February 10, 1995
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A federal government program for stimulating energy-related inventions has generated commercial products that are saving Americans energy and money, creating jobs, boosting tax revenues, and slowing global warming.That's the conclusion of a recently published report prepared by Marilyn Brown and fo...
February 9, 1995
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Dr. S. Marshall Adams of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been awarded the annual prize from the Association of American publishers for the outstanding book of the year in biological sciences.Adams served as co-editor of the book Biodiversity of the Southeastern U...
February 6, 1995
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has designated its Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as the "preferred alternative site" for a new neutron source, an accelerator facility that will help ORNL maintain its role in neutron science.The DOE budget for fiscal year 1996 includes $8 million for a concept...
February 2, 1995
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Philip J. Maziasz of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been named a fellow by the American Society of Metals International (ASM International).The honor was awarded to Maziasz and 48 others at the Annual ASM Awards Dinner on Oct. 4, 1994 in Rosemont, Ill., in...
February 2, 1995
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Museum display areas at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Graphite Reactor, a registered National Historic Landmark at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), have been given a face-lift during the past several months.The Laboratory has updated displays on ORNL science and technology; installed weat...
February 2, 1995
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Russell Miller has been appointed director of Technology Applications Development in the Martin Marietta Energy Systems Office of Technology Transfer.Miller will be responsible for making new contacts with large firms in the United States to establish successful leads for the licensing of intellect...
January 31, 1995
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Dr. Linda L. Horton has been appointed associate director of the Metals and Ceramics Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).As the manager of the Basic Energy Sciences Programs and associate division director for the Metals and Ceramics Division, she is re...
January 24, 1995
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Johnnie B. Cannon has been appointed director of the Office of Planning and Management at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Previously he served as the associate director of the Energy Division. In this position, Cannon will coordinate preparation of the institutional ...
January 23, 1995
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Dr. Richard P. Woychik, senior research scientist with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named head of the Mammalian Genetics and Developmental Biology section in ORNL's Biology Division.
January 22, 1995
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Mercury is a heavy liquid metal, but it can float through the air as a gas. Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have measured an important species of gaseous mercury in air that is highly soluble in water.This finding may help explain the concentrati...
January 18, 1995
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Larry Barnthouse and Marvin Poutsma of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Barnthouse and Poutsma will receive the awards at the organization's annual meeting in Atlanta in ...
January 17, 1995
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The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and DELTA M Corp. of Oak Ridge, Tenn., are jointly developing mineral-insulated cables for use in experimental fusion reactors, where the performance of normal diagnostic cables tends to deteriorate.