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Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s ongoing research in molten salt reactors—along with decades of renowned efforts in the field—is bringing nuclear experts together for its second workshop on the new generation of MSRs. The October 4-5 event is organized around the theme of “Moving MS...
![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 “...
![The first-ever 3D printed excavator will include a cab designed by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student engineering team and printed at DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL using carbon fiber-reinforced ABS plastic. The first-ever 3D printed excavator will include a cab designed by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student engineering team and printed at DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL using carbon fiber-reinforced ABS plastic.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/1%20ORNL_3D-printed_excavator%201_0.jpg?itok=aNsY53b9)
Heavy construction machinery is the focus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s latest advance in additive manufacturing research. With industry partners and university students, ORNL researchers are designing and producing the world’s first 3D printed excavator, a prototype that w...
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s United Way campaign's $900,000 “big check” with, from left, Ann Weaver, Sharon Kohler, Ken Tobin, Jimmy Stone, and David Keim. ORNL photo by Genevieve Martin Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s United Way campaign's $900,000 “big check” with, from left, Ann Weaver, Sharon Kohler, Ken Tobin, Jimmy Stone, and David Keim. ORNL photo by Genevieve Martin](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2016-P05386%202.jpg?itok=W1dUiZT1)
The 2016 United Way campaign at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory raised $900,000 – an increase of $30,000 over the 2015 campaign. “This is a fantastic and generous offer of support from our employees, management, volunteers and everyo...
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GreenWood Resources has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology based on the discovery of a gene in poplar (Populus trichocarpa) that makes it easier to convert poplar trees into biofuels. GreenWood, a global timberland investment and asset m...
![Melissa Allen’s work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is focused on urban infrastructure and atmospheric transport, creating models to determine the effects of temperature and climate changes on human activity. Melissa Allen’s work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is focused on urban infrastructure and atmospheric transport, creating models to determine the effects of temperature and climate changes on human activity.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/allen16-P04600_0.jpg?itok=46CM_3W6)
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The nation’s top innovators will soon have the opportunity to advance their promising energy technology ideas at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in a new program called Innovation Crossroads. Up to five entrepreneurs will recei...
![ORNL’s Michael Manley led a study to discover the key to the success of modern materials used in ultrasound machines and other piezoelectric devices. ORNL’s Michael Manley led a study to discover the key to the success of modern materials used in ultrasound machines and other piezoelectric devices.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2016-P04731.jpg?itok=b-quvxzq)
The lighter wand for your gas BBQ, a submarine’s sonar device and the ultrasound machine at your doctor’s office all rely on piezoelectric materials, which turn mechanical stress into electrical energy, and vice versa. In 1997, researchers developed piezoelectric...