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Team earns Gordon Bell prize finalist nomination for simulating carbon at extreme pressures and temperatures

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A team has used machine learning descriptions of interatomic interactions on the 200-petaflop Summit supercomputer at ORNL to model more than a billion carbon atoms at quantum accuracy and observe how diamonds behave under some of the most extreme pressures and temperatures imaginable.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

Waltzing the virus: Study on COVID-19 reproduction earns Gordon Bell Special Prize nomination

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Scientists used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to peer inside the intricacies of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus reproduces itself.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, National Nuclear Security Administration

Darwin on fast forward: ORNL study on COVID-19 earns Gordon Bell Special Prize nomination

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A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to streamline the search for potential treatments for COVID-19.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research

Electric vehicles dominate list of efficient cars in 2022 Fuel Economy Guide

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Reports and Proceedings

As the holiday road trip season approaches and more workers are headed back to offices and daily commutes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has released the federal government’s new 2022 Fuel Economy Guide. The report provides the latest fuel efficiency stats and money-saving tips for new and used vehicles. For the first time, two electric vehicles with a 500-mile driving range sit at the top of the guide’s 10 most fuel-efficient vehicles.

We know #COVIDisAirborne — Now we have the first ever model of an aerosolized viral particle

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A team led by Rommie Amaro of the University of California San Diego has used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to model an aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viral particle for the first time. The 1.05-billion-atom system is among the largest biochemical system ever simulated at the atomic level.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Meeting: SC21: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by industries for prototyping and part production.

Journal: Nature Communications

Scientists at ORNL employ digital esophagus to battle Barrett’s

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team including researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a digital tool to better monitor a condition known as Barrett’s esophagus, which affects more than 3 million people in the United States. Barrett’s occurs when the mucosal lining of the lower esophagus deteriorates, altering its cellular structure, and is most common in those with chronic acid reflux.

Journal: SIMULATION

Veterans recruitment, employment program honors UT-Battelle

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The managing contractor of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT-Battelle, has received a gold medallion award from the Department of Labor’s Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans, or HIRE Vets, program.

New scalable method resolves materials joining in solid-state batteries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the big challenges in the commercial development of safe, long-lived energy storage systems.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL's Amy Elliott receives ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Award

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Grant and Award Announcement

Amy Elliott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's group leader for robotics and intelligent systems, has been honored with the ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Young Professional Award for her early career research in materials science and STEM leadership.

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