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![Agricultural engineer Erin Webb is raising two sons with her husband on their 94-acre farm Agricultural engineer Erin Webb is raising two sons with her husband on their 94-acre farm](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/erinwebb200.jpg?itok=mNKNDgis)
![ORNL, Chattanooga EPB test the role of sensors in grid innovation ORNL, Chattanooga EPB test the role of sensors in grid innovation](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/03%20ChattEPBPhoto1-1.jpg?itok=BCscznEH)
With a fiber-optic network that provides Chattanooga residents and businesses with exceptional high-speed communications, the city’s Electric Power Board (EPB) provides the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with an ideal testbed for smart grid re...
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Significant energy savings could be realized by the Department of Defense with the deployment of a low-cost vacuum insulation panel developed with help from researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A team led by Kaushik Biswas is evaluating how wall retrofit solutions can cut...
![A noise filter developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could spell doom for unwanted EMI in thermocouple devices. A noise filter developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could spell doom for unwanted EMI in thermocouple devices.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20EMI%20tip.jpg?itok=SOeyCQS1)
![This map of New York City shows how many people walk to work each morning. The resolution is block group level. This map of New York City shows how many people walk to work each morning. The resolution is block group level.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/03%20nyc%20transportaton%20tip.jpeg?itok=A4EqFbwi)
Simply widening sidewalks and increasing the bike lanes network can boost the number of New York City commuters who choose to take advantage of an option that’s healthy for people and the environment, according to Husain Aziz of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Urban Dynamics Insti...
![ORNL researcher and University of Tennessee Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education student Seong Jin An works with lithium-ion batteries undergoing an ORNL-developed fast-formation protocol that shortens part of battery. ORNL researcher and University of Tennessee Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education student Seong Jin An works with lithium-ion batteries undergoing an ORNL-developed fast-formation protocol that shortens part of battery](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20batteries%20tip.jpg?itok=9ZqVV5kO)
A new process developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory could alleviate a bottleneck in battery manufacturing and deliver higher capacity batteries for electric vehicles and consumer devices. The formation process – where batteries undergo repeated cycling to stabilize and activa...
![A new study evaluates the atomic behavior of metals during solid state welding and finds the resulting oxide film is dissolved near the material’s surface. A new study evaluates the atomic behavior of metals during solid state welding and finds the resulting oxide film is dissolved near the material’s surface.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/05%20Improved%20welding%20-%20story%20tip%20R2_0.jpg?itok=Lkmv7aDa)
![3-D visualization of chemically-ordered phases in an iron-platinum (FePt) nanoparticle. 3-D visualization of chemically-ordered phases in an iron-platinum (FePt) nanoparticle.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Oak_Ridge_Leadership_Computing_Facility.jpg?itok=i3nCCoBB)
Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles—such as those made from iron and platinum atoms—are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like hard drives. Building these devices from nanoparticles should increase storage capaci...
![A nuclear density map of the bacterial enzyme HpMTAN’s active site reveals the locations of the hydrogen atoms, including the unexpected observation of a hydrogen ion positioned midway between adenine and D198 residue. A nuclear density map of the bacterial enzyme HpMTAN’s active site reveals the locations of the hydrogen atoms, including the unexpected observation of a hydrogen ion positioned midway between adenine and D198 residue.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/HpMTANnucleardensitymap_0.jpeg?itok=11L3WPUh)