• Callus forms on a segment of poplar leaf, an essential step in bioengineering new plants with desired characteristics such as higher yields of biomass.

    Tree of life

    Poplar studies yield human cancer insights
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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have automated part of the process of producing plutonium-238, which is used by NASA to fuel deep space exploration.

    Deep space travel

    ORNL automates key process in plutonium-238 production
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  • A new memory cell circuit could boost memory storage and use less energy

    Memory boost

    A new memory cell circuit could boost memory storage and use less energy
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  • ORNL's Summit supercomputer

    Top 10 of 2018

    ORNL advances science, technology in 75th anniversary year
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  • Clarice Phelps

    Clarice Phelps

    "What drew me to nuclear science was the mystery of it."
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Unscience a supercomputer
Summit is the most powerful #supercomputer in the world. Here's a very non-scientific look at what's behind the cabinet doors. #UnscienceASupercomputer #justforfun #HPC
Grid security
ORNL teams up with Los Alamos National Laboratory and EPB of Chattanooga to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech.
75-second history of 3D printing
#DidYouKnow ORNL holds the @GWR for the largest solid #3Dprinted object? Learn more about the lab's expertise in #additivemanufacturing. 👇

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