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Deeply personal writings opens 'rare snapshot' into the mind of ORNL's Cold War era leader The Knoxville News-Sentinel 6 hrs ago Vincent Gabrielle, Knoxville News Sentinel Alvin Weinberg has an incredible resume, if you will.  He came to Oak Ridge in 1945 as a Manhattan Project scientist and stayed in the city until his death in 2006. He was an influential nuclear physicist and the longest-serving director of Oak Ridge National Lab, home of some of the country's most important scientific achievements. He was a scientific bridge between the use of the nuclear bomb to the im...

Alvin Weinberg has an incredible resume, if you will.  He came to Oak Ridge in 1945 as a Manhattan Project scientist and stayed in the city until his death in 2006. He was an influential nuclear physicist and the longest-serving director of Oak Ridge National Lab, home of some of the country's most important scientific achievements. He was a scientific bridge between the use of the nuclear bomb to the importance of climate change.  But the personal stories behind the man are far, far more interesting. His impact on science, and on scientific thinking in general, are becoming more appreciat...

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Date Time To Design Truly Compostable Plastic, Scientists Take Cues From Nature Ivan Jayapurna, a UC Berkeley materials science and engineering graduate student, preparing a sample film of a new biodegradable plastic. (Credit: Adam Lau/UC Berkeley) Despite our efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U.S., and most ends up in landfill or the environment. Biodegradable plastic bags and containers could help, but if they’re not properly sorted, they can contaminate otherwise recyclable #1 and #2 plastics. What’s worse, most biodegradable plastics take months...