Story tips from the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dec. 2008
CLIMATE -- Spotlight on CO2 . . . Data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory combined with computational power and tools provided by ORNL researchers will result in unprecedented levels of information about atmospheric carbon dioxide. The satellite, scheduled for launch in mid-January, wil...East Ridge Retirement Village Announces Enhancement Plan
East Ridge to affiliate with senior living leader SantaFe HealthCare on community improvements MIAMI, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- East Ridge Retirement Village announced today a major project that will bring the most significant enhancements to the community since it ...Peacetime use of radioisotopes at Oak Ridge cited as Chemical Landmark
The production and distribution of radioactive isotopes for peacetime uses at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will be designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society in a special ceremony in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on March 6. Bruce E. Bursten, Ph.D., president...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nov. 2007
MATERIALS -- Ready, aim . . . As the new hunting season begins, an Ohio-based company is introducing a high performance bullet based on technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The new bullet promises more precision and superior terminal ballistics and is lead-free and safe for...EPA Says Follow-Up Sampling Shows No PCB Risk at Park Ridge Elementary School
CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today told Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 that follow-up sampling done at the Carpenter Elementary School in Park Ridge in mid- September shows no PCB risk to students, faculty or staff. In a lette...Knights of Columbus Gather in Phoenix for 127th International Convention
... of the 1.78 million member Knights of Columbus are gathering for their 127th annual convention, to be held August 2-4, 2009 at the JW Marriott Desert ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The Knights of Columbus, founded in 1882, is now the world's largest lay Catholic organization, and has local c...St. Jude Scientists Discover a New Mechanism Controlling Neuronal Migration
...umber of time-lapse images, Solecki said. The analysis program was developed by study co-authors Ryan Kerekes, Ph.D., and Shaun Gleason, Ph.D., of Oak ridge National Laboratories in Tennessee. "Our time-lapse microscopy could image hundreds of cells in a single afternoon, but analyzing that mass o...Ridge Diagnostics Wins Growth-Promoting Loan From Biotech Center
...RCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ridge Diagnostics, Inc., a neurodiagnostic company with ...other select areas of the United States." The ridge Clinical Experience Program, slated to begin in Se... and management of patients with depression. ridge Diagnostics, Inc. is a neurodiagnostic company co...Pressure Ridge Double Plate Molteno Implant (DR2/DL2)
Description: Long-term biocompatibility is established. Provides a robust and durable drainage system. Preplaced suture holes ensure correct positioning on the globe. Pressure Ridge Molteno Implants have a subsidiary ridge which, when covered by Tenons tissue, acts as a Pressure sensitive biological valve, limi...Pressure Ridge Single Plate Molteno Implant (D1)
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Description:...m. Preplaced suture holes ensure correct positioning on the globe. Pressure ridge Molteno Implants have a subsidiary ridge which, when covered by Tenons tissue, acts as a Pressure sensitive biologic...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2009
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip. 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-r...Story tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- May 2009
MATERIALS -- Soft-matter spectrometer . . . The Spallation Neutron Source has added another instrument to its eventual suite of 25. The Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer is expected to be best of its class in soft-matter research. The spectrometer is particularly well suited for analyzing molecula...Story tips from the Departments of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab -- March 2009
MATERIALS -- Entering a new domain . . . With the aid of a one-of-a-kind instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, scientists have made a series of discoveries that could open new pathways for nanoscale electronics. The study, published in Nature ...Oak Ridge supercomputer is the world's fastest for science
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 17, 2008 -- A Cray XT high-performance computing system at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the world's fastest supercomputer for science. The annual ranking of the world's top 500 computers ( www.top500.org ) will be released Tuesday in Aust...GUMC and Oak Ridge National Labs announce unique research partnership
Washington, DCGeorgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced today an agreement between the institutions that formalizes their research relationship and will help facilitate additional biomedical researchparticularly in the areas of structural biology, systems gen...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2008
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip. 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-r...Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2008
BIOENERGY -- Natural selection . . . By examining natural variation among cottonwood trees in nature, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to develop a strategy to maximize production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass. Through a process known as association mapping, scientists wi...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2008
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip. 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-r...Oak Ridge pegged for national ecological network
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 26, 2008 Dozens of instruments to be deployed on the Oak Ridge Reservation and other sites around the nation will provide valuable information related to climate change, biodiversity and invasive species, infectious diseases and other areas of interest. Walker Branch Wat...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2008
NAVIGATION -- Micro gyro . . . Airplanes, submarines and even automobiles of tomorrow may be equipped with arrays of inexpensive high-performance micro-mechanical gyroscopes for navigation and other purposes. The proprietary system of MEMS gyroscope arrays being developed by a team consisting...Aerospace engineer earns Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Award
Blacksburg, Va. -- Michael Philen, assistant professor of aerospace and ocean engineering at Virginia Tech, has received the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award. The award will support Philen's research to develop fluidic flexible matrix composites, which ar...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2008
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and External Relations staff member identified at the end of each tip. 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-r...Oak Ridge leads DOE INCITE effort in 2008
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 17, 2008 Scientific studies on climate change, energy and alternative fuels are among the 30 projects awarded more than 145 million processing hours on supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory through the Department of Energys Innovative and Novel Computational Impac...ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Announces Financing
...by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus can be obtained directly from the ADVENTRX at 6725 Mesa ridge Road, Suite 100, San Diego, California 92121 or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. About ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals ADVENTRX Pharma...ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of Financing
...red by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus can be obtained directly from ADVENTRX at 6725 Mesa ridge Road, Suite 100, San Diego, California 92121 or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . About ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Inc. ADVENTRX Pharm...CardioDynamics Agrees to be Acquired by SonoSite for $1.35 Per Share
...ement and other filings made by CardioDynamics with the SEC can also be obtained, free of charge, by directing a request to CardioDynamics, 6175 Nancy ridge Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92121, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Participants in the Solicitation The directors and exe...ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Announces Financing
...by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus can be obtained directly from the ADVENTRX at 6725 Mesa ridge Road, Suite 100, San Diego, California 92121 or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . About ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals Inc. ADVENTRX Pharm...ChemImage Works to Improve Existing Methods of Imaging Untreated Fingerprints on Paper Substrates
...lication scientists at ChemImage have been able to apply new developments in software and hardware configurations resulting in the enhancement of more ridge detail of untreated latent prints on paper. "The results are very promising," said John Belechak, Chief Operating Officer at ChemImage, "To compa...U.S. Risks Losing Highly Skilled Immigrants
... them would be misguided, but regulation will be needed. In the article In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right , Keith Kline and colleagues at Oak ridge National Laboratory write that despite recent claims to the contrary, plant-based fuels developed in economically and environmentally sensible ways ca...ECBC Now Accepting Applications for 2009 Minority Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
...ing and compatibility of background with applied research programs at ECBC. The application deadline for MUSIP is Monday, March 2, with the Oak ridge Institute for Science and Education serving as administrator and manager of the application process. For guidelines or more information, contact Kim ...