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Scientists use supercomputers to study reliable fusion reactor design, operation

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory used two DOE supercomputers, together with a machine learning program called Eureqa, to find a new extrapolation formula from existing fusion device data to the future the ITER device. The team then completed new simulations that confirm their previous ones, which showed that in full-power ITER, the component that removes exhaust heat may be more likely to maintain its integrity than was predicted by the current trend.

Story tips: Modeling COVID, permafrost lost and taking the heat

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Modeling COVID, permafrost lost and taking the heat.

Journal: Water Resources Research
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

US Air Force, ORNL launch next-generation global weather forecasting system

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The U.S. Air Force and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory launched a new high-performance weather forecasting computer system that will provide a platform for some of the most advanced weather modeling in the world.

Quantum computing enables simulations to unravel mysteries of magnetic materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer that can be verified with neutron scattering experiments and other practical techniques.

Journal: PRX Quantum
Funder: Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Program

Supercomputers aid scientists studying the smallest particles in the universe

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Using the nation's fastest supercomputer, Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a team of nuclear physicists developed a promising method for measuring quark interactions in hadrons and applied the method to simulations using quarks with close-to-physical masses.

ORNL receives three 2021 FLC Awards for technology transfer

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Three technologies developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won National Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. The annual FLC Awards recognize significant accomplishments in transferring federal laboratory technologies to the marketplace.

SPARKZ licenses ORNL technology to speed up rechargeable battery production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed a battery cycling technology from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to enable the rapid production of lithium-ion batteries commonly used in portable electronic devices and electric vehicles.

Story tips: COVID breath-sampling, welding advances and powered by water

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: COVID breath-sampling, welding advances and powered by water

Funder: National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Nuclear Energy; NASA, Department of Energy's Office of Science

Neutrons probe molecular behavior of proposed COVID-19 drug candidates

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using neutron experiments and computer simulations, researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory delved into how some of the proposed COVID-19 drug candidates behave at the molecular scale when exposed to water. The results could help experts understand the mechanisms by which drug molecules have the potential to mitigate the impact of viral infection.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Funder: National Energy Research Scientific Computer Center, DOE/US Department of Energy

St. Jude Research uses neutrons to shine light on shutting down cancer cells

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To investigate what happens inside cells when they are at risk of becoming cancerous, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have been using neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The team is searching to better understand the altered state of the nucleolus--a membrane-less organelle inside the cell--when the cell is compromised. Novel insights into cell behavior at the atomic and molecular scales will enable better detection and treatment of cancer in its many forms.

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