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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have released a new global, centralized database of plant root traits, or identifying characteristics, that can advance our understanding of how the hidden structure of plants belowground may interact with and relate to life aboveground. ...
![The team transmitted the ORNL logo, an oak leaf, between two end points in the laboratory with 87 percent calculated fidelity. (Left): The original 4-color, 3.4kB image. (Right): The image received using superdense coding. The team transmitted the ORNL logo, an oak leaf, between two end points in the laboratory with 87 percent calculated fidelity. (Left): The original 4-color, 3.4kB image. (Right): The image received using superdense coding.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/williams_SDcoding2016-1%5B4%5D%201.png?itok=1zQS6HNO)
![Ramakrishnan “Ramki” Kannan loves the excitement and challenge of working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home to Titan. Ramakrishnan “Ramki” Kannan loves the excitement and challenge of working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home to Titan.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2017-P00028.jpg?itok=WV6RXdKB)
Supercomputers like Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan are advancing science at a frenetic pace and helping researchers make sense of data that could have easily been missed, says Ramakrishnan “Ramki” Kannan. Kannan, a computer scientist who came to ORNL in March 2016 after ...
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released the largest-ever single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset of genetic variations in poplar trees, information useful to plant scientists
![Atomic arrangements inside the unit cell of an iron-based superconducting material show that reduction of unit cells along the c-axis is necessary for causing superconductivity. Atomic arrangements inside the unit cell of an iron-based superconducting material show that reduction of unit cells along the c-axis is necessary for causing superconductivity.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20superconductivity%201.jpg?itok=O340bnHM)
![A graphic representation of how deep learning is used to extract information from text-based cancer pathology reports. A graphic representation of how deep learning is used to extract information from text-based cancer pathology reports.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20-%20MEDICINE_Deep_Learning_for_Cancer_Research_1.jpg?itok=LU8AkUne)
The development and maturation of automated data tools for cancer research, part of the objectives outlined in the White House’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, could give medical researchers and policymakers an unprecedented view of the U.S. cancer population—at a level of detail typi...
![General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal. General Mode KPFM uses advanced signal processing and analysis methods to extract local electronic properties directly from a noisy cantilever deflection signal.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/06%20-%20MATERIALS_Quickly_Gaining_Deep_Insight_3_0.jpg?itok=Yqi4QEIp)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are harnessing big data capture and analytics to quickly develop deep insight into materials and their dynamics. Their new technique builds on Kelvin probe force microscopy, long used to gather information about electronic properties by “...
![ORNL’s Manjunath Gorentla Venkata helped develop a new approach to analyze thousands of genetic samples by connecting powerful computing resources. ORNL’s Manjunath Gorentla Venkata helped develop a new approach to analyze thousands of genetic samples by connecting powerful computing resources.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2016-P05087.jpg?itok=mSLI1AgK)
ORNL helps develop hybrid computational strategy for efficient sequencing of massive genome datasets
Computing experts at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaborated with a team of university researchers and software companies to develop a novel hybrid computational strategy to efficiently discover genetic variants
![The Carmel caprock, which overlies an aquifer naturally charged with carbon dioxide, was analyzed with neutron scattering, revealing alteration only in the basal 7 cm and progression of caprock corrosion an order of magnitude slower than expected. The Carmel caprock, which overlies an aquifer naturally charged with carbon dioxide, was analyzed with neutron scattering, revealing alteration only in the basal 7 cm and progression of caprock corrosion an order of magnitude slower than expected.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/08%20storing%20carbon%20tip.jpg?itok=ov4e4hEw)