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21-Feb-2018

Testing lithium battery limitations may improve safety and lifetimes

Researchers are using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study a battery material that could offer a safer alternative to the flammable liquid component found in most types of lithium-ion batteries.

20-Feb-2018

ORNL wins four FLC technology transfer awards

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Four technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have earned 2018 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC).

19-Feb-2018

Neutrons reveal the wild Weyl world of semimetals

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The observation of an abnormal state of matter in a 2-D magnetic material is the latest development in the race to harness novel electronic properties for more robust and efficient next-generation devices. Neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped researchers investigate a graphene-like strontium-manganese-antimony material that hosts what they suspect is a Weyl semimetal phase.

16-Feb-2018

Researchers demonstrate promising method for improving quantum information processing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated a new method for splitting light beams into their frequency modes, work that could spur advancements in quantum information processing and distributed quantum computing.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Science Foundation

14-Feb-2018

Particulate filter research may enable more fuel-efficient vehicles

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers from ORNL's Energy and Transportation Science Division is using neutron imaging to study particulate filters that collect harmful emissions in vehicles. A better understanding of how heat treatments and oxidation methods can remove layers of soot and ash from these filters could lead to improved fuel-efficiency.

12-Feb-2018

Neutron study of glaucoma drugs offers clues about enzyme targets for aggressive cancers

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Journal: Structure
Funder: ThORNL Shull Fellowship

8-Feb-2018

Researchers run first tests of unique system for welding highly irradiated metal alloys

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists of the Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program (LWRS) and partners from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have conducted the first weld tests to repair highly irradiated materials at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program, Electric Power Research Institute's Long Term Operations Program

1-Feb-2018

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

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL research says quantum computers will use much less energy than current supercomputers, a potential cost benefit to equipment manufacturers and data centers. ORNL creates supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability. A new ORNL system will help builders and home designers select the best construction materials for long-term moisture durability.

Journal: Journal of Building Physics
Funder: DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building America, Building Technologies Office

22-Jan-2018

Researchers reveal how microbes cope in phosphorus-deficient tropical soil

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has uncovered how certain soil microbes cope in a phosphorus-poor environment to survive in a tropical ecosystem. Their novel approach could be applied in other ecosystems to study various nutrient limitations and inform agriculture and terrestrial biosphere modeling.

Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10-Jan-2018

Neutrons inspect salt-inclusion materials to improve long-term waste storage

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the University of South Carolina is using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop more durable and efficient materials called waste forms for safely storing hazardous substances.