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![Catherine Schuman during Hour of Code](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-12/IMG_0136_0.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=56CtnbAH)
ORNL computer scientist Catherine Schuman returned to her alma mater, Harriman High School, to lead Hour of Code activities and talk to students about her job as a researcher.
![ORNL, minority-serving institutions discuss partnership opportunities, showcase student research](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-12/2019-P16680.jpg?h=036a71b7&itok=hLL5eFWp)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted a collaboration workshop Nov. 19-20 with faculty and students from 14 historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, including Spelman College in Atlanta, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Florida International University in Miami.
![Power electronics research for the secondary battery energy storage system](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-12/2019-P16569.png?h=036a71b7&itok=i-neYKp0)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity
![Friederike Bock, a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-12/Bock200_0.jpg?h=98199530&itok=ryxpJ_x4)
Friederike Bock, a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow, wants everyone to know scientists aren’t just robots—they want to help others understand their research, and they have wide-ranging interests.
![John Katsaras’s advances in technique, instrument and sample development for neutron and x-ray scattering have helped answer science questions about biological membranes.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/2019-P15283_main_0.png?h=8f9cfe54&itok=F8nTZ1uk)
John Katsaras, a biophysicist specializing in neutron scattering and the study of biological membranes at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, had a rather unusual birthday party last year.
![The students analyzed diatom images like this one to compare wild and genetically modified strains of these organisms. Credit: Alison Pawlicki/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/RI4362007.png?h=37702503&itok=9lQReLRe)
Students often participate in internships and receive formal training in their chosen career fields during college, but some pursue professional development opportunities even earlier.
![Nanofabricated “golden lollipop” helps researchers observe Fano interference using electron microscopy techniques at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/PRLfig2_2.png?h=dcd3a193&itok=jT5BcENX)
Electrons in atoms are pretty talented. They can form chemical bonds, get kicked out of the atom and even “jump” to different locations based on their energetic states.
![ORNL-created Chattanooga building energy models. Image Credit: Joshua New, ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/EPB2_0.png?h=1cb767b3&itok=D78eDUvJ)
Buildings use 40 percent of America’s primary energy and 75 percent of its electricity, which can jump to 80 percent when a majority of the population is at home using heating or cooling systems and the seasons reach their extremes.
![After studying the mixture of lead titanate and strontium titanate with x-ray diffraction imaging, the research team used machine learning techniques to identify two different phases at the nanoscale level: ferroelectric-ferroelastic (red, A) and polarization vortices (blue, V).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/phase_mixture_graphic.png?h=f9efadb1&itok=hfg4Kx35)
Beyond solids, liquids, gases, plasma, and other examples only accessible under extreme conditions, scientists are constantly searching for other states of matter.
![SNS researchers](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-11/2019-P15103_1.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=OoO429Iv)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing materials science mystery: why certain crystalline materials shrink when heated.