Science and Technology Not since the days of the Manhattan
Project has the Laboratory witnessed anything approaching the
scale of what is taking place today. Just outside my window we
have opened a new 300,000 sq ft facility that houses one of the
world's largest supercomputers. Down the street, we have a new
Center for Functional Genomics. Next door, some of the world's
most powerful electron microscopes will help sustain our
leadership in advanced materials research. Up on Chestnut Ridge,
the nation's first Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences has
opened, next to Spallation Neutron Source, which sets a record
every time the beam power is increased up to its eventual 1.4
megawatts. Meanwhile, we have partnered with the state of
Tennessee and the University of Tennessee on the Joint Institute
for Computational Sciences and the Joint Institute for
Biological Sciences, both of which have attracted major new
programs. As modern facilities make possible cutting-edge
research, ORNL is witnessing a refocusing of