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Prometheus Fuels licenses energy-saving ORNL ethanol-to-jet-fuel process

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The ORNL technology will enable cost-competitive production of jet fuel and co-production of butadiene for use in renewable polymer synthesis.

First fiber-optic nanotip electron gun enables easier nanoscale research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Nebraska have developed an easier way to generate electrons for nanoscale imaging and sensing, providing a useful new tool for material science, bioimaging and fundamental quantum research.

Quantum light squeezes the noise out of microscopy signals

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties with greater sensitivity than is possible with traditional tools. 'We showed how to use squeezed light -- a workhorse of quantum information science -- as a practical resource for microscopy,' said Ben Lawrie, who led the research with Raphael Pooser.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, DOE/US Department of Energy

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.

Story tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism twist, fuel cost savings and polymers' impact

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL Story Tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism twist, fuel cost savings and polymers' impact, September 2020

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Department of Energy's Office of Science; DOE Federal Energy Management Program; DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactors

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of ORNL researchers working with tungsten to armor the inside of future fusion reactors had some surprising results when looking at the probability of contamination.

Journal: Nuclear Fusion
Funder: DOE's Office of Science (Fusion Energy Sciences)

Sulfur-scavenging bacteria could be key to making common component in plastic

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ohio State University discovered a new microbial pathway that produces ethylene, providing a potential avenue for biomanufacturing a common component of plastics, adhesives, coolants and other everyday products.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE's Office of Science; National Cancer Institute and the National Science Foundation

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.

Scientists create protein models to explore toxic methylmercury formation

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a computational model of the proteins responsible for the transformation of mercury to toxic methylmercury, marking a step forward in understanding how the reaction occurs and how mercury cycles through the environment.

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

Faster, more efficient energy storage could stem from holistic study of layered materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a novel, integrated approach to track energy-transporting ions within an ultra-thin material, which could unlock its energy storage potential leading toward faster charging, longer lasting devices.

Funder: Department of Energy's Office of Science

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