ORNL kicks off technical collaboration program for electric grid research
A new technical collaboration program at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help businesses develop and launch electric grid innovations. Sponsored by...
Users of Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility gather for 20th annual meeting
“It was great to see a lot of participation, both in the meeting and in the planning for the meeting,” said ORNL’s Verónica Melesse Vergara,...
NSF and Simons Foundation launch 2 AI Institutes to help astronomers understand the cosmos
From the early telescopes made hundreds of years ago by Galileo to the sophisticated astronomical observatories of today, people have built increasingly innovative tools to...
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall Webinar Series
The Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA is holding a Weekly Wednesday Webinar from October 9th through November 13, 2024. Each week, we will share what we've...
Neutron scientists wake a sleeping giant after nine-month nap and makeover
What’s the best way to wake a giant after a long nap? “Very carefully, and with a lot of planning,” said a grinning John Galambos....
Retiring — and shredding — the Alpine storage system
‘It’s a lot like a woodchipper’The shredder, supplied and operated by ShredPro Secure, a small business in East Tennessee, is a mobile unit about 4...
USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The two CASCs, which continue to be hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Arizona, respectively, welcomed seven returning and five new...
NSF announces 8 EPSCoR awards to fund research fellowships at NASA facilities
The U.S. National Science Foundation has invested over $2.1 million in eight projects through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR). This investment,...
Earth’s continents survived billions of years thanks to wind and rain
As continental landmasses rose above sea level to meet wind and rain effects around 3 billion years ago, they underwent a series of geologic processes...
Students break into, learn about cybersecurity in smart devices
“Utilities use sensors that work in similar fashion to residential smart devices,” said Colin Tarkington, a computer science sophomore at Pellissippi State Community College. “Sensors...