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Media Contacts
![The 2024 IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School cohort gathers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/2024-P13506-cropped%5B1%5D.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=JTE8dCMQ)
Three flights, five thousand miles and half a dozen clearances and permissions stood between Tetiana Maltseva and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. When she finally arrived at the lab to represent Ukraine at the 2024 Nuclear Energy Management School, her vision was clear.
![Daryl Yang standing on a bridge overlooking a pond covered in water lillies](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/Yang_2024-P17718.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=1jWWe03W)
Daryl Yang is coupling his science and engineering expertise to devise new ways to measure significant changes going on in the Arctic, a region that’s warming nearly four times faster than other parts of the planet. The remote sensing technologies and modeling tools he develops and leverages for the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic project, or NGEE Arctic, help improve models of the ecosystem to better inform decision-making as the landscape changes.
![Team of four people seated in front of four people standing in the network operations center at EPB at Chattanooga.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/_DSC0177-tw.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=NFIgzDmY)
For the first time, ORNL will run equipment developed at its research facilities on a commercially available quantum network at EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk to help validate the technology's commercial viability.
![Matthew Loyd](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/loyd-thumb.png?h=279670ce&itok=jv2Boo1p)
ORNL’s Matthew Loyd will receive a Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research award.
![forest under study in Panama](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/NGEE%20Tropics_Panama.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=1DwyfpPG)
Scientists using high-resolution aerial scans and computational modeling concluded that wildfires, storms and selective logging have become key drivers behind rainforest carbon emissions, outpacing clear-cutting practices.
![Robert Saethre has worked to create a LEGO model of the ring injection region of the SNS’ pulsed accelerator that features the new Proton Power Upgrade magnets and vacuum chambers.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/lego.jpg?h=72c4b633&itok=kNrGD-eQ)
The "SNS LEGO Model Middle School Outreach Program" invites middle school students to build a LEGO model of the SNS, a major scientific accelerator. This engaging initiative aims to teach students about STEM careers and the inner workings of the SNS through hands-on construction and interactive lessons. Launching next spring, the program seeks to inspire interest in science and engineering among young learners.
![Scientists used neutrons to study the role of ergosterol (green), a cholesterol-like lipid found in the lipid bilayer (yellow) of fungi, which could help in combatting fungal infections that each year cause almost 1.7 million fatalities globally.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/Ergosterol_02%20%28002%29_approved.png?h=e5aec6c8&itok=0DLJt29F)
A group of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have conducted neutron scattering research to reveal key information about fungus cell membranes that could aid in developing new antifungal treatments.
![Infuse logo](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-09/INFUSE_1920x1080.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=iVVV-wUJ)
ORNL is the lead partner on five research collaborations with private fusion companies in the 2024 cohort of the Innovation Network for FUSion Energy, or INFUSE, program. These collaborative projects are intended to resolve technical hurdles and develop enabling technologies to accelerate fusion energy research in the private sector.
![Joshua New](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/2017-P04896%20%281%29.jpg?h=b6236d98&itok=QV3DNb3K)
ORNL’s Joshua New was named the 2024 Researcher of the Year by R&D World magazine as part of its R&D 100 Professional Award winners.
![VENUS, slated for user beamtime next fall, dons ORNL green to symbolize involvement from scientists and researchers across ORNL.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/VENUS%20from%20above%20with%20punch_0.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=jqIbvtLF)
DOE commissioned a neutron imaging instrument, VENUS, at the Spallation Neutron Source in July. VENUS instrument scientists will use AI to deliver 3D models to researchers in half the time it typically takes.