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Ethan Coon: Capturing natural processes through math

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As a computational hydrologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ethan Coon combines his talent for math with his love of coding to solve big science questions about water quality, water availability for energy production, climate change, and the movement of contaminants through watersheds.

DOE awards ORNL researchers more than $11 million to advance quantum technologies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Three researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will lead or participate in collaborative research projects aimed at harnessing the power of quantum mechanics to advance a range of technologies including computing, fiber optics and network communication.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Basic Energy Sciences Programs, Department of Energy's Office of Science

Building products manufacturer licenses ORNL technology for increased thermal insulation

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Quanex Building Products has signed a non-exclusive agreement to license a method to produce insulating material from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The low-cost material can be used as an additive to increase thermal insulation performance and improve energy efficiency when applied to a variety of building products.

Funder: Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency, ORNL under Technology Commercialization Fund, Renewable Energy's Building Technologies Office

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

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: ORNL's project for VA bridges computing prowess, VA health data to speed up suicide risk screenings for US veterans; ORNL reveals ionic liquid additive lubricates better than additives in commercial gear oil; researchers use neutron scattering to probe colorful new material that could improve sensors, vivid displays; unique 3D printing approach adds more strength, toughness in certain materials.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Department of Veterans Affairs; Department of Energy Office of Science; DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office; Texas A&M's Water Seed Grant

ORNL-VA collaboration targets veteran suicide epidemic

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has expanded a VA-developed predictive computing model to identify veterans at risk of suicide and sped it up to run 300 times faster, a gain that could profoundly affect the VA's ability to reach susceptible veterans quickly. The model creates individualized summaries of veterans' medication patterns and helps clinicians pinpoint veterans may have a higher risk of attempting suicide.

Knowledgebase is power for nuclear reactor developers

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Six new nuclear reactor technologies are planned to commercially deploy between 2030 and 2040. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Weiju Ren heads the Department of Energy's Gen IV Materials Handbook, a project managing structural materials information for one of the Generation IV reactors. This conversation with Ren explores challenges and opportunities in sharing nuclear materials knowledge internationally.

Nina Balke: Fine-tuned science

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As a researcher at ORNL's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, a DOE Nanoscience User Facility, Nina Balke explores avenues for fine-tuning materials' physical properties to solve energy challenges and expands fundamental research opportunities for CNMS users.

From trash to treasure

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

US Department of Energy researchers have invented a process to extract rare earth elements from the scrapped magnets of used hard drives and other sources. They have patented and scaled up the process in lab demonstrations and are working with ORNL's licensee Momentum Technologies of Dallas to scale the process further to produce commercial batches of rare earth oxides.

IDEMIA Identity & Security USA licenses ORNL advanced optical array

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

IDEMIA Identity & Security USA has licensed an advanced optical array developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The portable technology can be used to help identify individuals in challenging outdoor conditions.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Training next-generation sensors to 'see,' interpret live data; 3D printing tungsten could protect fusion reactor components; detailed study estimated how much more, or less, energy US residents might consume by 2050 based on seasonal weather shifts; astrophysicists used ORNL supercomputer to create highest-ever-resolution galactic wind simulations; new solar-thermal desalination method improves energy efficiency.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Funder: NASA, DOE/US Department of Energy, ORNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development program

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