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Vol. 54, No. 2, (Fall 2021)
- Editorial: Accelerating electrification to fight climate change
- To the Point: Software aids placement of EV charging stations, ORNL helps pull data from fusion experiments, new algorithm lowers utility bills, peatland experiment shows methane growth
- Electrification: Better living through electricity, Ensuring the supply of critical materials, Going wireless for better vehicle charging, New center houses ORNL electricity research
- Focus on Computing: Getting ready for an exascale supercomputer, Summit boosts resolution of weather simulation, Supercomputers help explain DNA proofreading
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Physicists improve precision of neutrino studies, New technique improves next-gen solar cells, Quantum light squeezes the noise out of microscopy signals
- Focus on Neutrons: Making mightier 'magnetic motors'
- Focus on Biology: Sulfur-scavenging bacteria affect crops and climate
- Fighting COVID-19: Neutrons map COVID-19 replication mechanism, Neutrons probe cell membrane defense against COVID-19
- Associate Laboratory Directors: ORNL welcomes world-class scientific leaders
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: A piece of aviation history hidden in the woods
Vol. 1, No. 54, (Winter 2021)
- Editorial: The race to address climate change
- To the Point: Team hits milestone in quantum communication, combining bioenergy and carbon capture, ORNL joins effort to make plastic more recyclable, funding announced for UT–ORNL institute
- Confronting Climate Change: Understanding the complexities of climate change, new composite revs up electric vehicle research, novel 3D-printed device enhances CO2 capture, energy efficiency research supports grid-interactive townhome development, ORNL campus becomes a sustainable role model
- Tech Transfer: Rapid commercialization: Fast-tracking promising technologies
- GEM Fellows: GEM Consortium brings talented students to ORNL
- Focus on Computing: Summit helps take the guesswork out of drug design, supercomputer simulations explore detonation engines, ORNL, partners receive $115 million to establish Quantum Science Center
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Process for ‘two-faced’ nanomaterials may aid energy, information tech, carbon-loving materials target industrial emissions
- Fighting COVID-19: Summit simulations uncover COVID-19 connections, neutrons probe cellular invasion processes of COVID-19 infections, advanced manufacturing, carbon fiber research help fight COVID-19
- Early Career Scientists: Introduction, Peter Jiang: getting more out of a neutron beam, Elijah Martin: An unanswered question launches a career quest, Benjamin Sulman: Shifting from physics to ecology
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: The barn that wasn't a barn
Vol. 27, No. 3, ( 1994)
Making Waves in Photonics Research- Reflections on Nobel Prize Winners
- Advanced Photonics at ORNL: Shedding Light on a New Initiative
- Hybrid Optics: Two Complementary Lenses for the Price of One?
- Phosphate Glass for Photonics
- Single Dye Molecule Detected in Droplet
- Molecular Clusters, Laser Snow, and the Ozone Layer
- Photonics on the Production Line
- Illuminated Membranes Cleanse Groundwater
- Other Photonics Highlights at ORNL
- Ultraprecision Manufacturing Technologies for Optics
- ORNL's Thin-Film Waveguide and the Information Highway
- Early Signs of Environmental Damage and Recovery
- East Fork Poplar Creek: Signs of Ecological Recovery
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities
- Technical Highlights
- R&D Updates
- Technology Transfer
Vol. 27, No. 1, ( 1994)
Beaming Up Better Materials- Research Reactor of the Future: The Advanced Neutron Source
- A History of the ANS: Going Back to the Source
- Fruits of Neutron Research
- Building a Better Reactor Through Research
- Laser Ablation: Opening Doors to New Materials for Industry
- Mice and Men: Making the Most of Our Similarities
- Technical Highlights
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities
- R&D Updates
- Technology Transfer
Vol. 23, No. 4, ( 1990)
Disorder in Crystal Surfaces- ORNL and Antarctica
- Reducing Friction To Save Energy
- Differing Structures of Amorphous Solids
- The Verdict on Acid Rain
- ORNL's Contributions to NAPAP
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—Successful first Saturday Academy for Computing and Mathematics; photograph of Oak Ridge teacher in national magazine
- R&D Updates—ORNL waste site surveyed by mobile robot; ORNL materials aboard Ulysses space probe; ORNL procedure adopted by EPA
- Technical Highlights—Part of gene making fruit fly resistant to insecticides cloned; subtle DNA changes and trace levels of organics detected by two ORNL mass spectrometer systems; rat lung tumors targeted by ORNL's monoclonal antibodies; new theory on tokamak operations
- Technology Transfer—Optics MODIL organized; iron aluminide technology licensed to two firms
Vol. 23, No. 3, ( 1990)
ORNL's Future Missions- 2 Editorial—ORNL can help synthesize new materials, as called for by a recent National Research Council report.
- Robotics for Nuclear Reactors and Hazardous Environments
- Examining Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
- Mechanisms of Radon Transport
- ORNL's Future Missions
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Educational Activities—Science and Technology Alliance; memorandums of understanding
- User Facilities—Bioprocessing Research Facility examined
- R&D Updates—New findings on attic insulation and heat loss; ORNL contributions to shaping National Energy Strategy many and varied; computation speed record attained; U.S . civil defense's ability to meet threat of nuclear winter studied; ORNL tritium sales ended; support for Operation Desert Shield
- Technical Highlights—5 R&D 100 Awards for ORNL; new concept for producing very pure therapeutic drugs continuously
- Technology Transfer—Radiation detector for groundwater licensed; new R&D agreements allowed
Vol. 23, No. 2, ( 1990)
Visualizing Scientific Data- State of the Laboratory—1989
- Scientific Visualization: New Insights by Computer
- Improving Detection of Airport Explosives
- Microwave Processing of Radioactive Waste
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- User Facilities: The expanding Roof Research Center
- Educational Activities: Role models at ORNL for future women scientists; helping public-school science and math teachers
- Technical Highlights: Solar-powered infrared-emitting microchip being developed and tested; microbes aided by vegetation in decontaminating waste sites; revealing results of a carbon dioxide simulation model
- R&D Updates: World's longest dinosaur imaged by ORNL technique; SSC detector pre-proposal developed at ORNL; the HFIR restored to full-power operation
- Technology Transfer: Electrical solvent extraction technology, precision etching technology, and a radionuclide generator for diagnosing heart disease licensed
Vol. 23, No. 1, ( 1990)
Organ Images- Eureka! A Look at Inventing
- Iron Aluminides and the Inventor of the Year
- Human Behavior in Emergencies
- Environmental Protection in China
- Toward a One-Angstrom Electron Microscope
- ORNL's Impact on Radiation Protection Guidance
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—New initiatives pushed by President Bush, Secretary of Energy Watkins, Energy Systems, and state of Tennessee
- R&D Updates—New parallel computer at ORNL; Oak Ridge Detector Center established; effects of solar storms on U.S. electric power systems being studied
- Technical Highlights—New concept for increasing optical data storage; important human repair gene cloned; ORNL support for French fusion device; waste-managing microbes
- Technology Transfer—ORNL to collaborate with SEMATECH; computer security technology licensed
Vol. 19, No. 4, ( 1986)
- Sizing Up Contaminated Properties: A Saga of ORNL's Western Pioneers. Employees at ORNL's new office in Grand Junction, Colorado, have surveyed hundreds of radon-emitting properties for DOE's Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project. The office also is responsible for several innovations that are expected to save the project millions of dollars.
- Genetic Risks of Using Ethylene Oxide. New ORNL studies on the mutagenicity of ethylene oxide in mice suggest that regulations may be needed to limit brief exposures to the gas, which is widely used by health care workers to sterilize medical supplies.
- Human Gene Therapy: A Look at a Cutting Edge of Biomedical Science. Gene therapy—implanting appropriate genes in cells to correct genetic disorders—is being considered for widespread use in humans with inherited diseases. The author, who is a member of a national committee that considers the technical, ethical, and social implications of this biomedical technology, discusses the technical merits and problems of human gene therapy and current recommendations on its future use.
- Survey Sampling: A Useful Tool for Scientific Investigation. Scientists at ORNL have used statistics and survey sampling to ensure accuracy in their research results. Examples include determining the proportion of transuranic wastes in waste mixtures and estimating the size of fish populations at various sites. The author presents a primer on conducting a survey.
- Nuclear Sleuthing at ORNL: A New Look at Neutron Activation Analysis. Scientists at ORNL have helped develop neutron-activation analysis, which has been used for 50 years to identify and quantify elements, such as uranium, in materials. They will advance the science at the expanded NAA facility at the High Flux Isotope Reactor.
- ORNL's Forays into Forensic Activation Analysis. In the 1960s ORNL activation-analysis experts helped evaluate the evidence from the Kennedy assassination and two highly publicized murder trials.
- News Notes. ORNL's involvement in CERN physics experiment; plans for ACTO, a nuclear-plant advanced controls facility; another Large Coil Test Program milestone.
- Technical Capsules. ORNL's three IR 100 award-winning projects; new method of detecting wear in motor-operated valves; designing a reactor for space.
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 19, No. 3, ( 1986)
- The Origins of Physics Research at ORNL
- The Origins of Chemical Research at ORNL
- Surface Modification Using Ion Beams and Lasers
- A View of the Surface on the Atomic Scale
- Design of High-Temperature, Ordered Intermetallic Alloys
- Materials Science Theory at ORNL
- Recent Advances in the Science of Ceramics
- Ceramics in Basic Research
- Users, Users Everywhere
- Probing Materials Using Low-Energy Neutron Beams
- ORNL's X-Ray Facility at the National Synchrotron Light Source
- The Science and Engineering of Irradiated Materials
- Theoretical Research on Solids
- Mathematical Sciences Research at ORNL
- Research in Intelligent Machines at ORNL
- Collisions of Low-Energy Multiply Charged Ions
- High-Energy Atomic Physics
- Platinized Chloroplasts: A New Bioelectronic Material Developed at ORNL
- Separation Science and Technology
- Research on High-Temperature Water Solutions
- Organic Chemistry of Coal
- Analytical Challenges in Mass Spectrometry Research
- Nuclear Physics Theory at ORNL
- Macroscopic Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear Structure of the Stressed Nucleus
- Probing Nuclei Using ORELA's Energetic Neutrons