• A modeling program was used to plan the complex new PPU cooling system. Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL

    First ‘BIM’ then Bam!

    Proton Power Upgrade’s first step is a success
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  • Brenda Smith, shown here working with a gas viscometer in her research lab, is one of several people concurrently researching the thermophysical properties of feedstock gas. Their research will support computational researchers who are designing processes to separate isotopes. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, US Dept. of Energy

    Brenda Smith

    New chances to contribute with chemistry
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  • Vittorio Badalassi, left, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory leads the Fusion Energy Reactor Models Integrator, or FERMI, project, and collaborates with ORNL computational physicist David Green. FERMI applies fission platforms to fusion reactor design. Credit: Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Colby Earles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    FERMI project

    Changing what is possible in fusion drives
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  • ORNL’s Sergei Kalinin and Rama Vasudevan (foreground) use scanning probe microscopy to study bulk ferroelectricity and surface electrochemistry -- and generate a lot of data. Credit: Jason Richards/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Tackling big data

    ORNL’s superb materials expertise, data and AI tools propel progress
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  • The Spallation Neutron Source at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world-leading research facility powered by a linear accelerator used to study materials and energy. April 28, 2021, marks 15 years of neutron production since the facility was constructed in 2006. To date, it has served thousands of researchers and contributed to thousands of scientific publications. Credit: Jason Richards/ORNL

    Spallation Neutron Source celebrates 15 years

    The SNS has served thousands of researchers and contributed to thousands of scientific publications.
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  • Jianlin Li, leader of the Energy Storage and Conversion Manufacturing Group, directs the development of advanced manufacturing schemes and pilot-scale devices into emerging energy storage and conversion research. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Jianlin Li

    Building better batteries for a clean energy future
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  • Nuclear engineer Nesrin Ozgan Cetiner led ORNL’s collaboration with AMS Corp. to test instrument and control sensors for the next generation of nuclear power reactor technology. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Next generation nuclear power

    ORNL and Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation have completed testing instrument and control sensors for advanced small modular reactors.
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Since landing on Mars in February, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has been busy exploring the Red Planet. 🔴
Since landing on Mars in February, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has been busy exploring the Red Planet. 🔴
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With the warming of the Arctic tundra, permafrost is beginning to thaw, threatening to release massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Explore the unseen world of climate change in this episode of "The Sound of Science."

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