News By Location

9-Jan-2014

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

7-Jan-2014

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."

17-Dec-2013

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

16-Dec-2013

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.

16-Dec-2013

Simulation shuffles protons and electrons

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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

16-Dec-2013

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

9-Dec-2013

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.

18-Nov-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

13-Nov-2013

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

5-Nov-2013

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