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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a first-ever urban heat wave simulation that takes into account the compounding effects from building infrastructure. The method […]
Arka Daw’s passion for artificial intelligence started with a simple, almost serendipitous introduction during his undergraduate years. It was 2015, and Daw, then a sophomore at Jadavpur University in India,
The U.S. National Science Foundation is grateful to the panel of independent experts commissioned to evaluate the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT),
Brittany Humphrey holds a microneedle at Sandia National Laboratories. As part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, Sandia has made changes to the shape of microneedles to speed up
Much of early childhood development is well-documented and understood. For example, most parents know that children have favorite foods, colors and toys by the ages of two or three. And
To prove the concept, researchers demonstrated the robot’s accurate navigation through remotely-transmitted GPS waypoints. A laser sensing platform called light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, helps the robot dodge obstacles. ORNL engineers
Across America, Indigenous communities are working to advance programs that honor their people’s cultural, societal and economic values. One of the ways that the U.S. National Science Foundation supports this
Fructose consumption has increased considerably over the past five decades, largely due to the widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener in beverages and ultra-processed foods. New research
Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineers David Raymond, left, and Melanie Schneider pose in Sandia’s Hard Rock Drilling Facility with a polycrystalline diamond compact bit. They recently completed an analysis on
Spark Innovation Center Director Lilly Trench shared that Knoxville is ranked in the top 20 hubs in the United States for clean technology—in large part because of the work of
Kris Gaines is on a nonproliferation mission: to make it easier for more countries to eliminate highly enriched uranium, or HEU, thus neutralizing the inherent threat of its potential for
A team of scientists with two Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers — the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, or CBI, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Center for Advanced
In response to the “CHIPS and Science Act of 2022,” the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is continuing its investment in the National
Meeting future wind generation needs Demand for carbon fiber, a mainstay of the aerospace industry, is expected to outpace supply within five years, further driving up its cost. ORNL’s more
Arsenic occurs naturally and is found in groundwater in Texas and elsewhere. Getty Images New research findings from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health indicate that exposure to even low levels of
