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Unlocking enzyme synthesis of rare sugars to create drugs with fewer side effects

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led by the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has unlocked the enzymatic synthesis process of rare sugars, which are useful in developing drugs with low side effects using a process more friendly to the environment.

ORNL researchers develop 'Autotune' software to make it quicker to model energy use of buildings

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Building Energy Modeling uses computer simulations to estimate energy use and guide the design of new buildings as well as energy improvements to existing buildings.

ORNL researcher is working to predict electric power blackouts before they happen

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Blackouts are often the result of automated protection measures that ensure power surges or downed power lines don't damage trees, people, appliances or other parts of the grid.

ORNL team first to fully sequence bacterial genome important to fuel and chemical production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers sequence the entire genome of the Clostridium autoethanogenum bacterium, which is used to sustainably produce fuel and chemicals from a range of raw materials, including gases derived from biomass and industrial wastes.

Interface surprises may motivate novel oxide electronic devices

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Complex oxides have long tantalized the materials science community for their promise in next-generation energy and information technologies.

OLCF researcher to work with clean combustion center at Saudi University

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

High-fidelity simulations to help determine how engine knock develops and assist in predicting how the transition from smooth combustion to knocking occurs.

Predicting performance

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Lignin, a low-cost byproduct of the pulp, paper and biofuels industries, can be transformed into a cheaper version of highly engineered graphite through a simple and industrially scalable manufacturing process.

Best of 2 worlds

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Bredesen Center is the beginning of a new way of doing graduate education.

Imaging fuel injectors with neutrons

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers are using neutrons to study the formation of these damage-causing bubbles in fuel injectors.

High flux isotope reactor named nuclear historic landmark

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The High Flux Isotope Reactor, or HFIR, has been designated a Nuclear Historic Landmark by the American Nuclear Society.