Darwin on fast forward: ORNL study on COVID-19 earns Gordon Bell Special Prize nomination
Scientists used the nation's fastest supercomputer to teach an algorithm the language of molecules to search for COVID-19 treatments. “The approach …
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Granholm Urges Vaccinations, Discloses Recent DOE Deaths
Top brass at DOE are urging workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, revealing that 10 employees have died from the coronavirus in just the last th…
Association Honors EM Contractor for Achievements in Safety, Health
An association recently recognized several EM contractors across the DOE complex with a variety of awards for safety, health, innovation, and outreac…
UTRF Develops Agreement Enabling Rapid, Long-term Collaboration with Moderna to Fight COVID-19
At the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, UTRF entered into a hybrid agreement with Moderna to leverage technology, expertise a…
DOE Scientists Deploy Creativity, Speed to Disrupt COVID-19
As the spread of COVID was ramping up in 2020, the Department of Energy launched the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, or NVBL, program with…
ORAU Receives New Work from CDC to Support COVID-19 Communications Efforts
ORAU recently was awarded a contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) to provide …
Atkins Nuclear Secured’s Isotek Systems Strengthens Partnership to Advance Cancer Treatment Research
SNC-Lavalin's Isotek Systems, LLC (Isotek) business is pleased to announce that its sales agreement with nuclear innovation company TerraPower, LLC ha…
UT Recognized for Technologies that Protect Lives from COVID-19
The University of Tennessee has been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the N95 mask technology to developing systems to quickly and sa…
ORNL Joins ATOM Consortium to Accelerate Drug Discovery
The Accelerating Therapeutics for Opportunities in Medicine , or ATOM, consortium today announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Argonne…
Neutrons Reveal Unpredicted Binding Between SARS-CoV-2, Hepatitis C Antiviral Drug
Scientists have found new, unexpected behaviors when SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – encounters drugs known as inhibitors, which bin…