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![The Cheng research team is working to understand how different nanoscopic domains in lipids’ bilayers regulate the mechanical properties of proteins passing in and out of the cell. (Image by Barmak Mostofian, John Nickels and Renee Manning) The Cheng research team is working to understand how different nanoscopic domains in lipids’ bilayers regulate the mechanical properties of proteins passing in and out of the cell. (Image by Barmak Mostofian, John Nickels and Renee Manning)](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/03%20biology%20tip.png?itok=bjtBCLp5)
![This prototype heat pump installed at the Ohio field test site in January 2015 produced savings of more than 40 percent compared to the baseline heat pump. This prototype heat pump installed at the Ohio field test site in January 2015 produced savings of more than 40 percent compared to the baseline heat pump.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20hot%20savings%20tip.jpeg?itok=LRkDETQz)
People in cold climates who heat with electricity could realize savings of up to 70 percent with a new heat pump developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Emerson Climate Technologies. The tandem compressor system, developed through a cooperative research and development ag...
![ORNL’s new battery design holds significant promise for grid and stationary power storage. ORNL’s new battery design holds significant promise for grid and stationary power storage.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/batteries%20tip.jpg?itok=A6dHFWLt)
![A neuromorphic, or brain-like, network reading and recognizing a handwritten number. A neuromorphic, or brain-like, network reading and recognizing a handwritten number.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/neuromorphic%20tip%20jpg_0.jpg?itok=uU7vcBiT)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory will play host this summer to researchers whose goal is to design computers that combine the best of human and machine.
![With just a few small sticks, Envirofit International’s M-5000 Wood clean cookstove can boil water in seven minutes. Two-thirds of the company’s 1 million stoves sold used alloys developed by the research team. With just a few small sticks, Envirofit International’s M-5000 Wood clean cookstove can boil water in seven minutes. Two-thirds of the company’s 1 million stoves sold used alloys developed by the research team.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/cookstove%20tip.jpg?itok=ydGTsEbV)
![ORNL researchers are developing an idealized collector molecule that has a shape complementary to the surface atomic structure of xenotime, a rare earth yttrium-rich phosphate mineral. ORNL researchers are developing an idealized collector molecule that has a shape complementary to the surface atomic structure of xenotime, a rare earth yttrium-rich phosphate mineral.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/critical%20materials%20tip.jpg?itok=-GuDSlzz)
Ensuring a reliable supply of rare earth elements, including four key lanthanides and yttrium, is a major goal of the Critical Materials Institute (https://cmi.ameslab.gov) as these elements are essential to many clean-energy technologies. These include energy-efficient lighting, ...
![Researchers developed a framework to learn physical and chemical phenomena defining nanocrystal growth from scanning transmission electron microscopy. Researchers developed a framework to learn physical and chemical phenomena defining nanocrystal growth from scanning transmission electron microscopy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/levy%20tip.jpg?itok=0nmw1Ue8)
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![Drones can play an important role in a number of areas, including making the U.S. safe, improving crop yield and safeguarding the environment.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/drone%20tip.png?h=83ab5d97&itok=gyOl65df)
With the creation of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Center (http://uasresearch.ornl.gov), Oak Ridge National Laboratory makes available tools and capabilities with applications in environment, energy
![New transparent conductor made from more earth-abundant elements promises lower cost solar cells and displays. New transparent conductor made from more earth-abundant elements promises lower cost solar cells and displays.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Clear%20advantages%20-%20ramki%20tip.jpeg?itok=sM-tQdhI)