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Vol. 56, No. 2, (Spring 2023)
- Editorial: Making an exascale impact with Frontier
- To the Point: ORNL gets a new lab director and deputy for operations, recyclable composites help drive net-zero goal, new insights advance atomic-scale manufacturing
- Entering the Exascale Age: Exascale impact: The Frontier supercomputer gets to work, ORNL’s methodical leap into the exascale era, exascale tools for developing new reactors, OLCF teams fine-tune Frontier for science, Pioneering Frontier
- Focus on Computing: Quantifying qudits: Measurements provide glimpse of quantum future
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Cell membrane discovery heralds computing advances, anode material paves the way for fast battery charging, adsorbent material filters toxic chromium, arsenic from water supplies
- Focus on Neutrons: Add-on device makes home furnaces cleaner
- Focus on National Security: Location intelligence shines a light on disinformation
- Infographic: Scientific computing at ORNL
- Focus on Biology: Tiny, revved-up microbe tackles big plastics challenge, neutrons reveal how the spider lily preys on cancer cells
- Focus on Nuclear: East Tennessee looks to bolster nuclear workforce
- Focus on Manufacturing: 3D-printed home made from biobased materials
- Focus on Transportation: Researchers explore hydrogen power for railways
- Focus on Grid: Blockchain helps increase electric grid resiliency
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Kay Way: The mother of nuclear data
- Research Insights: Additive Manufacturing the Future, Part I: Applications for Additive Manufacturing
Vol. 56, No. 1, (Winter 2023)
- Editorial: The uniqueness of ORNL
- To the Point: Energy secretary attends isotope, facility event, racing company, licenses ORNL battery technology, existing water pipes are an untapped power source
- Focus on Computing: Frontier study could uncover new cures, treatments; accelerating drug discovery with AI; computational tools promote children’s mental health
- Focus on Neutrons: Physicists confront the neutron lifetime puzzle; neutrons show how promising peptide fights antibiotic-resistant bacteria; neutrons shed light on methane-to-methanol conversion
- Focus on National Security: Researchers use seismology, radiation detection to bolster nonproliferation efforts
- Focus on Grid: ORNL sensor research helps fight wildfires; ORNL research to bring more reliable electricity to Puerto Rican microgrids
- Focus on Climate: Predicting climate change in vulnerable neighborhoods
- Focus on Botany: Listening in on soil conversations with rhizosphere-on-a-chip
- Early Career Scientists: The best is yet to come: ORNL’s Early Career Research Program award winners
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Libby Johnson: On the frontier for nuclear safety
- Research Insights: Toward a Carbon Neutral Future, Part II: Technologies for a more carbon-friendly future
Vol. 35, No. 3, ( 2002)
New Pathways to Research- Materials Research at ORNL: A Distinguished Past, A Bright Future (Editorial by Jim Roberto)
- HTML User Centers Help U.S. Industry
- HFIR’s Cold Neutrons for New Materials Insights
- SNS Instruments for Materials Research
- Leading Nanofab Lab for ORNL
- Mapping Materials in 3D Using X rays
- Seeing the Unseen in a New Microscope Lab
- Environmentally Quiet Building
- Award-Winning Characterization Tool
- From Ordinary Alloys to Extraordinary Materials
- Niche Applications for ORNL’s Nickel Aluminides
- ORNL Breaks into Metallic Glass Field
- Materials Processing Using ORNL’s Powerful Lamp
- Making Better Billets
- Synthesizing Polymers to Make Sensors
- Nanoporous Materials for Novel Catalysts
- Exploring Carbon Nanotubes
- Self-Assembled Film for Aligning Carbon Nanotubes
- How Do Carbon Nanotubes Grow?
- Carbon Nanotubes and Chemistry
- Improving Superconductors and Semiconductors
- Unlocking Mysteries of the Nanoscale
- Neutron Science, Nanoscience, and New Simulations
- Predicting a Model Weld
- Novel Materials for Homeland Security
- Hot Spotter: Detecting Radiation from Suspicious Packages
- Faster Computers through Carbon Foam?
Vol. 35, No. 2, ( 2002)
Energy Security- Editorial: Energy Security—Providing Secure Energy Supplies and Protecting Our Energy Infrastructure
- Nuclear Energy: Assuring Future Energy Supplies
- Methane Extraction and Carbon Sequestration
- Gas Pipeline Safety: ORNL’s Role
- Energy from Biomass: Nature’s Power
- Fuel Cells for Buildings and Vehicles
- Clean Coal Power Technologies
- ORNL and Oil Research
- Water and Energy Security
- The Future of Fusion Energy: Meeting National Energy Goals
- ORNL Technologies for Energy Infrastructure Assurance
- Optical Seals for Containers
- Responding to Energy-Related Emergencies
- Power Grid of the Future
- Improving the Global Standard of Living: Aid from ORNL
Vol. 35, No. 1, ( 2002)
Supercomputing for Science- Supercomputing for Science—ORNL’s Commitment to Scientific Discovery
- A National Resource at ORNL: Supercomputers Support Superb Science
- ORNL’s Powerful Tools for Scientific Discovery
- New Home Planned for 10-Teraflops Supercomputer
- Developing Computer Tools for Scientists
- ORNL Leads Effort to Build Better Supercomputer Centers
- From the Stone Age to the Lego Block Age of Computing
- ORNL, IBM, and the Blue Gene Project
- Evaluating Supercomputer Performance
- Retaining and Retrieving Data More Effectively
- Networking: Making Faster Connections among Supercomputers
- Networking for More Powerful Supercomputers
- Visualization Tools: Interacting with Data in Many Dimensions
- Collaborations and Partnerships
- Modeling Magnetic Materials
- The Science Grid
- Designing Electronic Devices Using Supercomputers
- Simulating Supernovae on Supercomputers
- Probing Cells by Computer
- Modeling Blood Flow during CPR
- World-Class Climate Modeling
- SciDAC Funding for Local Climate Modelers
- Chemical Experiments and Predictions by Computer
- Computer Modeling Aids Understanding of Plasma Physics
- Car Crash Simulations May Improve Vehicle Efficiency
- Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Controls
- Computer Modeling and Homeland Security
Vol. 34, No. 2, ( 2001)
Basic Research at ORNL- Editorial: Basic Research at ORNL
- ORNL’s Search for Rare Isotopes
- ORNL Theorists and the Nuclear Shell Model
- Beam Technologies Enable HRIBF Experiments
- Neutrons, “Stripes,” and Superconductivity
- ORNL’s Neutron Sources and Nuclear Astrophysics
- Modeling Magnetic Mate- rials for Electronic Devices
- In Quest of a Quark: ORNL’s Role in the PHENIX Particle Detector
- New Hope for the Blind from a Spinach Protein
- Human Susceptibility and Mouse Biology
- Modeling a Fusion Plasma Heating Process and Stellarator
- Neutron Sources and Nanoscale Science
- Quantum-Dot Arrays for Computation
- Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers: The Self-Assembly Challenge
- Incredible Shrinking Labs: Weighing a Move to the Nanoscale
- Basic Geochemical Research Supports Energy Industries
- Fermi Award Winner Opened New Fields in Atomic Physics
- Improving the Internet’s Quality of Service
- QOS for Wireless Communication
Vol. 34, No. 1, ( 2001)
New Biology: Covering All the Bases- Editorial: Unraveling Complex Biological Systems
- Systems Biology: New Views of Life
- Genes and Proteins: A Primer
- Complex Biological Systems in Mice
- Gene Chip Engineers
- Searching for Mouse Models of Human Disorders
- Mouse Models for the Human Disease of Chronic Hereditary Tyrosinemia
- Obesity-related Gene in Mouse Discovered at ORNL
- MicroCAT “Sees” Hidden Mouse Defects
- Curing Cancer in Mice
- Search for Signs of Inflammatory Disease
- Surprises in the Mouse Genome
- Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry
- Rapid Genetic Disease Screening Possible Using Laser Mass Spectrometry
- Lab on a Chip Used for Protein Studies
- The Mouse House: From Old to New
- Human Genome Analyzed Using Supercomputer
- Protein Prediction Tool Has Good Prospects
- Microbe Probe: Studying Bacterial Genomes
- SNS and Biological Research
- Accessing Information on the Human Genome Project
- A Model Fish for Pollutant Studies
- Controlling Carbon in Hybrid Poplar Trees
- Disease Detectives
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. 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.
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- Awards and Appointments