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Computer Scientists Collect Computing Tools for Next-Generation Machines Tools developers attempt to make change to hybrid architectures a smooth transition Feb. 14, 2012 — Researchers using the OLCF's resources can foresee substantial changes in their scientific application code development in the near future.
ORNL offers mentors, working space for students to build robots Next generation of engineers meets the next generation of manufacturing Feb. 9, 2012 — Students from eight local high schools will work hand in hand with ORNL scientists and engineers to build a robot for the FIRST robotics competition, a nationwide event that promotes science and engineering for high school students.
When worlds collide Researchers harness ORNL supercomputers to understand solar storm/magnetosphere Feb. 6, 2012 — If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No wonder it was considered a deity by countless ancient civilizations.
Between a rock and a hard place: Searching for a solid that flows like a liquid Scientists using world-class Spallation Neutron Source will hunt for elusive "supersolids" Feb. 2, 2012 — A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter called supersolidity: Does it exist?
Journal special issue features 6 ORNL collaborations 'Dynamics of Water and Glass-Forming Liquids' highlights ORNL neutron science Jan. 30, 2012 — Six neutron sciences research collaborations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are featured in "Dynamics of Water and Glass-Forming Liquids," a special issue of Journal of Physics Condensed Matter.
Fuel for fusion ORNL's Fusion Pellet Fueling Lab innovations support US ITER Systems Jan. 5, 2012 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fusion Pellet Fueling Lab has been at the center of design and testing of plasma fueling systems for tokamak research applications for decades. Since the mid-1970s, lab researchers have been designing, testing and contributing hardware for fusion magnetic confinement experiments here in the United States and around the world. As the US ITER project moves from design and testing of components to manufacturing, the lab is making prototypes for the ITER tokamak. ITER's "first plasma" is planned for around the close of this decade.
ORNL technology could mean improved prosthesis fitting, design Collaboration with Brooke Army Medical Center aims to help wounded soldiers Dec. 28, 2011 — Soldiers returning from war who have lost a leg could lead a more active lifestyle with the help of a technology being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers.