stop at ORNL Thursday, Aug. 30 when Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson and his running mate, Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., visited.

American Physical Society names ORNL’s Holifield Facility national historic physics site

The American Physical Society (APS) has honored the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility as an APS Historic Physics Site. It is the first designated APS Historic Physics Site in the state of Tennessee.

The APS is one of the world’s top professional societies for scientists. APS President Laura...

Retired Sustainable Transportation Program director Ron Graves leaves innovation legacy

Sitting in the driver’s seat comes naturally to Ron Graves, the recently retired head of ORNL’s Sustainable Transportation Program. Graves has logged more than 100 days on national racetracks such as Daytona, Road Atlanta and Pocono and routinely reaches speeds of 175 mph in high-performance driv...

A 3-D-printed trim tool developed by ORNL and Boeing to be used in building Boeing’s 777X passenger jet has received the title of largest solid 3D printed item by Guinness World Records. (Photo by Carlos Jones)

A 3-D printed trim-and-drill tool, developed by ORNL researchers and to be evaluated at The Boeing Company, has received the title of largest solid 3-Dprinted item by Guinness World Records.

ORNL printed the lower cost trim tool in only 30 hours using carbon fiber and thermoplastic composite mate...