Yilu Liu has been named the fourth UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair. She will hold appointments at ORNL’s Energy and Transportation Science Division and UT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. More information.

Look inside living cells for the first time, and learn more about how UT Knoxville and ORNL research is changing the way medicine can be delivered.

In response to the national emphasis on hydrogen energy research, Myvizhi Esai Selvan, David Keffer, and Brian Edwards take a nanoscale look at the molecules inside a fuel cell. Meanwhile, Sandeep Agnihotri investigates the storage capacity of carbon nanotubes.

Compared with burning fossil fuels, nuclear power production is relatively clean, but beefing up its role in the energy drama poses issues of safe cost-effective plant operation and disposal of spent fuel. A trio of UT researchers pursues solutions

“Fuel local” may become the next catchy slogan as the University of Tennessee’s new biofuels program turns wild grasses into ethanol to power automobiles and other machines traditionally powered by gasoline engines.