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Vertimass licenses ORNL biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Vertimass LLC has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that directly converts ethanol into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2014

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This release focuses on articles on lighter, stronger engines, safeguarding cyberspace, a Climate Change Science Institute annual report now available, collaborative innovation, and new superhydrophobic glass.

ORNL microscopy system delivers real-time view of battery electrochemistry

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a new microscopy method, researchers can image and measure electrochemical processes in batteries in real time and at nanoscale resolution.

Journal: Chemical Communications

CASL, Westinghouse simulate neutron behavior in AP1000 reactor core

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists and engineers developing more accurate approaches to analyzing nuclear power reactors have successfully tested a new suite of computer codes that closely model 'neutronics' -- the behavior of neutrons in a reactor core.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2014

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This release focuses on 1) LEDs to light UT arena. 2) Self-cleaning solar panel. 3) Bioenergy researchers defeating lignin. 4) Protection for utilities. 5) New tool for first responders.

Letting in the light

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is developing a low-cost, transparent, anti-soiling coating for solar reflectors to optimize energy efficiency while lowering operating and maintenance costs and avoiding negative environmental impacts.

ORNL study advances quest for better superconducting materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight that could lead to better superconductors.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

ORNL-UT researchers invent 'sideways' approach to 2-D hybrid

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have pioneered a new technique for forming a two-dimensional, single-atom sheet of two different materials with a seamless boundary.

Journal: Science

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2014

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This release focuses on: "The road to efficiency"; "Zero Energy Ready Homes"; and "Cross-disciplinary research is yielding new insight into the carbon cycle, contaminated soils and soil fertility."

Supercomputers help ORNL researchers identify key molecular switch that controls cell behavior

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If scientists can control cellular functions such as movement and development, they can cripple cells and pathogens that are causing disease in the body.

Journal: Nature Communications