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Vol. 53, No. 3, (Fall 2020)
- Editorial: Applying diverse expertise at a global scale
- To the Point: Machine learning predicts fire risk in Africa, protein models explore methylmercury formation
- Carbon Cycle: Balancing Carbon: ORNL sets its sights on a global challenge, All-in-one carbon conversion, Making the most of captured carbon
- Focus on Neutrons: Discovery points the way to more practical superconductors, New synthetic polymers rival their protein counterparts
- Focus on Computing: Record-breaking supercomputer simulations aid COVID-19 research, Quantum technologies go the distance
- Focus on Fusion: New device will test materials for fusion reactors
- Focus on Nuclear: Nuclear consortium leaves industry with advanced simulation tool, Remote-controlled system can repair radioactive canisters
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Curved crystals are promising for quantum devices, New material phase may boost ultrathin electronics, New detector sees the origins of elements
- Focus on Hydropower: Fake fish test real impacts of hydropower
- Focus on Biology: New tool offers a better picture of plants
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: The origins of fusion energy research at ORNL
Vol. 53, No. 2, (Spring 2020)
- Editorial: ORNL is a laboratory of leaders
- Fighting COVID-19: ORNL is in the fight against COVID-19
- To the point: To the Point: Tokamak assembly to begin at ITER, a view of polymers at the oil–water interface, smart traffic lights can save truck fuel
- R&D Leadership: Scientific leadership begins with people, Highly cited research inspires insight and collaboration, ORNL researchers shine in professional societies
- Operations and Mission Support: Experts enable ORNL to keep going strong, New workshops let participants face uncomfortable truths
- Infographic: ORNL by the numbers
- Community Engagement and Leadership: Staff members bring ORNL to the community
- Promoting the Next Generation: Polymer physics pioneer pushes women in STEM, People with purpose power ORNL, Oppenheimer program shapes ORNL leaders
- Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: John Martinis
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Weinberg's legacy of leadership
Vol. 53, No. 1, (Winter 2020)
- Editorial: Neutron scattering for a better world
- To the Point: US ITER gets new director, ORNL fuel tech can make ethanol competitive, ORNL home to nine highly cited researchers
- Focus on Neutrons: Neutrons open a world of research, What makes neutron scattering unique, SNS upgrades will benefit researchers
- Focus on Computing: Farewell, Titan: A long-running supercomputer with tremendous impact, Igniting a new class of combustion research
- Infographic: Neutron scattering at ORNL
- Focus on Biofuels: Getting to the root of better plants
- Focus on Transportation: ORNL engine research supports new fuel development
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Bio-inspired material soaks up oceans’ uranium, Right electrolyte doubles 2D material’s ability to store energy
- Early Career Award Winners: The future is bright: Nine ORNL researchers take home prestigious early career awards
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: The church that’s not supposed to be there
Vol. 25, No. 3, ( 1992)
ORNL: The First 50 Years- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue
- Letter by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.
- Chapter 1: Wartime Laboratory
- Atoms in Appalachia
- Revolving Door of Success
- ORNL and TVA
- Leslie R. Groves: Manhattan Project's Main Man
- Safety Margins
- The Silver Lining of the Calutrons
- Chapter 2: High-Flux Years
- Samuel Lind: Tennessee's Own
- Radioisotopes and Health
- Alexander Hollaender: A Radiant Biologist
- Karl Z. Morgan: Man on a Mission
- Ernest Wollan: Badge of Solid Distinction
- Promethium Unbound: A New Element
- From Installation Dog to Katy's Kitchen
- Chapter 3: Accelerating Projects
- Dr. Alvin Weinberg: Mr. ORNL
- Democratic Responsibility
- Small Science in a Big Laboratory
- Clarence Larson: The Right Chemistry
- P. R. Bell: Scanning the Future
- Radiation Effects in Materials: Cultivated in Oak Ridge
- The Russells: A Family Affair
- Rickover: Setting the Nuclear Navy's Course
- Chapter 4: Olympian Feats
- VIPs at the ORR
- 1955 Geneva Conference
- Crossing the Swords
- Ellison Taylor: Player-Coach of Chemistry
- Chapter 5: Balancing Act
- Smoking Out the Facts
- In the Nation's Defense
- Neutrons and JFK
- Laboratory's Collective Strength
- Chapter 6: Responding to Social Needs
- Earth Day 1970
- Nuclear Physics Research: Little Things Mean a Lot
- Y Not Swans?
- ORNL and Nuclear Criticality Safety: From Standards to Software
- Structure and Soundness
- The ECCS Hearings
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Floyd Culler: Directed with His Boots On
- Chapter 7: Energy Technologies
- Director Herman Postma
- Skyjack '72
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
- The Carter Visit
- Oak Ridge's Environmental Park
- Chapter 8: Diversity and Sharing
- Ion Implantation of Materials
- Raising the Quality of Roof Research
- Quest for Fail-Safe Reactors
- Neutron Scattering Research: Born in Oak Ridge
- The States of the Laboratory
- Chapter 9: Global Outreach
- Alex Zucker: From Cyclotrons to Central Administration
- Ceramics and Energy: It's a Materials World
- Director Alvin Trivelpiece
- President Zachary Taylor and the Laboratory: Presidential Visit from the Grave
- Industrial-Strength Science
- The Bush Visit: Molding the Future
- Epilogue
- Additional Reading
- ORNL Technologies Licensed Since 1985 to Private Companies by Energy Systems
- ORNL Technologies Used in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
- R&D 100 Awards to ORNL Researchers
Vol. 25, No. 2, ( 1992)
Thin Films for Advanced Batteries- State of the Laboratory—1991: Strengthening R&D
- An Eye on Reactor and Computer Control
- Seeking Order in Chaos
- Thin Films for Advanced Batteries
- Waste R&D at ORNL
- New Waste Technologies
- License Renewal for Nuclear Power Plants
- Pick a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- User Facilities: Surface Modification and Characterization Collaborative Research Center
- Educational Activities: ORNL-ORAU partnership in education
- R&D Updates
- Technical Highlights
Vol. 25, No. 1, ( 1992)
Probing Life's Building Blocks- Walker Branch Watershed: DOE's Canary in a Cage
- Technology for the Future Battlefield
- New Technologies for DNA Sequencing
- Covering All the Bases: ORNL Probes the Human Genome Jim Pearce
- ORNL as a Supercomputer Research Center
- Paving the Way to Superconcrete
- A New Look at Supercritical Water
- Small Mammals as Environmental Monitors
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—Joseph Fourier and his heat flux law
- User Facilities-A new mission for Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility
- Educational Activities—New training opportunities for students and university faculty
- R&D Updates—Bulk Shielding Reactor permanently shut down; C02 claim disputed by ORNL model; studies of Brazil's rain forest; ORNL's corrective action plan approved; report on advantages of demand-side management; cold neutron source for Advanced Neutron Source promising
- Technical Highlights—Fuzzy-logic chip for controlling robot; studies of vegetation regrowth at Mt. St. Helens; global chemical pollution; space conditions simulated at ORNL
- Technology Transfer—CRADA signing at ORNL witnessed by President Bush; new microwave furnace developed; CRADA involving ORNL, UT, and Dow Chemical; Optics MODIL CRADA; licenses for check valve technology and Raman spectral library
Vol. 24, No. 3, ( 1991)
Molecular Marriages for Improved Chemical Separations- Molecular Marriages for Improved Chemical Separations
- Chasing Electrons in Gases and Liquids
- Diamond Films Are (Almost) Forever
- Energy Strategies for a Greenhouse Future
- Sensors for Health and Safety
- New Light on Measuring Temperatures
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number
- Educational Activities Waste minimization problem solved by college students
- R&D Updates—Media attention given to ORNL's search for arsenic in Zachary Taylor's remains
- Technical Highlights—Three ORNL R&D 100 Award winners; new technology to evaluate chemical-protection suits; digital recorder made portable by new chip; nonfusion applications for ORNL's pellet propulsion technology; ecological effects of 1988 fire on Yellowstone National Park studied by ORNL researchers
- Technology Transfer—Eleven CRADAs signed in a year; how ORNL transferred advanced controls technology to the nuclear power industry; a successful consortium
- Index of Review Articles (1984-1991)
Vol. 24, No. 2, ( 1991)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory—1990
- Farewell to Herman Postma
- Single Crystals for Welding Research
- Science Alliance: A Vital ORNL-UT Partnership
- Profiles of ORNL-UT Distinguished Scientists
- The Partnership's Early Years
- ORNL-UT Interactions Outside the Science Alliance
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—Origin of weather prediction models
- User Facilities—Neutron-scattering users and students back at the HFIR
- R&D Updates—New Mathematical Sciences Building at ORNL; fresh lava deposit on ocean floor observed by ORNL divers; Center for Risk Management established
- Technical Highlights--Demonstration of in situ vitrification to seal up ORNL wastes; electricity from a spinach-platinum system; hollow atom mysteries probed
- Technology Transfer—Two CRADAs signed by state of Tennessee and Energy Systems; radiation monitoring and respirator software licensed
Vol. 24, No. 1, ( 1991)
Hurdling the Barriers- ORNL's High-Temperature Superconductivity Pilot Center
- Superconductivity Research Successes
- The Superconducting Motor
- Waste Site Remediation: Are We Doing It Right?
- "No Option Would Satisfy Everyone"
- Enzymes for Extracting Energy from Trash
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—New math columnist for the Review
- Educational Activities—ORNL participants in WATTec's Science in Action program
- R&D Updates—Gordon Bell Prize for scientific computing to ORNL; A-E firm for ANS chosen; the HPRR closed; global change data book published; changes in ORNL's work for the SSC
- Technical Highlights—Female-specific mutagens discovered at ORNL; viewing DNA features with near-atomic resolution using X-ray analysis and crystals made of chicken blood
- Technology Transfer—SERS continuous monitoring technology licensed to GAMMA-METRICS; ORNL involved in first DOE CRADA; new class patent waiver in DOE-Energy Systems contract
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