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ORNL demonstrates first large-scale graphene fabrication

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Digitizing neurons

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Supercomputing resources at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will support a new initiative designed to advance how scientists digitally reconstruct and analyze individual neurons in the human brain.

ORNL group leads calorimeter upgrade for Large Hadron Collider experiment

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Run-2 for the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's largest and most powerful particle collider -- began April 5 at CERN. In preparation, Thomas M. Cormier, who leads the LHC Heavy Ion group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, led an upgrade of the electromagnetic calorimeter used for LHC's experiment called ALICE (for A Large Ion Collider Experiment). This detector measures the energies of high-energy electrons and gamma rays emitted from the quark-gluon plasma.

ORNL superhydrophobic glass coating offers clear benefits

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A moth's eye and lotus leaf were the inspirations for an antireflective water-repelling, or superhydrophobic, glass coating that holds significant potential for solar panels, lenses, detectors, windows, weapons systems and many other products.

Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2015

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Law enforcement and national security agencies could benefit from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology able to determine a person's age, race and gender with high fidelity.

ORNL researchers probe chemistry, topography and mechanics with one instrument

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL scientists combined atomic force microscopy and mass spectrometry into one instrument that can probe a polymer sample in three dimensions and overlay information about the topography of its surface, the atomic-scale mechanical behavior of the bulk sample, and subsurface chemistry. Their results are published in ACS Nano.

Unexpected success

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

While experimenting with a heat treatment process he modified by eliminating a couple of steps, Klett made a discovery that caused quite a stir and prompted hundreds of inquiries from scientists, academia and industry.

ORNL scientists generate landmark DOE hydropower report

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, industry and policymakers have a comprehensive report detailing the US hydropower fleet's 2,198 plants that provide about 7 percent of the nation's electricity.

Sticky fingers

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researcher applies materials science techniques to the field of forensics, and some of her research has helped crime scene investigators rebuild fingerprints after they have faded over time.

NSF students gain hands-on experience in neutron sciences at ORNL

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A group of 13 Ph.D. students from three partnering universities gathered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in April for an intensive course in how to apply neutron scattering to their studies of materials science and biological systems with hands-on use of instruments at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor.