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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
State interested in expanding rail service
(Topeka Capital-Journal)
A study released last year by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a Department of Energy laboratory operated by UT-Battelle LLC in Oak Ridge, Tenn., reported that airlines use 20 percent more energy per passenger mile than Amtrak. Automobiles consume 27 percent more energy per passenger mile than Amtrak... 04/27
Clinical study for breast cancer planned in Mobile
(Huntsville Times)
Local doctors hope a new cancer therapy developed in Mobile labs will successfully suppress advanced breast cancer in patients for whom all other treatments have failed...
The new approach to treating cancer began by accident more than 30 years ago, when Coggin and his colleagues, immunobiologists Jim Rohrer and Adel Barsoum, all worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee... 04/26
Rep. Wamp: All Of The Above Approach To Addressing Energy Costs
(The Chattanoogan) The Jetson's cartoon made many of us think that the car of the future would soar through the air as we fly to our destination. But not many of us would have guessed that the only thing about today's vehicles that would soar is the cost to keep the tank full of gasoline... 04/27
Reflective shields touts energy advantages
(Arizona Republic) As the extreme heat of summer and high electric bills approach, an inventor in Phoenix says he has an underutilized option for bouncing heat out of houses... "The number quoted by the utility is much too small," said Andre Desjarlais, chairman of the ASHRAE committee on building "envelopes" or barriers and insulation. He also is the program manager for building-envelope research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee... 04/25
Down with Carbon
(ScienceNews) Recent data suggest that North American ecosystems sequester, on average, 505 million metric tons of carbon each year. Some accumulates as organic material in soil, wetlands or the carbon-rich sediments deposited in the continent’s rivers and lakes... Most of the sequestered carbon, about 301 million tons, is locked away in North American forests or in the wood products harvested from them, notes Anthony W. King, an ecosystem scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 04/25
ITER update: Sauthoff keeps his chin up
(Knoxville News Sentinel)
Ned Sauthoff, director of the U.S. project office for ITER, seemed to be in good spirits yesterday evening as he talked about how the U.S. team is tackling technical issues on the giant project and addressing a budget shortfall on the homefront... 04/25
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Flipping the bird nests
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Oh, those vista-loving ospreys, always wanting to nest on top of power poles where they get free rent and a 360-degree panorama of their preyful surroundings. About three or four pairs of the birds starting building nests like that this spring in an area near Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and that just wouldn't do... 04/25 |
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ORHS headed to DOE's National Science Bowl
(Oak Ridger) Oak Ridge High School has earned a spot to compete against 66 teams from all over America in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl May 1-6, in Washington, D.C... 04/28
Showers, flowers, but still a drought
(Knoxville News Sentinel) If 2008's spring showers are going to produce lots of May flowers, not to mention strong crops this summer, Mother Nature had better get cracking... 04/28
Three Oak Ridge High School students have been named winners of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards
(Oak Ridger) The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced last week that Nabeela Ahmad, Refuyat Ahsen and Katherine C. "KC" Cushman were among the 24 students in Tennessee -- and approximately 1,100 high school seniors across the nation -- to receive corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships this year... 04/28
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Loan Industry Fighting Rules on Mortgages
(NY Times) The mortgage industry, facing the prospect of tougher regulations for its central role in the housing crisis, has begun an intensive campaign to fight back. As the Federal Reserve completes work on rules to root out abuses by lenders, its plan has run into a buzz saw of criticism from bankers, mortgage brokers... 04/28
Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice
(Washington Post) Like most of the world's poorest nations, Mauritania is caught in a global food trap, producing only 30 percent of what its people eat and importing most of the rest. As prices skyrocket, those who can least afford it are squeezed the most as the world confronts the worst bout of food inflation since the Soviet grain crisis of the 1970s... 04/28
U.S. pushes utilities to counter Moqtada al-Sadr
(CS Monitor) General Hammond is pushing for services – trash pickup, medical care, water, electricity – for a southern slice of the volatile district. It's part of a US plan to win Iraqis away from Moqtada al-Sadr's sway. And they see a window of opportunity as fighting in Mr. Sadr's Baghdad stronghold shows signs of quieting... 04/28
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Tennessee Valley Authority, DOE sign nuclear fuel deal
(Chattanooga Times Free Press) The Tennessee Valley Authority announced today that it has signed an agreement to work with the U.S. Department of Energy to help develop and exchange information about new ways to reprocess spent nuclear fuel... 04/25
Tax bill would generate millions
(Knoxville News Sentinel) This year's version of the Department of Revenue's annual effort to close state tax loopholes and clean up the language of levies will tinker with topics ranging from free continental breakfasts at motels to mortgage-based securities... 04/28
Decision pending on lottery bill
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Lawmakers discussing proposals to lower the cumulative grade point average needed to keep a lottery-funded scholarship say they hope funding board numbers to be released this week will help them decide which one is the most feasible... 04/28
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Purdue finishes probe of embattled scientist
(Journal & Courier)
A Purdue University panel that investigated research misconduct allegations against a nuclear scientist who claims he produced nuclear fusion in a simple lab experiment has turned over its findings to federal authorities... 04/25
IU Physics graduate student wins Lindau Laureate Scholarship
(University of Indiana)
For more than 50 years, roughly two dozen Nobel Prize winners gather annually with 500 promising graduate students from around the world for a unique conference on Lake Constance in Germany. This June, Indiana University is proud to see one of its own young physicists, Brian Page, go to the selective gathering as a Lindau award recipient... 04/25
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Energy Extra -04/25 A daily report on U.S. energy policy [pdf file; ORNL subscription - internal use]
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DOE Dedicates Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
(GRID Today) The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory today celebrated the dedication of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) during a ceremony attended by key federal, state and local officials... 04/28
U.S. Department of Energy Celebrates Small Business Week and Announces 9th Annual Small Business Conference
(DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will host its 9th Annual Small Business Conference, Exposition & Matchmaking Forum, June 24-26, 2008... 04/25
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Home Brew for the Car, Not the Beer Cup
(NY Times) WHAT if you could make fuel for your car in your backyard for less than you pay at the pump? Would you? The first question has driven Floyd S. Butterfield for more than two decades. Mr. Butterfield, 52, is something of a legend for people who make their own ethanol... 04/27 |
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