Recent News & Features
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For more information on ORNL and its research and development activities, please refer to one of our Media Contacts. If you have a general media-related question or comment, you can send it to news@ornl.gov.
News Releases
Features | News Releases Archive | Features Archive| ORNL scientists solve mercury mystery, Science reports OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 7, 2013 — By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury, which is far more toxic, scientists today have taken a significant step toward protecting human health. |
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| 'Bridging the Gap' conference invites business community to ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 5, 2013 — Several of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's most promising applied R&D; capabilities will be in the spotlight March 5-6 as dozens of entrepreneurs, investors and scientists gather at the lab's third annual "Bridging the Gap" conference. |
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| 'Zoomable' map of poplar proteins offers new view of bioenergy crop OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 29, 2013 — Researchers seeking to improve production of ethanol from woody crops have a new resource in the form of an extensive molecular map of poplar tree proteins, published by a team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. |
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| ORNL research paves way for larger, safer lithium ion batteries OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 23, 2013 — Looking toward improved batteries for charging electric cars and storing energy from renewable but intermittent solar and wind, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first high-performance, nanostructured solid electrolyte for more energy-dense lithium ion batteries. |
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Features
News Releases | Features Archive | News Releases Archive| ORNL's RABiTS technology enables record-setting performance with iron-based superconducting wires A technology invented at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for manufacturing copper-oxide based high-temperature superconducting materials has been used to make an iron-based superconducting wire capable of carrying very high electrical currents under exceptionally high magnetic fields. — Jan. 16, 2013 |
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