![An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team used a sophisticated X-ray scattering technique to visualize and quantify the movement of water molecules in space and time, which provides new insights that may open pathways for liquid-based electronics An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team used a sophisticated X-ray scattering technique to visualize and quantify the movement of water molecules in space and time, which provides new insights that may open pathways for liquid-based electronics](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Water_viscosity_ORNL_droplets.jpg?itok=LlDz2MQb)
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![An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team used a sophisticated X-ray scattering technique to visualize and quantify the movement of water molecules in space and time, which provides new insights that may open pathways for liquid-based electronics An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team used a sophisticated X-ray scattering technique to visualize and quantify the movement of water molecules in space and time, which provides new insights that may open pathways for liquid-based electronics](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Water_viscosity_ORNL_droplets.jpg?itok=LlDz2MQb)
![A research team, including scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, illuminated the mechanisms that create stability and strength in a new class of aluminum alloys. Credit: Orlando R. Rios, A research team, including scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, illuminated the mechanisms that create stability and strength in a new class of aluminum alloys. Credit: Orlando R. Rios,](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Materials-When_alloys_attract%20r1.jpg?itok=HVyAOZk3)
![ORNL’s Larry Allard used high-resolution aberration-corrected electron microscopy methods to image single atoms of rhodium in a zeolite catalyst material, which aided in the development of a breakthrough process that directly converts methane to methanol. ORNL’s Larry Allard used high-resolution aberration-corrected electron microscopy methods to image single atoms of rhodium in a zeolite catalyst material, which aided in the development of a breakthrough process that directly converts methane to methanol.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Larry_Allard_ORNL1_0.jpg?itok=fM6vGlNi)
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![Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Ho Nyung Lee regards his research in novel materials as a “career hobby.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Ho Nyung Lee regards his research in novel materials as a “career hobby.”](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/HoNyungLee_lab200.jpg?itok=UDDhxsr-)
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ORNL’s Gabriel Veith is committed to saving energy through better batteries and more efficient chemical processes. He began pursuing his passions at the lab nearly 15 years ago, starting as a postdoc in the Materials Science and Technology Division.
![How perovskite catalysts are made and treated changes their surface compositions and ultimate product yields. If certain perovskite catalysts of the formula ABO3 are heat-treated, the catalyst’s surface terminates predominantly with A (a rare-earth metal How perovskite catalysts are made and treated changes their surface compositions and ultimate product yields. If certain perovskite catalysts of the formula ABO3 are heat-treated, the catalyst’s surface terminates predominantly with A (a rare-earth metal](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2017-G00934-AM-perovskite%20v2-03.jpg?itok=fZwIy2x-)
For some crystalline catalysts, what you see on the surface is not always what you get in the bulk, according to two studies led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The investigators discovered that treating a complex
![Niyanth Sridharan's research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has contributed to understanding the unexpected behavior of irradiated alloys. Niyanth Sridharan's research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has contributed to understanding the unexpected behavior of irradiated alloys.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Niyanth17-P01904.jpg?itok=Yss1aMtd)
Niyanth Sridharan grew up in a family that indulged his questions by using real-world examples to explain scientific concepts.
![Kelly Chipps, David Green, Zac Ward, David Weston Kelly Chipps, David Green, Zac Ward, David Weston](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Early_Career_2017_thumbnail.jpg?itok=Vyk43N8l)
Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers specializing in nuclear physics, fusion energy, advanced materials and environmental science are among 59 recipients of Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards.
![ORNL’s David Cullen used sophisticated, low-voltage microscopy to directly observe the active sites of a low-cost, platinum group metal-free fuel cell catalyst developed by a Los Alamos-led research team. Photo by Jason Richards, ORNL/DOE ORNL’s David Cullen used sophisticated, low-voltage microscopy to directly observe the active sites of a low-cost, platinum group metal-free fuel cell catalyst developed by a Los Alamos-led research team. Photo by Jason Richards, ORNL/DOE](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/David_Cullen_ORNL_AC-STEM_2.jpg?itok=6VSVAadW)