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![Using 3-D printing, ORNL researchers rapidly prototyped a complex gearbox pattern and created sand molds to make no-waste aluminum parts for industry partner, Emrgy Hydro. Using 3-D printing, ORNL researchers rapidly prototyped a complex gearbox pattern and created sand molds to make no-waste aluminum parts for industry partner, Emrgy Hydro.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/DSC_0224%5B7%5D.jpg?itok=NBmuwwMn)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has successfully developed and tested a novel sand casting technique to quickly design complex patterns to fabricate components for industry partner Emrgy Hydro, makers of hydropower devices designed to generate electricity from slow or shallow water flo...
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![After running a simulation proving calcium-48 was a magic isotope, ORNL researchers were surprised to find experimental data and simulations that suggested calcium-52 was not magic, as expected. After running a simulation proving calcium-48 was a magic isotope, ORNL researchers were surprised to find experimental data and simulations that suggested calcium-52 was not magic, as expected.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/ca-52%20tip.jpg?itok=7gRqs68E)
![A 3-D printed table was manufactured using 10 percent bamboo fiber, an initial step toward sustainable practices using bio-derived materials A 3-D printed table was manufactured using 10 percent bamboo fiber, an initial step toward sustainable practices using bio-derived materials](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/bamboo%20table.jpg?itok=yYwObbdX)
![Discarded tires can provide material useful for lower-cost sodium-ion batteries for energy storage. Discarded tires can provide material useful for lower-cost sodium-ion batteries for energy storage.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20-%20batteries%20tip.jpeg?itok=8Bs2beFK)
![A 3D-printed thermoplastic mold manufactured at ORNL withstood testing in an industrial autoclave. A 3D-printed thermoplastic mold manufactured at ORNL withstood testing in an industrial autoclave.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20-%203dprintedmold_storytip.jpeg?itok=JgER0Hut)
A successful test of 3D-printed thermoplastic molds demonstrates the potential of additive manufacturing in the tooling industry. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility collaborated with a team of industry partners to 3D-print and machine se...
![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)