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ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More forms of mercury can be converted to deadly methylmercury than previously thought, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Geoscience. The discovery provides scientists with another piece of the mercury puzzle, bringing them one step closer to understanding the challenges associated with mercury cleanup.

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

August 2013 story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for August 2013.

CASL milestone validates reactor model using TVA data

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Today, the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) announced that its scientists have successfully completed the first full-scale simulation of an operating nuclear reactor. CASL is modeling nuclear reactors on supercomputers to help researchers better understand reactor performance with much higher reliability than previously available methods, with the goal of ultimately increasing power output, extending reactor life, and reducing waste.

ORNL wins 6 R&D 100s

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.

Materials for measuring the universe

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Physicists have their own version of the "butterfly effect" that hinges on precise measurements of one of the building blocks of the universe.

July 2013 story tips

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

These tips are about: ENERGY – Big voltage, little package METALLURGY - Graphite foam expansion ENERGY – CoNNECT promotes savings MATERIALS - Safer batteries CLIMATE - Blogging from the Arctic.

New all-solid sulfur-based battery outperforms lithium-ion technology

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies that power today's electronics.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

June 2013 story tips

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for June 2013.

Research effort deep underground could sort out cosmic-scale mysteries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has begun delivery of germanium-76 detectors to an underground laboratory in South Dakota in a team research effort that might explain the puzzling imbalance between matter and antimatter generated by the Big Bang.

May 2013 story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for May 2013.