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Neutron diffraction probes forms of carbon dioxide in extreme environments

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Through a Deep Carbon Observatory collaboration, Adam Makhluf of the University of California, Los Angeles's Earth, Space and Planetary Science Department and Chris Tulk of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical and Engineering Materials Division are using neutrons to study the fundamental role carbon dioxide plays in Earth's carbon cycle, especially in the composition of carbon reservoirs in the deep earth and the evolution of the carbon cycle over time.

Funder: Sloan Foundation, US Department of Energy/ Basic Energy Science

Neutrons identify key ingredients of the quantum spin liquid recipe

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutrons to examine the origins of unusual magnetic behavior in a rare earth-based metal oxide, ytterbium-magnesium-gallium-tetraoxide (YbMgGaO4). The material, discovered in 2015, is known to have strange magnetic properties, putting it in a unique category of materials classified as quantum spin liquids.

Journal: Nature Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Georgia Institute of Technology, National Science Foundation

Jefferson Lab-NVIDIA collaboration uses Titan's to boost subatomic particle research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Jefferson Lab's Robert Edwards has been using computation to inform GlueX experiments at Jefferson Lab as well as corroborate experimental findings.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: SC16

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2016

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Almeria Analytics adds a capability with ORNL technology; wireless sensor network provides insight into population density, movement; new ORNL technology quickly detects cracks in walls, roofs; ORNL motor boasts 75 percent power gain over competing designs; new microscopy technique features unprecedented resolution; and livestock feed gets a bioenergy boost.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As part of an effort to develop drought-resistant food and bioenergy crops, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered the genetic and metabolic mechanisms that allow certain plants to conserve water and thrive in semi-arid climates.

Journal: Nature Plants
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

'Tennessine' acknowledges state institutions' roles in element's discovery

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named 'tennessine' in recognition of Tennessee's contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its Tennessee collaborators at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee.

Seven ORNL researchers elected AAAS fellows

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Seven researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Supercomputer simulations help develop new approach to fight antibiotic resistance

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have played a key role in discovering a new class of drug candidates that hold promise to combat antibiotic resistance. In a study led by the University of Oklahoma with ORNL, the University of Tennessee and Saint Louis University, lab experiments were combined with supercomputer modeling to identify molecules that boost antibiotics' effect on disease-causing bacteria.

Journal: ACS Infectious Diseases
Funder: National Institutes of Health

'Beautiful accident' leads to advances in high pressure materials synthesis

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Unexpected results from a neutron scattering experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a new pathway for the synthesis of novel materials and also help explain the formation of complex organic structures observed in interstellar space.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and others

Two ORNL researchers elected fellows of American Nuclear Society

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Two researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Nuclear Society. Alan S. Icenhour and Jess C. Gehin were recognized for their outstanding scientific and technical leadership in nuclear energy research and development.