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Investigating Materials that Can Go the Distance in Fusion Reactors

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Future fusion reactors will require materials that can withstand extreme operating conditions, including being bombarded by high-energy neutrons at high temperatures. Scientists recently irradiated titanium diboride (TiB2) in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) to better understand the effects of fusion neutrons on performance.

ORNL, U-Toledo to collaborate on advanced materials, manufacturing research for vehicles

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Toledo have entered into a memorandum of understanding for collaborative research into the advanced design and manufacturing of high-strength, intelligent, lightweight materials for use by the automotive sector.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2019

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Reaching the boiling point for HVACs; showcasing innovation for technology transfer; using neutrons to lend insight into human tissue; and heating the core in a fusion prototype experiment.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NCRR, DOE's Technology Innovation Program, DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Building Technology Office, National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Fusion Energy Science

Chromosome Connectors Take Center Stage for ORNL Scientists Studying Poplar

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) mapped the locations of centromeres in the Populus trichocarpa (poplar) tree for the first time. A subsequent analysis on the Titan supercomputer showed that the sequence of DNA at the centromere and the sequence of a protein this DNA wraps around show similar occurrence patterns and may have evolved together.

Supercomputing, neutrons unite to unravel structures of intrinsically disordered protein

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using the Titan supercomputer and the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists have created the most accurate 3D model yet of an intrinsically disordered protein, revealing the ensemble of its atomic-level structures.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Office of Biological & Environmental Research in the Department of Energy

ORNL scientists shed light on microbial 'dark matter' with new approach

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a way to isolate and grow targeted bacteria using genomic data, making strides toward resolving the grand challenge of uncultivated microbial 'dark matter' in which the vast majority of microorganisms remain unstudied in the laboratory.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology
Funder: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the U.S. National Institutes of Health; ORNL's laboratory-directed research program and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Gaute Hagen: Supercomputing the universe's building blocks

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Profiled is physicist Gaute Hagen of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who runs advanced models on powerful supercomputers to explore how protons and neutrons interact to 'build' an atomic nucleus from scratch. His fundamental research improves predictions about nuclear energy, nuclear security and astrophysics.

ORNL develops, deploys AI capabilities across research portfolio

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

To accelerate promising artificial intelligence applications in diverse research fields, ORNL has established a labwide AI Initiative. This internal investment brings the lab's AI expertise, computing resources and user facilities together to facilitate analyses of massive datasets.

Funder: Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL to develop clean water solutions in new DOE $100M innovation hub

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Alliance for Water Innovation, a partnership of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, other national labs, university and private sector partners, has been awarded a five-year, $100 million Energy-Water Desalination Hub by DOE to address water security issues in the United States.

Funder: Advanced Manufacturing Office, Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

ORNL develops method to customize microbes for better biofuel production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a method to insert genes into a variety of microorganisms that previously would not accept foreign DNA, with the goal of creating custom microbes to break down plants for bioenergy.

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