• Transition metals stitched into graphene with an electron beam form promising quantum building blocks. Credit: Ondrej Dyck, Andrew Lupini and Jacob Swett/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Quantum building blocks

    What could you build if you could put atoms exactly where you want?
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  • The Perseverance rover

    Mission to Mars

    NASA's Perseverance rover, powered by ORNL technology, touched down on Mars
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  • The illustration traces the path of the beam as it passes through the copper radio frequency quadrupole, the black dipole magnet, and the slitted measuring system, and onto the particle detector. The beam’s structural complexity increases when measured at progressively higher resolutions. Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL

    Building better neutron beams

    After 20 years, physicists find a way to keep track of lost accelerator particles
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  • Martin Wissink of ORNL’s Buildings and Transportation Science Division applies neutrons and other diagnostic tools at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in pursuit of cleaner, sustainable and more flexible transportation technologies. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy

    Martin Wissink

    Neutrons for better clean engine designs
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  • The ORNL National Center for Computational Sciences is now home two Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, Cray EX supercomputers that will provide the U.S. Army and Air Force with global and regional numerical weather model outputs for planning and executing missions worldwide. Credit: Jason Smith/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy and HPE Cray

    "Game-changing capability"

    The US Air Force and ORNL launch a next-generation global weather forecasting system
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  • St. Jude researcher Eric Gibbs readies samples for neutron experiments to study different compositions of a protein tumor suppressor to better understand its role in mitigating cancerous activity in stressed cells. (credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

    Shutting down cancer cells

    Using neutrons to study cell behavior enables better detection and treatment of cancer.
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  • Oscar Martinez loads a special form capsule into the leak tester for a helium leak test in the packaging facility of the National Transportation Research Center. Credit: Jason Richards/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Oscar Martinez

    A journey to success and STEM leadership
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  • Sandra Davern performs cell based assays to evaluate cell death and DNA damage in response to radiation in order to gain a better understanding of how radioisotope nanoparticles affect the human body.

    The Big Impact

    Sandra Davern sees a future where individualized isotopes are sent into the body to target cancer cells.
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WATCH: @PBS's Tennessee Life takes a closer look at ORNL's contributions to @NASAPersevere, as well as what the lab is doing to combat #COVID19.
WATCH: @PBS's Tennessee Life takes a closer look at ORNL's contributions to @NASAPersevere, as well as what the lab is doing to combat #COVID19.
An ORNL team demonstrated that #3Dprinted hot stamping die – a tool used to create car body components – cooled faster than those produced by conventional manufacturing methods, which could lead to reduced manufacturing costs and production time.
An ORNL team demonstrated that #3Dprinted hot stamping die – a tool used to create car body components – cooled faster than those produced by conventional manufacturing methods, which could lead to reduced manufacturing costs and production time.
A method developed at ORNL to print high-fidelity, passive sensors for #energy applications can reduce the cost of monitoring critical power #grid assets.
A method developed at ORNL to print high-fidelity, passive sensors for #energy applications can reduce the cost of monitoring critical power #grid assets.

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