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ORNL’s Bianca Haberl and Amy Elliott hold 3D printed collimators next to a pressure cell loaded with a sample. These collimators were developed as a collaboration between the lab’s Neutron Sciences Directorate and Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

3D printed collimators for neutron scattering enables new science and lowers costs

December 7, 2018

Matthew Ryder is researching next-generation materials using neutron scattering as a Clifford G. Shull Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Neutron Sciences Directorate. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Matthew Ryder: Understanding the Stability of Next-Generation Materials

December 3, 2018

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has reached its operational power design level by running a neutron production cycle at 1.4 megawatts.

Neutron production at ORNL’s SNS reaches design power level

November 27, 2018

Rice University graduate student Lebing Chen spent three months perfecting a recipe for making flat sheets of chromium triiodide, a two-dimensional quantum material that appears to be a “magnetic topological insulator.” (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

‘Magnetic topological insulator’ makes its own magnetic field

November 20, 2018

VULCAN Pinhole and Detector Development research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source. From left to right, Matt Frost, Kevin Berry, Alexandru Stoica, Ke An, Wei Wu, and Harley Skorpenske. Credit: ORNL/Kelley Smith

Neutron pinhole magnifies discoveries at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

November 15, 2018

A heavy overhead crane is used to lower the 64,000-pound inner reflector plug into position, right in the heart of the Spallation Neutron Source. (image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Big jobs: Safety, planning key to increasing production performance at SNS

November 12, 2018

Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, a PhD student at Duke University, uses the cold (lower-energy) neutron triple-axis spectrometer at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor to study thermoelectric materials. Image Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin

Cold neutrons used in hot pursuit of better thermoelectrics

November 7, 2018

UT researchers Zhili Zhang (left) and Cary Smith, in association with researchers from the US Air Force, use neutrons at HFIR’s CG-1D instrument to investigate fluid flow dynamics for potentially improved fuel systems in hypersonic vehicles and other industrial spray-related applications. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Feeling the need for speed, neutrons study fluid flow for hypersonic flight

November 1, 2018

$Two neutron diffraction experiments (represented by pink and blue neutron beams) probed a salty solution to reveal its atomic structure. The only difference between the experiments was the identity of the oxygen isotope (O*) that labeled nitrate molecules (NO3-)—either 16O or 18O. The solution also contained potassium ions (K+) dissolved in heavy water (D2O). Credit: Lukas Vlcek, Hsiu-Wen Wang and Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy$

Seeing a salt solution’s structure supports one hypothesis about how minerals form

October 24, 2018

ORNL researcher Kate Page developed an early interest in materials science during a college internship.

Page's athletic past accents value of collaboration

October 22, 2018

An artistic rendition of the intriguing superionic crystalline structure of CuCrSe2, which has coppe

Atomic insights into superionic crystals could lead to safer, more efficient rechargeable batteries

October 8, 2018

$Illustration of neutron diffraction data showing water distribution (red and white molecules) near lipid bilayers prior to fusion (left) and during fusion. Mapping the water molecules is key to understanding the process of cell membrane fusion, which could help facilitate the development of treatments for diseases associated with cell fusion.$

Neutrons produce first direct 3D maps of water during cell membrane fusion

September 24, 2018

TTCI researcher Dr. Ananyo Banerjee uses HFIR’s HB-2B instrument to analyze residual stresses on a worn section of rail, aiming to develop new improvements for rail reliability. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

All Aboard the Neutron Train: Mapping Residual Stresses for More Robust Rails

August 27, 2018

University of Pennsylvania researcher Kushol Gupta is using the Bio-SANS instrument at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor to study the defense mechanisms of HIV in hopes of improving antiviral drug applications. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Two Steps Ahead: Neutrons Help Explore Future HIV Treatments

August 23, 2018

The artistic representation illustrates a measurement of a beam in a particle accelerator, demonstrating the beam’s structural complexity increases when measured in progressively higher dimensions. Each increase in dimension reveals information that was previously hidden. (Image credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman)

UT-ORNL team makes first particle accelerator beam measurement in six dimensions

August 10, 2018

As protons (yellow) strike the target vessel and pass into the liquid mercury inside, the protons are absorbed, creating neutrons (blue) that are then sent through moderators and beam tubes to research instruments to study the fundamental properties of materials. (Image credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman)

SNS completes full neutron production cycle at record power level

August 9, 2018

Yu Song, a researcher with the University of California–Berkeley, is shown preparing copper-doped samples of iron telluride, which were shown via neutron scattering at ORNL to have significantly altered magnetic properties. This research could help lead to faster and more efficient electrical systems and electronic devices. (Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

Gold ore’s chemical cousin helps reveal family secrets

July 24, 2018

Lu Huang, USS industrial research engineer prepares a lightweighted advanced high strength steel component for neutron research at the Spallation Neutron Source’s VULCAN instrument. Data from this study may make it faster and easier for companies to design automotive components that are lighter, more durable, and safer. Image Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin

Neutrons analyze advanced high-strength steels to improve vehicle safety and efficiency

July 16, 2018

$ORNL Instrument Scientist Clarina de la Cruz used the HB-2A Neutron Powder Diffractometer at the High Flux Isotope Reactor to analyze a cobalt-doped thermoelectric material boasting a record increase in room-temperature performance. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)$

Scientists use neutrons to take a deeper look at record boost in thermoelectric efficiency

June 18, 2018

Ernest Wollan (left) and Clifford Shull work with a double-crystal neutron spectrometer at the ORNL X-10 Graphite Reactor in 1949.

A History of Neutron Scattering at ORNL

June 13, 2018

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