When a detective asked why the fingerprints of children often refuse to reveal themselves, ORNL researchers discovered important differences in the body chemistry of adults and children. When science and law enforcement work together, our streets become safer.
Chronic Beryllium Disease sometimes affects workers who have inhaled beryllium. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education's health studies of exposed workers are being used to develop tests and early treatments for this debilitating occupational disease.
What made the elements of our universe? The new Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility will help researchers from institutions all over the globe understand what's happening in the heavens.
Bioremediation is the practice of using microorganisms to break down pollutants in the soil. Someone's "germ" of an idea could be the key to fixing the environment's "deeper" problems.
One answer to the growing demand for energy may be biomass--growing our own fuel. An ORNL, TVA, and UT partnership is working to make this renewable fuel technology a competitive one as well.
Are mice and men alike? A genetic researcher at ORNL will likely answer: "In many important ways."
High-Performance Computing is more than crunching numbers. An ORNL-UT partnership is demonstrating that supercomputers help us develop better medicines, better cars, a better environment, better lots of things.
East Tennessee's research institutions are not only treasure troves for scientists; they are also tremendous resources for students. The tools provided to today's talent build the foundations of tomorrow's breakthroughs.
Combine basic and applied materials research with.industrial prowess and you get new materials--superalloys--that help us do our work and get where we're going more efficiently.
Clifford Shull received the 1994 Nobel Prize for neutron scattering work he helped pioneer at ORNL. A technology born in the wake of the Manhattan Project has become a vital window into the world's most advanced materials.
Science and technology come to a Tennessee city: Oak Ridge researchers team up with Chattanooga--a community willing to blaze important new trails toward sustainable economic development.