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![This 3-D structure was created in a microscope. On the left is the structure; on the right is the simulation that shows how to create such a structure. This 3-D structure was created in a microscope. On the left is the structure; on the right is the simulation that shows how to create such a structure.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/EBID%20combo%20NEW.jpg?itok=JVcFp39C)
Additive manufacturing techniques featuring atomic precision could one day create materials with Legos flexibility and Terminator toughness, according to researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![The image above shows the chain of the studied calcium isotopes. The “doubly magic” isotopes with mass numbers 40 (Ca-40) and 48 (Ca-48) exhibit equal charge radii. The first measurement of the charge radius in Ca-52 yielded an unexpectedly large result. The image above shows the chain of the studied calcium isotopes. The “doubly magic” isotopes with mass numbers 40 (Ca-40) and 48 (Ca-48) exhibit equal charge radii. The first measurement of the charge radius in Ca-52 yielded an unexpectedly large result.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Hagen%20Image%5B2%5D.jpg?itok=9x4IORoE)
For decades nuclear physicists have tried to learn more about which elements, or their various isotopes, are “magic.” This is not to say that they display supernatural powers.
![After running a simulation proving calcium-48 was a magic isotope, ORNL researchers were surprised to find experimental data and simulations that suggested calcium-52 was not magic, as expected. After running a simulation proving calcium-48 was a magic isotope, ORNL researchers were surprised to find experimental data and simulations that suggested calcium-52 was not magic, as expected.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/ca-52%20tip.jpg?itok=7gRqs68E)
![A 3-D printed table was manufactured using 10 percent bamboo fiber, an initial step toward sustainable practices using bio-derived materials A 3-D printed table was manufactured using 10 percent bamboo fiber, an initial step toward sustainable practices using bio-derived materials](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/bamboo%20table.jpg?itok=yYwObbdX)
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![ORNL’s Juan Carlos Idrobo helped develop an electron microscopy technique to measure magnetism at the atomic scale. ORNL’s Juan Carlos Idrobo helped develop an electron microscopy technique to measure magnetism at the atomic scale.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Idrobo_STEM_0.jpg?itok=o9AfJo-p)
Scientists can now detect magnetic behavior at the atomic level with a new electron microscopy technique developed by a team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Uppsala University, Sweden.
![The High Flux Isotope Reactor, a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that creates continuous neutron beams, is the site of a new neutrino experiment. The High Flux Isotope Reactor, a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility that creates continuous neutron beams, is the site of a new neutrino experiment.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/19783046450_ba9f557b51_k.jpg?itok=5mmgkx_t)
![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. 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.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/berkelium-249.png?itok=U3_sHwYQ)
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Inorganic Chemistry Division has published a Provisional Recommendation for the names and symbols of the recently discovered superheavy elements 113, 115, 117, and 118.