• Solid state electrolyte batteries hold a lot of promise — and a few challenges. Credit: Michigan Tech

    Defect danger zone

    For lithium metal, smaller is stronger
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  • Researchers in ORNL’s Quantum Information Science group summarized their significant contributions to quantum networking and quantum computing in a special issue of Optics & Photonics News. Image credit: Christopher Tison and Michael Fanto/Air Force Research Laboratory.

    Power of light

    Quantum experiments explore the power of light for communications, computing
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  • ORNL scientist Liam Collins develops atomic force microscopy techniques that enable CNMS users to map and modify material properties at the nanoscale for broad applications in energy, biology, medicine and beyond. Credit: Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory; U.S. Dept. of Energy.

    Mapping the unseen

    Liam Collins was drawn to study physics to understand “hidden things”...
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  • California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) professor Ally Fry-Petit encourages undergraduate students to visit large research facilities like the Spallation Neutron Source for a glimpse of potential careers in science. From left to right: CSUF senior Daniel Sandoval, Fry-Petit, and CSUF junior Jose Gonzalez Jimenez Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin

    Potential careers in science

    Professor introduces undergrads to neutrons and the National Lab experience
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  • Spallation Neutron Source

    Enabling breakthrough discoveries

    Watch video: The Second Target Station at the Spallation Neutron Source will enable us to discover the fundamental properties of materials
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  • Far out: Fueling the future of space exploration

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  • Researchers work with a cryogenic chamber at the Spallation Neutron Source’s ARCS instrument. (Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)

    Breaking the ice

    The microstructure of water-ice may illuminate seemingly unrelated materials and their quantum states.
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  • Summit supercomputer

    Top 10 of 2019

    The year's most-read news stories showcase the diversity of the lab’s research portfolio
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  • An artist rendering of the SKA’s low-frequency, cone-shaped antennas in Western Australia. Credit: SKA Project Office.

    Celestial data

    Summit preps for unprecedented demands of future telescope data by conducting a massive simulation
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  • GODDESS measures transfer reactions occurring after a radioactive beam bombards a deuterium-containing target inside a barrel of silicon detectors. “It’s pretty much silicon in every direction,” Pain said. “No matter where the particle comes out, we detect it.” Credit: Steven Pain/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Origin of elements

    The GODDESS detector gives scientists insights into how stars produce elements heavier than hydrogen
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