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4-Sep-2020
Neutrons probe biological materials for insights into COVID-19 virus infection
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers at ORNL are using neutron scattering at the Spallation Neutron Source to better understand how spike proteins help the COVID-19 virus infect human cells and what drugs could be effective in stopping them.
26-Aug-2020
Scientists building 3D-printed nuclear reactor core use HFIR to test novel materials
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Transformational Challenge Reactor will use novel materials. Researchers are testing their performance in a reactor core by irradiating them in the High Flux Isotope Reactor.
13-Aug-2020
CASL wraps up 10 years of solving nuclear problems -- and hands toolbox to industry
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
As the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors -- DOE's first Energy Innovation Hub -- ends and transitions to VERA Users Group, its work will have a long-ranging impact on the nuclear industry.
6-Aug-2020
Poison control: Chasing the antidote
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A fast-acting antidote to mitigate the effects of organophosphate poisoning requires a reactivator that can effectively and efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier, bind loosely to the enzyme, chemically snatch the poison and then leave quickly. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using neutron diffraction data towards improving a novel reactivator design.
4-Aug-2020
Magnum Venus products licenses ORNL co-developed additive manufacturing technologies
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed two additive manufacturing-related technologies that aim to streamline and ramp up production processes to Knoxville-based Magnum Venus Products, Inc., a global manufacturer of fluid movement and product solutions for industrial applications in composites and adhesives.
31-Jul-2020
Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
More studies at the interface of battery materials, along with increased knowledge of the processes at work, are unleashing a surge of knowledge needed to more quickly address the demand for longer-lasting portable electronics, electric vehicles and stationary energy storage for the electric grid.
30-Jul-2020
Visual analytics tool plucks elusive patterns from elaborate datasets
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
An ORNL team developed CrossVis, an open-source, customizable visual analytics system that analyzes numerical, categorical and image-based data while providing multiple dynamic, coordinated views of these and other data types.
13-Jul-2020
Colleen Iversen on belowground ecology
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
After working on a climate change experiment that showed plants adapt to additional carbon dioxide by putting extra carbon into their roots, Colleen Iverson has been on a mission to understand the role of roots in the environment, especially the tundra.
13-Jul-2020
Athena Safa Sefat: Then and now
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Athena Safa Sefat is a Senior Research Scientist and a former Wigner Fellow in the Materials Science & Technology Division of the Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.