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Solar cells based on cadmium and tellurium could move closer to theoretical levels of efficiency because of some sleuthing by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s PenDoc makes sampling the surface of a strawberry for pesticides, for example, quick and easy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s PenDoc makes sampling the surface of a strawberry for pesticides, for example, quick and easy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20pendoc%20tip.jpg?itok=bD8hYlwJ)
![By wet-sieving stream sediment, (from left) Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Kenneth Lowe, Melanie Mayes and John Dickson sort sediment into different particle size in this stream near Rocky Top. By wet-sieving stream sediment, (from left) Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Kenneth Lowe, Melanie Mayes and John Dickson sort sediment into different particle size in this stream near Rocky Top.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20mercury%20story%20tip.jpg?itok=wCk3MAYJ)
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory study is providing an unprecedented watershed-scale understanding of mercury in soils and sediments. Researchers focused on evaluating mercury and soil properties along the banks of a mercury-contaminated stream in Oak Ridge, Tenn., sampling 145 loca...
![The SaltX heating system offers better efficiency than today’s best furnaces and a potential payback of just three to four years. The SaltX heating system offers better efficiency than today’s best furnaces and a potential payback of just three to four years.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/03%20saltx%20tip.jpg?itok=BzODzAIO)
Salt and ammonia are key ingredients of a high-efficiency natural gas-fired heat pump system being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Rheem and ClimateWell. Potentially, the SaltX system could provide 43 percent greater efficiency than today’s best furn...
![As a doctoral student Susan Hogle interned at ORNL's Radiochemical Engineering Development Center. As a doctoral student Susan Hogle interned at ORNL's Radiochemical Engineering Development Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Hogle200.jpg?itok=l2nB72Vz)
![A new ORNL-developed method pinpoints electrical service areas across the southern United States most vulnerable to climate change and predicted population growth, which could inform decision makers about future substation needs. A new ORNL-developed method pinpoints electrical service areas across the southern United States most vulnerable to climate change and predicted population growth, which could inform decision makers about future substation needs.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Substation.jpg?itok=yEbRk0_i)
Climate and energy scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to pinpoint which electrical service areas will be most vulnerable as populations grow and temperatures rise.
![Flora Meilleur (middle) works with teachers participating in her project, helping them mix the protein solution lysozyme with a salt solution to form a crystal. The teachers mix the solutions in various concentrations and ratios and observe the results. Flora Meilleur (middle) works with teachers participating in her project, helping them mix the protein solution lysozyme with a salt solution to form a crystal. The teachers mix the solutions in various concentrations and ratios and observe the results.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/ARC%20Workshop_Meilleur-0002%5B4%5D.jpg?itok=YRiHCF3L)
![ORNL will lend computational resources such as its Titan supercomputer to support the Cancer Moonshot effort. ORNL will lend computational resources such as its Titan supercomputer to support the Cancer Moonshot effort.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2012-P03136.jpg?itok=THyiUKYH)
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will add its computational know-how to the battle against cancer through several new projects recently announced at the White House Cancer Moonshot Summit.
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While trying to fatten the atom in 1938, German chemist Otto Hahn accidentally split it instead. This surprising discovery put modern science on the fast track to the atomic age and to the realization of technologies with profound potential for great harm or great help. Altho...
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