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"I chose a career in science because it gives new perspectives on how to think about the world."
"Many topics interest me, and collaborative research presents me opportunities to develop interdisciplinary solutions to global issues."
"I have always been amazed by the level of scientific progress and resources driven by ORNL."
"Growing up in China, I was passionate about how science and technology could revolutionize the world."
Studies on the structure of RNA were done at ORNL in the early 1950s by biologist Elliot “Ken” Volkin and biochemist Waldo Cohn. They used radioisotope and chromatography techniques that were originally developed for plutonium production at the laboratory’s Graphite Reactor during World War II.
Electricity powers our lives, and ORNL researchers are deeply involved in every aspect of the electricity ecosystem.
Our society’s ability to transition to clean energy technologies depends, to a great extent, on having adequate supplies of the materials needed to manufacture components that will be ubiquitous in a clean energy economy — particularly batteries and electric motors.