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![Researchers explore the surface chemistry of a copper-chromium-iron oxide catalyst used to generate and purify hydrogen for industrial applications. Credit: Michelle Lehman and Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory; U.S. Dept. of Energy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/h2_graphic_v4_16x9.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=UXqJIEOH)
Collaborators at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and U.S. universities used neutron scattering and other advanced characterization techniques to study how a prominent catalyst enables the “water-gas shift” reaction to purify and generate hydrogen at industrial scale.
![ORNL’s Kate Page, left, received a PECASE citation from Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Credit: Donica Payne/U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/Page_PECASE_0.jpg?h=cfe8de00&itok=fM2WW1ua)
Two researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received a 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE.
![Raphaël Hermann of Oak Ridge National Laboratory studies magnetic materials and batteries using Mössbauer spectroscopy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/2017-P04807_0.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=xjgwsqpo)
Raphaël Hermann of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts experiments to better understand materials for energy and information applications.
![Clarice Phelps and Nathan Brewer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/PhelpsBrewer_thumb.jpg?h=658a1911&itok=rnSGcjtD)
Two early career researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been included on the “Periodic Table of Younger Chemists” following an international competition conducted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN).
![Larry Allard](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/LarryAllard_thumb.jpg?h=c15413fd&itok=MqqAyv15)
Larry Allard, distinguished research staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2019 Microanalysis Society Presidential Science Award.
![Bruce Moyer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/Moyer_thumb.jpg?h=d42775dc&itok=4rB8khxp)
Bruce Moyer, leader of the Chemical Separations group in the Chemical Sciences Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has won the 2019 Glenn T. Seaborg Award from the Actinide Separations Board.
![Materials—Soft drink science](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-06/Soda%20Science%20v3%20no%20text_0.jpg?h=42d864b6&itok=-KY8_1WA)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has teamed with Cornell College and the University of Tennessee to study ways to repurpose waste soft drinks for carbon capture that could help cut carbon dioxide emissions.
![Batteries—Polymers that bind](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-06/Batteries-Polymers_that_bind_0.png?h=dec22bcf&itok=oJ7mroY1)
A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that designed synthetic polymers can serve as a high-performance binding material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
![Neutrons—Mastering magnetism](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-06/Reflectometry%20Cell-5737_sm_0.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=qT6B-Sk0)
Researchers have pioneered a new technique using pressure to manipulate magnetism in thin film materials used to enhance performance in electronic devices.
![The core of a wind turbine blade by XZERES Corporation was produced at the MDF using Cincinnati Incorporated equipment for large-scale 3D printing with foam.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-06/image%201_2019-P01384_0.jpg?h=036a71b7&itok=ohbWG8Xd)
In the shifting landscape of global manufacturing, American ingenuity is once again giving U.S companies an edge with radical productivity improvements as a result of advanced materials and robotic systems developed at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.