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21-Apr-2022
Wullschleger receives Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Stan Wullschleger, associate laboratory director for biological and environmental systems science at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2022 Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award from the Ecological Society of America.
21-Apr-2022
The cycle of light: Analyzing how cellular proteins in leaves change through day, night
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Because next-generation biofuels will depend on the growth and hardiness of woody feedstocks, scientists have sought to better understand how leaf cells quickly respond to environmental cues such as light, temperature and water. Scientists at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, or CBI, have studied rapid molecular changes in leaves from poplar trees during normal daily cycles of daylight and darkness. Until now, the effect of these modifications at the cellular protein level was not well understood, partly because of the technical limitations of the analytical tools available.
- Journal
- PROTEOMICS
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
20-Apr-2022
ORNL brings big science to address the climate challenge
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tackling the climate crisis and achieving an equitable clean energy future are among the biggest challenges of our time. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest Department of Energy science and energy laboratory in the country, is deeply invested in the big science capabilities and expertise needed to address the climate challenge on multiple fronts.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
20-Apr-2022
Scientists build microporous MOF traps for mitigating toxic gases
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers from Sandia, ORNL, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville used neutron scattering and additional experimental techniques to study a series of materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) made from the entire list of rare earth elements. The researchers established a comprehensive approach to evaluating large numbers of MOFs and also made an important discovery about a defect that can be useful in building technologies to mitigate toxic gases such as nitrogen and sulfur dioxides.
- Journal
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
18-Apr-2022
ORNL scientists dig into role of manganese in soil carbon and climate change
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
At the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, biogeochemist Elizabeth Herndon is working with colleagues to investigate a piece of the Earth's carbon cycle puzzle that has received little attention thus far: the role of manganese in soils.
18-Apr-2022
Story tips: Supply chain crunch, safer batteries on impact and lithium light bright
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
ORNL story tips: Supply chain crunch, safer batteries on impact and lithium light bright
- Journal
- ACS Nano
- Funder
- Water Power Technologies Office, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science
13-Apr-2022
Where worlds collide: Team simulates collider physics on quantum computer
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicists Christian Bauer, Marat Freytsis, and Benjamin Nachman have leveraged an IBM Q quantum computer through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Quantum Computing User Program to capture part of a calculation of two protons colliding. The calculation can show the probability that an outgoing particle will emit additional particles.
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Funder
- Advanced Scientific Computing Research
12-Apr-2022
Retro technique advances modern bacterial engineering for bioenergy
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists used protoplast fusion to create enough genetically disparate Bacillus strains to facilitate mapping of the bacterial genome, which advances the efficient engineering of microbes for efficient biofuel processing.
- Journal
- Nucleic Acids Research
- Funder
- Department of Energy
4-Apr-2022
Story tips: Clean water bots, self-sanitizing N95 masks and cooking with hydrogen
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
ORNL story tips: Clean water bots, self-sanitizing N95 masks, cooking with hydrogen
- Journal
- ACS ES&T Water
- Funder
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Office of Science, DOE/US Department of Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office, Basic Energy Sciences, Building Technologies Office