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  • Pellets are assessed robotically to ensure they meet specifications before processing. Credit: ORNL
    Automated measurement system enhances quality, reduces handling in Pu-238 production
    March 1, 2017
  • Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres. The colored tRNA can be seen on the nanodiamond surface. Image by Michael Mattheson, OLCF, ORNL
    Neutrons, simulation analysis of tRNA-nanodiamond combo could transform drug delivery design principles
    February 28, 2017
  • WiNS, or Women in Neutron Sciences, offers Lunch and Learn opportunities. See below for the next scheduled session.
    WiNS Lunch and Learn
    February 16, 2017
  • Participants and volunteers of the “Infographics: Proving you Point With Pictures” event. Volunteers from the left to the right are: Megan Bradley, Kate Evans, Tara Pandya, Thomas Proffen and Heidi Hill.
    ORNL Staff Volunteer to Give Local Girls a Leg Up in STEM
    February 14, 2017
  • Shannon Ryan, a researcher from the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group
    Army researchers use neutrons to study ceramic material as possible lightweight vehicle armor
    February 13, 2017
  • Scientific research can be vexing and tiring at times, but for Bianca Haberl, the euphoria of discovery is the ultimate reward.
    Bianca Haberl: Finding the joys of science under pressure
    February 7, 2017
  • Sung Kim, Grayson Jackson and Ashish Jayaraman from the Univ. of Minnesota, and Souleymane Omar Diallo former BASIS instrument scientist, load a sample for an experiment on BASIS, SNS beam line 2. The team, led by Mahesh Mahanthappa is studying how nanoconfined water behaves in membranes, which could lead to the development of new ion transporting membranes in fuel cells and other electrochemical devices. Image credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL
    Nanoconfined Water Dynamics Shape Future Fuel Cells
    February 6, 2017
  • Enhanced knowledge of the bacterial enzyme HpMTAN’s critical functions may enable scientists like Univ. of Toledo’s Don Ronning to influence the development of target-specific drugs for patients with gastrointestinal issues, including stomach cancer.
    Neutrons identify critical details in bacterial enzyme implicated in gastric cancer
    February 1, 2017
  • Haslam visits ORNL to highlight state’s role in discovering tennessine
    January 30, 2017
  • ORNL researchers have discovered a new type of quantum critical point, a new way in which materials change from one state of matter to another. Featured here are researchers Lekh Poudel (left), Andrew Christianson and Andrew May. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)
    Neutrons and a ‘bit of gold’ uncover new type of quantum phase transition
    January 19, 2017
  • ORNL's Charles Seipp synthesized a simple compound known as guanidine that was found to bind strongly with carbon dioxide directly from the air and form insoluble carbonate crystals that are easily separated from water.
    Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient air
    January 9, 2017
  • Radiograph shows change in contrast as lithium is incorporated into the graphite electrodes.
    New method uses neutrons, computational modeling to build better batteries
    January 4, 2017
  • A calendar poster showcasing some recent scientific publications from HFIR and SNS. Image credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL
    SNS and HFIR 2017 Calendar Poster
    December 21, 2016
  • ORNL researchers used lake sturgeon otoliths to validate the crystalline structure of vaterite with neutron diffraction. Image credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL
    Biology and neutrons collide to unlock secrets of fish ear bones
    December 20, 2016
  • Adam Makhluf
    Neutron Diffraction Probes Forms of Carbon Dioxide in Extreme Environments
    December 19, 2016
  • Red arrows represent electron spin orientations in a portion of the YbMgGaO4 crystal structure, where antiferromagnetic interactions between groups of magnetic moments cause neighboring spins to align anti-parallel to one another. This mechanism is partially responsible for the quantum spin liquid behavior observed in the neutron scattering data, illustrated on the hexagonal tiles. (Image credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman)
    Neutrons identify key ingredients of the quantum spin liquid recipe
    December 9, 2016
  • Team at SNS
    New tool available for high pressure researchers: hydrogen-rated gas intensifier
    December 6, 2016
  • Instrument scientist Flora Meilleur (right) and scientific associate Lakeisha Walker (left) prepare to load a sample onto the CCR cold finger. Temperature is controlled by a LakeShore model 340 cryogenic temperature controller (not shown; LakeShore Cryotronics, Inc.). The inner heat shield (not shown) and outer vacuum can are made of amorphous aluminum to minimize background. Image credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL
    IMAGINE finalizes cryogenic sample environment
    December 1, 2016
  • Neutron scientist Bryan Chakoumakos was one of seven researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
    Chakoumakos elected AAAS fellow
    November 22, 2016
  • A team led by the Neutron Sciences Directorate's Arnab Banerjee received the ORNL Director's Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment at the 2016 Awards Night. The team also includes Adam Aczel, Craig Bridges, Garrett Granroth, Mark Lumsden, David Mandrus, Stephen Nagler, Matthew Stone, Alan Tennant and Jiaqiang Yan.
    Neutron Sciences tops at 2016 UT-Battelle Awards Night
    November 22, 2016

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