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Titan simulates earthquake physics necessary for safer building design

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers with the Southern California Earthquake Center are using ORNL's Titan supercomputer to prepare the state for its next big earthquake.

Simulation shuffles protons and electrons

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Plants solved the solar energy challenge billions of years ago, with photosynthesis.

ORNL devises recipe to fine-tune diameter of silica rods

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By controlling the temperature of silica rods as they grow, researchers at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could be setting the stage for advances in anti-reflective solar cells, computer monitors, TV screens, eye glasses and more.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2013

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for December 2013.

Chaotic physics in ferroelectrics hints at brain-like computing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Unexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a new approach to information storage and processing.

Journal: Nature Physics

ORNL study uses neutron scattering, supercomputing to demystify forces at play in biofuel production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers studying more effective ways to convert woody plant matter into biofuels have identified fundamental forces that change plant structures during pretreatment processes used in the production of bioenergy.

Journal: Green Chemistry

November story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for November 2013.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Neutrons, electrons and theory reveal secrets of natural gas reserves

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gas and oil deposits in shale have no place to hide from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technique that provides an inside look at pores and reveals structural information potentially vital to the nation's energy needs.

Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A

October story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for October 2013.

Toxic methylmercury-producing microbes more widespread than realized

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Microbes that live in rice paddies, northern peat bogs and other previously unexpected environments are among the bacteria that can generate highly toxic methylmercury, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center have learned.