• Candice Halbert: From inspired to inspiring, cultivating a community of young scientists

    Candice Halbert

    Cultivating a community of young scientists
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  • ORNL materials processing researcher Mike Zach. Image credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL

    Materials processing

    How do you want your isotopes?
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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are evaluating current regulatory guidance to understand the potential challenges in licensing remotely operated microreactors. Microreactors could offer unique mobility and flexibility—opening the possibility for nuclear energy to reach isolated areas. Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    New frontier

    Remote-controlled reactors
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  • Bruce Moyer’s 40-year career as a chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has advanced the nation’s nuclear, environmental, and clean energy solutions across decades with basic-to-applied research in chemical separations.

    Bruce Moyer

    Chemical separations across energy eras
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  • Clarice Phelps

    Clarice Phelps

    "What drew me to nuclear science was the mystery of it"
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  • NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover artist's concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    ORNL on the red planet

    NASA's Mars 2020 Rover mission will be the first to contain plutonium produced at ORNL
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  • Veronica Melesse Vergara: Troubleshooting the world’s smartest and fastest supercomputer

    Veronica Melesse Vergara

    Troubleshooting the world’s smartest and fastest supercomputer
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  • llustration of the intricate organization of the PKA structure, wherein different parts of the protein are connected through elaborate hydrogen bonding networks (dashed yellow lines), glued together by the hydrophobic assemblies (light blue and orange volumes)—all working together to build the functional active site. Insert shows protonation of the transferred phosphoryl group (cyan mesh) and its many interactions with water and the active site amino acid residues. Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Lab

    Power of observation

    Observing the structures and interactions of key enzymes will help researchers understand and treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes and cystic fibrosis
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  • In ORNL’s Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis Laboratory, Field makes use of a transmission electron microscope to examine a sample made with a focused ion beam. He investigates the defects produced in a FeCrAl alloy bombarded with neutrons in HFIR. Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Tough stuff

    Developing radiation-tolerant materials for nuclear power systems
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FAR OUT: #Mars2020 will the be the first @NASA mission powered by plutonium-238 produced at ORNL.
Neutrons paint an atomic portrait of a prototypical cell signaling enzyme.
Neutrons paint an atomic portrait of a prototypical cell signaling enzyme.
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These #clams know how to clean house! They act as natural filters of algae in their habitat. ORNL is studying filtration rates to see which clams and #mussels have the biggest potential for cleaning waterways.

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