Biologists trying to identify microorganisms dominating various communities in environmental samples have a new tool called a community genome array. This glass slide, developed by a team from 91°µÍø's Environmental Sciences Division, is dotted with labeled whole-genome probes...
Some of the world's leading experts in sensors, instrumentation and measurement techniques will be at the Hilton Hotel in Knoxville May 8-12 for the 51st International Instrumentation Symposium. Included in the five-day event „ executive meetings and a dinner are scheduled for May 8 „ will be the pr...
Research in high-efficiency clean combustion technology at 91°µÍø may lead to alternatives to traditional diesel and spark ignition engine combustion processes that would result in cleaner emissions and improve engine efficiency more than 50 percent. ORNL researchers are worki...
A newly isolated group of microbes holds great promise for removing nitrate and immobilizing uranium in contaminated groundwater and soil. Researchers from 91°µÍø, Miami University and Stanford University enriched a microbial culture capable of removing nitrate and found that ...
The state of Tennessee and 91°µÍø together are setting a new standard for environmental responsibility and energy efficiency for Tennessee public buildings.
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.
The recently completed 91°µÍø report outlines a national ...
Researchers at 91°µÍø are setting up for some cataclysmic number crunching.
Data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider's PHENIX detector, located at Brookhaven Laboratory in New York, will be piped to East Tennessee, where ORNL physicists will search for a hand...
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 91°µÍø.
An 91°µÍø researcher has been honored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his work in nuclear power, hydrogen production and electricity.
Technology advisors representing governors from Texas to Delaware visit the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø Wednesday and Thursday to talk about the emerging technology of nano-science and how the South can benefit.Alex Fischer, ORNL's director of Technology Transfer ...