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Sergei Kalinin: Turning seeing into understanding and making

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Profiles is Sergei Kalinin of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who knows that seeing something is not the same as understanding it. As director of ORNL's Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, he convenes experts in microscopy and computing to gain scientific insights that will inform the design of advanced materials for energy and information technologies.

Qrypt licenses ORNL's quantum random number generator to fortify encryption methods

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Qrypt, Inc., has exclusively licensed a novel cyber security technology from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, promising a stronger defense against cyberattacks including those posed by quantum computing.

Funder: Department of Energy

Two steps ahead: Neutrons help explore future HIV treatments

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Using the BioSANS instrument at DOE's ORNL, a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine explores future HIV treatments. Specifically, the researchers hope to better understand how HIV evolves to combat ALLINIs, a new class of HIV-fighting drug. With the information they've gathered at ORNL, the researchers hope to pave the way for more effective HIV treatments in the future.

Sight unseen: Novel method detects evidence of unmarked human graves

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A new approach to find unmarked gravesites could help narrow the scope and potentially speed up the search for clues during crime scene investigations. Geospatial researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and forensic scientists at University of Tennessee used sophisticated laser scanning and 3D modeling techniques, known as LIDAR, to detect telltale signs of recently buried human remains.

UT-ORNL team makes first particle accelerator beam measurement in six dimensions

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The first full characterization measurement of an accelerator beam in six dimensions will advance the understanding and performance of current and planned accelerators around the world.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

SNS completes full neutron production cycle at record power level

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has reached a new milestone by operating a complete neutron production run cycle at 1.3 megawatts. Achieving the record power level with a remarkable 94 percent accelerator beam availability establishes a new baseline of operation as well as a path to operate reliably at higher powers. Increased power offers researchers the ability to conduct faster scientific analyses using neutrons on more types of materials.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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.

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