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![Quick coatings](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2022-08/Quick%20coatings.jpg?h=0b92b199&itok=Xwyhr8kY)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using the precision of an electron beam to instantly adhere cathode coatings for lithium-ion batteries—a leap in efficiency that saves energy, reduces production and capital costs, and eliminates the use of toxic solvents.
![Microscopy_biomass_closeup Microscopy_biomass_closeup](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Microscopy_biomass_closeup.jpg?itok=jiTpgDkM)
![This graphene nanoribbon was made bottom-up from a molecular precursor. Nanoribbon width and edge effects influence electronic behavior. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy. This graphene nanoribbon was made bottom-up from a molecular precursor. Nanoribbon width and edge effects influence electronic behavior. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/GNR-2.jpg?itok=UpcA2sYT)
![A visualization of mantle plumes in the Eastern hemisphere overlaying a flat global map. Credit: David Pugmire, ORNL A visualization of mantle plumes in the Eastern hemisphere overlaying a flat global map. Credit: David Pugmire, ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/globe_partial_vertical_1.jpg?itok=3S97WrsN)
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![First trained as a nuclear electronics technician and reactor operator in the US Navy, Maureen Searles has worked on HFIR’s operations team since February 2015. First trained as a nuclear electronics technician and reactor operator in the US Navy, Maureen Searles has worked on HFIR’s operations team since February 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Maureen%20Searles-4672_sm.jpg?itok=kukVWaJe)
![ORNL’s Xiahan Sang unambiguously resolved the atomic structure of MXene, a 2D material promising for energy storage, catalysis and electronic conductivity. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Carlos Jones ORNL’s Xiahan Sang unambiguously resolved the atomic structure of MXene, a 2D material promising for energy storage, catalysis and electronic conductivity. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Carlos Jones](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Sang_2016-P07680_0.jpg?itok=w0e5eR_U)
Researchers have long sought electrically conductive materials for economical energy-storage devices. Two-dimensional (2D) ceramics called MXenes are contenders. Unlike most 2D ceramics, MXenes have inherently good conductivity because they are molecular sheets made from the carbides ...
![For NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission, Nidia Gallego produces components of carbon-bonded carbon fiber (CBCF, in gray) for insulating an iridium-clad plutonium heat source power supply (inert prototype shown in silver). For NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission, Nidia Gallego produces components of carbon-bonded carbon fiber (CBCF, in gray) for insulating an iridium-clad plutonium heat source power supply (inert prototype shown in silver).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/NidiaGallego200_0.jpg?itok=DPYflt1y)
Growing up in Colombia, Nidia Gallego was a diamond in the rough; she had no inkling that she would later shine as a scientist. Her father, a salesman, and mother, a homemaker, had not had the opportunity to complete high school themselves and urged their six children to stay in schoo...
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HTS International Corporation and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed an agreement to explore potential collaborations in advanced manufacturing research.
![Map of locations associated with FRED observations. Map of locations associated with FRED observations.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/FREDMapHighRes_3_1.png?itok=qJ_UY2ML)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have released a new global, centralized database of plant root traits, or identifying characteristics, that can advance our understanding of how the hidden structure of plants belowground may interact with and relate to life aboveground. ...