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Yuri B. Melnichenko of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biology and Soft Matter Division passed away on March 18, 2016, in Knoxville, Tenn.

In Memoriam: Yuri B. Melnichenko

April 1, 2016

A team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Indiana University researchers has successfully tested their first Wollaston Prism pair at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) beam line HB-1. Image credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL

Wollaston Prism Pair Tests at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

April 1, 2016

The dynamics of “contrast enhanced” unilamellar lipid vesicles reveal the local mechanical properties of nanoscopic domains.

Broadening the Bilayer: Understanding New Theories in Organization in Cellular Membranes

March 31, 2016

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a one-of-a-kind research facility that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. Take a look inside the facility's linear accelerator.

Behind the scenes of the Spallation Neutron Source - The linear accelerator

March 16, 2016

Defect fluorite materials such as Ho2Zr2O7 have been previously characterized as having a disordered cubic structure when sampled over many unit cell repeats. However, (a) pair distribution functions obtained from neutron total scattering reveals that description is inaccurate at the sub-nanometer level. Image credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

UT, ORNL scientists gain new insights into atomic disordering of complex metal oxides

March 7, 2016

Behind the work station, cryomodule 19 undergoes in-situ plasma processing inside the SNS linac. The inset shows a 6-cell cavity with monitored plasma inside each cell. Image credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL.

Plasma Processing Technique Takes SNS Accelerator to New Energy Highs

March 4, 2016

Applications are now being accepted for the 18th National School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering, which will begin on July 30, 2016.

2016 National School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering

February 23, 2016

$Researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Materials Science and Technology Division, and U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center, are studying welded armor and testing a new weld wire using neutron diffraction at the HB-2B beam line of the ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor. Image credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL$

Making Military Vehicle Armor Stronger and Safer with Neutrons

February 23, 2016

From left, NScD’s Mark Connell and Robert Dean, F&O’s Randall Pickens of the F&O Modernization Project Office, and Associate Laboratory Director for Neutron Sciences Paul Langan.

CRMS Building Gets LEED Gold

February 15, 2016

In a Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center project to probe a battery’s atomic activity during its first charging cycle, Robert Sacci and colleagues used the Spallation Neutron Source’s vibrational spectrometer to gain chemical information. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Genevieve Martin.

ORNL researchers use neutrons to gain insight into battery inefficiency

January 19, 2016

Berkelium-249, contained in the greenish fluid in the tip of the vial, was crucial to the experiment that discovered element 117. It was made in the research reactor at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

ORNL on team officially recognized for elements 115, 117 discovery

January 5, 2016

By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions.

ORNL achieves milestone with plutonium-238 sample

December 22, 2015

$In situ neutron diffraction visualizes the synthesis mechanism, involving multi-phase evolutions, of garnet-type fast lithium-ion solid conductors. The neutron diffraction determines the lithium vacancy distribution in the garnet lattice, and reveals the governing mechanism of highly conductive pathways via the selective element doping.$