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Hotter temperatures extend growing season for peatland plants

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published today in Nature revealed that turning up the heat accelerates spring greening in mature trees, shrubs and mosses and delays fall color change. The research team used direct observation and digital repeat photography to measure plant greenness over three years at the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments study, a unique ecosystem-scale experiment constructed and operated by DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Journal: Nature
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science, National Science Foundation, Biological and Environmental Research Office; PhenoCam Network

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2018

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

These are ORNL story tips: residents' shared desire for water security benefits neighborhoods; 3D printed molds for concrete facades promise lower cost, production time; ORNL engineered the edges of structures in 2D crystals; chasing runaway electrons in fusion plasmas; new tools to understand US waterways and identify potential hydropower sites; and better materials for 3D printed permanent magnets could last longer, perform better.

Journal: Networks and Spatial Economics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL develops new capability to evaluate human-driven change in Eastern US streams

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A stream classification system developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can help assess physical changes to United States streams and rivers from human influences and aid in more effective management of water resources.

Brixon, Inc. licenses ORNL's innovative sensor technology for security applications

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Brixon, Inc., has exclusively licensed a multiparameter sensor technology from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The integrated platform uses various sensors that measure physical and environmental parameters and respond to standard security applications.

Chang-Hong Yu: Running a physics marathon

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chang-Hong Yu of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory fell in love with running in 2008 and has since completed 38 marathons or longer-distance races. Her passion for long-distance races serves her well chasing neutrinos--electrically neutral subatomic particles that have almost no mass, interact weakly with matter and are spotted through feats of intellect and endurance.

The top 10 ORNL neutron science achievements of 2017

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

From new drug discoveries to water purification and the 'untangling' of a host of mysterious quantum phenomena, 2017 was a productive year for Neutron Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2018

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Oak Ridge National Laboratory assists FEMA with structural damage data from Hawaii lava flows; self-healing super-stretchy material could lead to longer-lasting consumer products; ORNL 3D prints plant-based plastic polymers; mini-grid safely tests components to the max; neutrons uncover pathway to new algae strains for sustainable biofuels.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials
Funder: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office, DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

ORNL produces rare ruthenium isotope for atom smashing experiment

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A tiny vial of gray powder produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the backbone of a new experiment to study the intense magnetic fields created in nuclear collisions. The new experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, just completed, smashed together nuclei of ruthenium-96 to better understand a form of matter present at the beginning of the universe -- and thereby advance understanding of fundamental nuclear physics.

New insights bolster Einstein's idea about how heat moves through solids

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A discovery by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a century-old theory by Albert Einstein that explains how heat moves through everything from travel mugs to engine parts.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Stealth Mark licenses ORNL invisible micro-taggant for anticounterfeiting applications

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

StealthCo, Inc., an Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based firm doing business as Stealth Mark, has exclusively licensed an invisible micro-taggant from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The anticounterfeiting technology features a novel materials coding system that uses an infrared marker for identification.

Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Tech Transfer Technology Assistance Program

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