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![Benjamin Manard](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/2021-P08328.jpg?h=8f0b2d98&itok=ZKVil-VE)
Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2024 Lester W. Strock Award from the Society of Applied Spectroscopy.
![R&D100 Award](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/thumbnail_RandD2.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=KBnD3pZk)
In an impressive showcase of cutting-edge innovation and scientific prowess, ORNL has been recognized as a beacon of technological excellence, receiving 14 R&D 100 Awards, announced this week by R&D World magazine.
![Students listen as ORNL instrument scientist Hanyu Wang explains the intricacies of the LIQREF instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/2024-P14425.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=4mINtyca)
The 26th annual National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering School concluded on August 9, 2024. Each year, more than 200 graduate students in North America studying physics, chemistry, engineering, biological matter and more compete to participate in NXS. However, given limited space, only 60 can be accepted. The school exposes graduate students to neutron and X-ray scattering techniques through lectures, experiments, and tutorials.
![The seven entrepreneurs for Cohort 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/ICCohort2024.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=LtRT6jzo)
Seven entrepreneurs comprise the next cohort of Innovation Crossroads, a DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node based at ORNL. The program provides energy-related startup founders from across the nation with access to ORNL’s unique scientific resources and capabilities, as well as connect them with experts, mentors and networks to accelerate their efforts to take their world-changing ideas to the marketplace.
![Exploding stars, a glowing light](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/PIA12008~large.jpg?h=80d43bfb&itok=3ESHQm6E)
Scientists have determined that a rare element found in some of the oldest solids in the solar system, such as meteorites, and previously thought to have been forged in supernova explosions, actually predate such cosmic events, challenging long-held theories about its origin.
![Angelique Adams, front left, introduces Kusum Rathore, front center, executive director and vice president of the multi-campus office at the University of Tennessee Research Foundation, and Jim Biggs, executive director of the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, during the final presentation event for ORNL’s Safari coaching program.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/safari1.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=-fvnkwFD)
Five researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently completed an eight-week pilot commercialization coaching program as part of Safari, a program funded by DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions, or OTT, Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies, or PACT.
![caption](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/24-G03173_Cochran_NSSD%20JSU%20TTU%20MOUs%20Article%20Image_R5G.png?h=44b879e5&itok=xd0oS_yb)
The National Security Sciences Directorate within the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has signed a memoranda of understanding with Jackson State University and with Tennessee Tech University. The MOUs detail ORNL’s intention to work with each university to enhance research and educational opportunities in nuclear science and engineering.
![Dmytro Bykov, left, and Hector Corzo participate in a value proposition development exercise as part Energy I-Corps](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/ICorps18a.jpg?h=92704f59&itok=58Y6bvrB)
Two ORNL teams recently completed Cohort 18 of Energy I-Corps, an immersive two-month training program where the scientists define their technology’s value propositions, conduct stakeholder discovery interviews and develop viable market pathways.
![ORNL researchers Phani Marthi and Suman Debnath work on developing and scaling up new EMT simulation software to analyze how power electronics in the electric grid will respond to brief interruptions in power flow. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/Suman%20%26%20Phani%20working%20in%20GRID-C.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=NvMil7os)
Power companies and electric grid developers turn to simulation tools as they attempt to understand how modern equipment will be affected by rapidly unfolding events in a complex grid.
![This photo is of a male scientist sitting at a desk working with materials, wearing protective glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/2023-P08173.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=Ed354_C-)
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partner institutions have launched a project to develop an innovative suite of tools that will employ machine learning algorithms for more effective cybersecurity analysis of the U.S. power grid.