Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2004
SPACE -- Life beyond Earth . . . ......Techniques to find microbial life in the depths of our planet may be useful for determining whether there is life on Mars. At least that's the idea behind a five-year $5 million NASA project that taps the expertise of Tommy Phelps of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Susan Pfiffner of the University of Tennessee. The project, headed by Indiana University, al...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2004
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications and Community Outreach staff member identified at the end of each tip....... ...... It cost a family of four living in a next-generation Habitat for Humanity house just 82 cents a day in total energy bills, and the project continues to gain momentum. The house boasts impressive air tightness in addition to an advance...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2002
MANUFACTURING Crackdown on boiler breaks. . . ......Paper mills across the country have more reliable and efficient recovery boilers because of ORNL and partners. The problem faced by numerous paper mills was that their recovery boilers, which burn organic waste to generate steam and electric power for the mills, were developing cracks. Repairs or replacements are costly, so researchers in ORNLs...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2001
. .While Greg Madduxs curveball might break 19 inches at Atlantas Turner Field, conditions at Denvers Coors Field can cut the amount of break by 10 percent, according to some groundbreaking research performed at ORNL. The fluid mechanics research, which aims to precisely quantify the interaction between solids and fluids, uses the labs computer to run an algorithm developed by an ORNL researcher...