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DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
Scientists visualize atomic structures in moiré materials
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- Nano Letters
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DOE/Sandia National Laboratories- Funder
- National Nuclear Security Administration
Advanced AI links atomic structure to quantum tech
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- npj Computational Materials
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DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory- Journal
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
- Funder
- U.S. Department of Energy
Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryChristi Johnson puts physics at the wheel
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryWhen Christi Johnson finishes clocking an eighth of a mile in 4.7 seconds, she jumps out of the dagger-shaped drag racer while its wheels are still smoking, pulls off her helmet… and the next morning, pulls on her lab coat.
As a technical professional at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Johnson has developed, built and tested hardware and software for innovations including a jet blast deflector, an ultrasonic dryer, a sensor system for driver recognition and waveguide inspection tubes for the world’s largest magnetic fusion device. But Johnson, who works in the Multimodal Sensor Analytics Group, said her scientific career really began when she was a little girl eager for her turn in a fast car.