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Story tip: A wise tool for modifying microbes

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A DNA editing tool adapted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists makes engineering microbes for everything from bioenergy production to plastics recycling easier and faster.

Journal: Science Advances

Research fellow Jeff Foster investigates ways to create designer molecules

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chemist Jeff Foster is looking for ways to control sequencing in polymers that could result in designer molecules to benefit a variety of industries, including medicine and energy. Using the technology that he and his colleagues are developing, “scientists can begin to understand how the sequence of monomers influences the behavior and properties of synthetic polymer materials,” said Foster, an Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Staff Fellowship program

ORNL-led team designs molecule to disrupt SARS-CoV-2 infection

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a molecule that disrupts the infection mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and could be used to develop new treatments for COVID-19 and other viral diseases.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, NIH/National Institutes of Health

ORNL malware ‘vaccine’ generator licensed for Evasive.ai platform

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and used by the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, or NAVWAR, to test the capabilities of commercial security tools has been licensed to cybersecurity firm Penguin Mustache to create its Evasive.ai platform.

Research team supports isostatic pressing for solid-state battery manufacturing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Following months of promising test results, battery researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are recommending that the solid-state battery industry focus on a technique known as isostatic pressing as it looks to commercialize next-generation batteries.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters

Alice Perrin spills the beans about alloys

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Alice Perrin, a materials scientist and Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, focuses her fellowship research on microstructural changes in nanocrystalline iron and tungsten alloys, which could result in new strategies for material design that resists the detrimental effects of radiation.

Oak Ridge National Lab and NETL researchers join forces to accelerate decarbonization

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is teaming with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to jointly explore a range of technology innovations for carbon management and strategies for economic development and sustainable energy transitions in the Appalachian region.

DOE funds next-generation Center for Bioenergy Innovation to advance renewable jet fuel

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Center for Bioenergy Innovation has been renewed by the Department of Energy as one of four bioenergy research centers across the nation to advance robust, economical production of plant-based fuels and chemicals. CBI, led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is focused on the development of nonfood biomass crops and specialty processes for the production of sustainable jet fuel to help decarbonize the aviation sector.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Sutharshan named ORNL deputy for operations

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Balendra Sutharshan has been named chief operating officer for Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Research team proves bacteria-killing viruses deploy genetic code-switching to deceive hosts

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have confirmed that bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages deploy a sneaky tactic when targeting their hosts: They use a standard genetic code when invading bacteria, then switch to an alternate code at later stages of infection.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute

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