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![By leveraging Titan’s hybrid architecture, a multi-institution research team achieved a 7- to 10-fold increase in code performance for LQCD calculations By leveraging Titan’s hybrid architecture, a multi-institution research team achieved a 7- to 10-fold increase in code performance for LQCD calculations](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20-%20COMPUTING_Faster_Calculations_1.jpg?itok=90c_4p8d)
![NUCLEAR_MSR_test_loop_workshop.jpg NUCLEAR_MSR_test_loop_workshop.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/NUCLEAR_MSR_test_loop_workshop.jpg?itok=han67oAi)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s ongoing research in molten salt reactors—along with decades of renowned efforts in the field—is bringing nuclear experts together for its second workshop on the new generation of MSRs. The October 4-5 event is organized around the theme of “Moving MS...
![General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal. General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/06%20-%20MATERIALS_Quickly_Gaining_Deep_Insight_3_0.jpg?itok=Yqi4QEIp)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are harnessing big data capture and analytics to quickly develop deep insight into materials and their dynamics. Their new technique builds on Kelvin probe force microscopy, long used to gather information about electronic properties by “...
![A new ORNL and 3M project will investigate ways to improve adhesive joining materials used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. A new ORNL and 3M project will investigate ways to improve adhesive joining materials used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20Metals%20that%20bind_v2.jpg?itok=uUUfm0dC)
![Cleaning and maintaining solar mirrors could become less labor and time intensive with the application of ORNL-developed superhydrophobic coating technology. Cleaning and maintaining solar mirrors could become less labor and time intensive with the application of ORNL-developed superhydrophobic coating technology.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Solar%20mirrors_SH_storytip.jpg?itok=JR88jXuQ)
Keeping energy-concentrating mirrors at solar thermal power plants free from dirt is both labor and time intensive. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to address the challenge with lab-developed superhydrophobic coating technology. “We’ve shown that applying...
![ORNL researchers use infrared photos to identify temperature loss that could create problems in the high-temperature fluoride salt pumped test loop. ORNL researchers use infrared photos to identify temperature loss that could create problems in the high-temperature fluoride salt pumped test loop.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/03%20Nuclear_storytipimage_TestLoop.jpg?itok=wcQ4ZPfD)
![Bombarding a nickel lattice with high-energy neutrons creates a cascade of collisions that displace atoms. High-pressure energy waves generated early in the collision cascade determine the fate of defects that ultimately form in the material. Bombarding a nickel lattice with high-energy neutrons creates a cascade of collisions that displace atoms. High-pressure energy waves generated early in the collision cascade determine the fate of defects that ultimately form in the material.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20Modelingradiationdamage_storytip_image_v4_0.jpg?itok=Io6pKVLm)
In nuclear reactors, energetic neutrons slam into metal atoms that are ordered in a lattice, displacing them with enough force to trigger a cascade of collisions. Laurent Béland, Yury Osetskiy and Roger Stoller, of the Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution Energy Frontier Resear...
![Melanie Debusk collects soot samples from a reactivity controlled compression ignition engine at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center. Melanie Debusk collects soot samples from a reactivity controlled compression ignition engine at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20soot%20tip.jpg?itok=Q9r7xAVc)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking a closer look at previously uncharacterized, microscopic soot particles collected during lab experiments on light-duty, multi-cylinder advanced combustion engines. The ORNL-led team is widely known for advancing a combustion te...
![A 90-kilogram 430-bar prototype of the steel-concrete composite vessel has been manufactured, and is undergoing fatigue testing. A 90-kilogram 430-bar prototype of the steel-concrete composite vessel has been manufactured, and is undergoing fatigue testing.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/05%20Hydrogen%20storage%20tank.jpg?itok=6sFk_XNR)
![ORNL’s new climate change methodology helps predict energy efficiency impacts in rapidly growing areas like greater Chicago. This tool can be applied to any U.S. or global region. ORNL’s new climate change methodology helps predict energy efficiency impacts in rapidly growing areas like greater Chicago. This tool can be applied to any U.S. or global region.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/06%20climate%20tip.jpg?itok=xLN0Rl7s)