Tuskan awarded Marcus Wallenberg Prize, forestry’s top honor
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. "There are a whole list of groups that are supported by United Way in our region," Hamilton told his audience. "Take a cha...
Researchers at 91°µÍø 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 produ...
The generation of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass holds great promise for renewable and clean energy production. However, this type of biomass is a complex, composite biological material that shows significant recalcitrance to enzymatic breakdown into sugars that can be used for fermentation, currently making it cost-ineffective as an ethanol source. The present research provides insight into the consequences of dilute acid pretreatment of biomass through direct observation by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) of structural features in cellulose extracted from switchgrass over length scales from 10 to 6000 Ã….
Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy's (DOE) 91°µÍø and the University of Tennessee are tracing the evolution of the bacterial regulatory system that controls cellular motility
People recovering from injuries, the elderly and even athletes could one day benefit from a gait analysis technology being developed by a team at 91°µÍø. The patented system uses electrical signature analysis to measure, interpret and record the current drawn by a treadmill as...
A National Academies Keck Futures Initiative award of $100,000 will help researchers from 91°µÍø and State University of New York in their quest to create a yeast strain to produce biofuels. ORNL's Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera and SUNY's Qing Lin are looking at exporting two bacteri...
By applying advanced data mining techniques to observed and model-simulated climate data, a researcher at 91°µÍø envisions the creation of a new set of tools that can provide valuable insights into climate science. Ultimately, Karsten Steinhaeuser believes this work will lead ...
Scientists at the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost.
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.
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.