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![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.
![ORNL’s Huiyuan Zhu places a sample of boron nitride, or “white graphene,” into a furnace as part of a novel, nontoxic gas exfoliation process to separate 2D nanomaterials. ORNL’s Huiyuan Zhu places a sample of boron nitride, or “white graphene,” into a furnace as part of a novel, nontoxic gas exfoliation process to separate 2D nanomaterials.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/01%20BN%20Gas%20Exfoliation%20Process_0.jpg?itok=xTDiW79S)
![ORNL's Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. ORNL's Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2%20Holifield_Facility200_0.jpg?itok=ypUQJq-d)
![Andrew King loads a gel with amplified gene fragments to detect the presence of mercury methylation genes in samples from East Fork Poplar Creek in Oak Ridge. Andrew King loads a gel with amplified gene fragments to detect the presence of mercury methylation genes in samples from East Fork Poplar Creek in Oak Ridge.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Andrew_2.png?itok=ScVCkCyd)
Environmental scientists can more efficiently detect genes required to convert mercury in the environment into more toxic methylmercury with molecular probes developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “We now have a quic...
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The 2016 Billion Ton Report, jointly released by the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, concludes that the United States has the potential to sustainably produce at least 1 billion dry tons of nonfood biomass resources annually by 2040.
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A scientist that sings opera and performs in musical theater? Sure. If you're a Renaissance Man like Simon Pallin. Pallin is a researcher in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Buildings Technologies Research & Integration Center. But his early interests and activities reveal a versatile person that could have chosen a number of occupations.
![Cistern Spring in Yellowstone National Park is home to the elusive archaeon Nanopusillus acidilobi. Cistern Spring in Yellowstone National Park is home to the elusive archaeon Nanopusillus acidilobi.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Cistern%20Spring_0.jpg?itok=42sflnH5)
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![Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening. Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/greening_figure_copy.jpg?itok=7jkyb1SK)