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5-Mar-2019

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2019

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Neutrons used to study how an antibacterial peptide fights bacteria; decade-long study finds higher CO2 levels caused 30 percent more wood growth in U.S. trees; ultrasonic additive manufacturing to embed fiber optic sensors in heat- and radiation-resistant materials could yield safer reactors; ORNL analyzes 'dark spots' where informal neighborhoods may lack power access; new Transportation Energy Data Book released.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy

4-Mar-2019

Right electrolyte doubles novel two-dimensional material's ability to store energy

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Drexel University and their partners have discovered a way to improve the energy density of promising energy-storage materials, conductive two-dimensional ceramics called MXenes.

Journal: Nature Energy
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

1-Mar-2019

ReactWell licenses ORNL catalyst for energy conversion applications

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ReactWell, LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energy conversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Technology Innovation Program, DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

25-Feb-2019

Vera Bocharova: Advancing the frontiers of knowledge about soft materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Profiled is Vera Bocharova at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who investigates the structure and dynamics of soft materials -- polymer nanocomposites, polymer electrolytes and biological macromolecules -- to advance materials and technologies for energy, medicine and other applications. She explores the chemistry and physics of soft materials on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter. This scale is small but powerful, determining the optical, conductive and mechanical properties of bulk materials.

18-Feb-2019

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 18, 2019

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Oak Ridge National Laboratory neutrons investigate novel crystals' ability to capture carbon dioxide from air; gleaning valuable data from Twitter used to quickly map power outages, emergencies; ORNL's lightweight, heat-shielding graphite foam tested at Germany's Wendlestein 7-X stellarator yields positive results in fusion reactors; open source software scales up analysis of motor designs to run on supercomputers.

Funder: Department of Energy, Office of Science

12-Feb-2019

ORNL teams with Los Alamos, EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation's electricity suppliers. This initial milestone is part of the team's three-year project focused on next-generation grid security.

Funder: Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity Energy Security and Emergency Response

5-Feb-2019

Tree of life: Poplar studies yield human cancer insights

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

While studying the genes in poplar trees that control callus formation, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered genetic networks at the root of tumor formation in several human cancers.

5-Feb-2019

Neutrons unlock properties of porous metal-hydride for new energy storage applications

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers used the Wide Angle Neutron Diffractometer at ORNL's HFIR to explore a novel porous metal hydride, which could lead to improved gas-separation techniques and more effective ways to store gaseous hydrogen.

4-Feb-2019

Story Tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 4, 2019

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Oak Ridge National Laboratory used machine learning to generate high-resolution map of vegetation growing in Alaskan tundra; ORNL used machine learning to better predict home-to-work commuting patterns; Univ of South Carolina investigates oxygen-reducing perovskites in fuel cells using ORNL neutrons; decades of data showed salt purity trends leading to inconsistent corrosion of alloys.

Journal: Remote Sensing
Funder: ORNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program, DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy's Office of Science

31-Jan-2019

Novel electron microscopy offers nanoscale, damage-free isotope tracking in amino acids

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale -- while keeping the sample intact -- could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic building blocks of life. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory described in the journal Science the first use of an electron microscope to directly identify isotopes in amino acids at the nanoscale without damaging the samples.

Journal: Science
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science