• 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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  • Using neutrons, ORNL researchers analyzed the molecular dynamics of previously proposed COVID-19 drug candidates remdesivir (left), hydroxychloroquine (center), and dexamethasone (right) in hydrated environments. Their results offer insights into how these molecules might behave in human cells. Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL

    Probing COVID-19 drug candidates

    Scientists use neutrons to study how drug molecules interact with human cells and to gauge their potential for treating diseases
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  • ORNL researchers produced self-healable and highly adhesive elastomers, proving they self-repair in ambient conditions and underwater. Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Self-healing sealants

    ORNL researchers produced self-healing elastomers that work in both ambient conditions and underwater.
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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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TOUCHDOWN: @NASAPersevere is on #Mars! 🔴 Learn about the tech from ORNL that's helping make this mission possible. ➡️ https://mars2020.ornl.gov #Mars2020
ORNL has modeled the spike protein that binds the novel #coronavirus to a human cell for better understanding of the dynamics of #COVID19. #NatLabsInTheFight
ORNL has modeled the spike protein that binds the novel #coronavirus to a human cell for better understanding of the dynamics of #COVID19. #NatLabsInTheFight
ORNL's Verity Salmon is using data from soil, plant and atmospheric samples collected from sites in in #Alaska and #Minnesota to inform earth system models that are being used to predict #climatechange. https://t.co/TfuVKGZzki?amp=1
ORNL's Verity Salmon is using data from soil, plant and atmospheric samples collected from sites in in #Alaska and #Minnesota to inform earth system models that are being used to predict #climatechange. https://t.co/TfuVKGZzki?amp=1

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