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Researchers used neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source to investigate bizarre magnetic behavior, believed to be a possible quantum spin liquid rarely found in a three-dimensional material. QSLs are exotic states of matter where magnetism continues to fluctuate at low temperatures instead of “freezing” into aligned north and south poles as with traditional magnets.

Natalie Griffiths kneading in watershed at ORNL

Growing up, Natalie Griffiths dreamed of playing shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays. With a stint on the Canadian national women’s baseball team under her belt, Griffiths has retired her glove and now fields scientific questions about carbon and nutrient cycling and water quality ...

Joseph Lukens, Raphael Pooser, and Nick Peters (from left) of ORNL’s Quantum Information Science Group developed and tested a new interferometer made from highly nonlinear fiber in pursuit of improved sensitivity at the quantum scale. Credit: Carlos Jones

By analyzing a pattern formed by the intersection of two beams of light, researchers can capture elusive details regarding the behavior of mysterious phenomena such as gravitational waves. Creating and precisely measuring these interference patterns would not be possible without instruments called interferometers.

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Robert L. Siegrist, a researcher in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed to a two-year fellowship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).Siegrist, who holds a joint appointment with ORNL and the ...
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David E. Reichle, associate director for Life Sciences and Environmental Technologies at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named to the Research Coordination Council of the Gas Research Institute (GRI).The GRI is a not-for-profit scientific research org...
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Lockheed Martin Energy Systems has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the American Public Works Association (APWA) to increase communications between the two organizations that may lead to improving infrastructures in municipalities across the United States. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems mana...
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An entry submitted by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) won a first-in-class award during the 1995 International Metallographic Contest in Albuquerque, N.M.The entry, titled "Martensitic Transformation in an Austenitic Stainless Steel Single Crystal," won in the ...
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A robotic arm developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) makes it possible for soldiers to go to war with a safer, more effective, automated cannon.Using a new Crusader system, soldiers on the battlefield will be able to reload a self-propelled howitzer-a can...
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Dr. Anthony V. Palumbo, group leader for microbial interactions in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was invited by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in the review of the 1995 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I proposals on biotechnical, biophysical and macromolecular systems.
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Dr. Steven E. Lindberg, a senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been recognized by two magazines, Science Watch and Current Contents, as the author of one of the most widely cited papers publish...