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![An ORNL-led team discovered a simpler, quicker nontoxic method to synthesize biomass materials without applying heat or solvents. The molecules self-assembled into large-pore-sized hexagonal cylinder-shaped mesostructures suitable for large molecule. An ORNL-led team discovered a simpler, quicker nontoxic method to synthesize biomass materials without applying heat or solvents. The molecules self-assembled into large-pore-sized hexagonal cylinder-shaped mesostructures suitable for large molecule.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20Simple_synthesis.jpg?itok=_HGN2E0l)
![At the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, a research team achieved a 500 percent increase in thermal conductivity using a thermoplastic composite made of copper fibers mixed with nylon. At the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, a research team achieved a 500 percent increase in thermal conductivity using a thermoplastic composite made of copper fibers mixed with nylon.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/05%20Transferring_heat.jpg?itok=UKJouE4N)
Reducing the energy and water that power plants require to convert heat to electricity could become easier with a novel heat exchanger designed and 3D printed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A research team achieved a 500 percent increase in thermal conductivity using a new thermopl...
![Thomas Zacharia named director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Thomas Zacharia named director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2015-P02128.png?itok=PTHypO6X)
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A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has identified a novel microbial process that can break down toxic methylmercury in the environment, a fundamental scientific discovery that could potentially reduce mercury toxicity levels and sup...
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While serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, U.S. Navy construction mechanic Matthew Sallas may not have imagined where his experience would take him next. But researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory certainly had the future in mind as they were creating programs to train men and wome...
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![ORNL welcomed its first group of research fellows to join Innovation Crossroads, an entrepreneurial research and development program based at the lab. ORNL welcomed its first group of research fellows to join Innovation Crossroads, an entrepreneurial research and development program based at the lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2017-P03414.jpg?itok=m2AggR93)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory today welcomed the first cohort of innovators to join Innovation Crossroads, the Southeast region's first entrepreneurial research and development program based at a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory. Innovation Crossroads, ...
![UT-Battelle Scholarship winner Allison Michelle Campbell with ORNL Director Thom Mason. UT-Battelle Scholarship winner Allison Michelle Campbell with ORNL Director Thom Mason.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/UTBscholarCampbell200.jpg?itok=wamn7m-N)