Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

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Students from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, Calif., won the high school competition for the 2026 DOE National Science Bowl® (NSB). In the middle school competition, students from William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Mass., took home first place. ORISE staff supported event logistics such as coordinating travel and lodging for all attendees (including all 116 teams).

Make plans to join us August 25-28, for the 2026 ORISE Symposium! This virtual event will feature professional development webinars, a poster session showcasing the research of ORISE participants, and ceremonies recognizing the winners of this year’s Ignite Off! competition and Future of Science Awards. The symposium will be open to all ORISE participants, alumni, mentors, and federal agency staff.

A recent article in Science, titled “Resolving the Radiation Risk Debate,” examines renewed national attention on the “linear no-threshold” (LNT) model, which assumes that any amount of radiation exposure, no matter how small, carries some risk. Among the key research efforts includes the Million Person Study, one of the largest and most comprehensive investigations of chronic, low-dose occupational radiation exposure ever undertaken.