ORNL Review Archive

Vol. 50, No. 3, (Fall 2017)

Science and Security

Editorial: Science and security
To the Point: ORNL welcomes new lab director and deputy for science, bacteria breaks down methylmercury, and neutrons and an elusive quantum state
National Security at ORNL: The science behind national security, new marching orders: Fast-attack submarine officer and F-35 test pilots among those with one-year assignments at lab, eye of the beholder: Identity science comes of age, have you seen these genes?
Focus on Computing: Titan digs deep with 3-D map of Earth's interior, virtual laser lab simulations create new insight
Infographic: The promise of exascale computing
Focus on Nuclear: Nuclear startup aided by high-performance computing
Focus on Cybersecurity: Guarding the grid: Exploring methods to protect critical infrastructure
Focus on Neutrons: Start your engines: Neutrons get a look inside a running engine, neutrons zero in on elusive magnetic Majorana fermion
Focus on Biology: Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane
Focus on Physical Sciences: More efficient turbine engines trace roots back a quarter century, small nanoparticles have surprisingly big effects on polymer nanocomposites
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Thomas Friedman
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time War: ORNL, Rickover and the nuclear Navy

Fundamental science at ORNL

Editorial: ORNL is fundamentally strong
To the Point: ‘Mouse House’ inspires breakthrough research, automation aids space fuel production, and nickel-78 is ‘doubly magic’
Fundamental Science at ORNL: Fundamentally strong: ORNL dives into basic science ... Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility: Tackling big questions with computation ... Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences: Small worlds, big discoveries ... ORNL’s Neutron Science User Facilities: Neutrons unlock the mysteries of materials
Focus on Neutrons: Neutrons and quantum spin liquids: Exploring the next materials revolution
Focus on Neutrinos: Lab in a gold mine looks at matter– antimatter imbalance
Infographic: Why is there matter?
Focus on Data: Cancer research accelerates via deep learning
Focus on Nuclear: ALICE experiment re-creates the universe’s first split second ... Superior supercomputer parallelism for subatomic particle research
Focus on Physical Sciences: Quantum materials promise exciting technologies for energy and electronics
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian
Researcher Spotlight: Batteries and fertilizer: A conversation with ORNL chemist Gabriel Veith
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: Liane Russell, pioneer of fetal rad safety

Big opportunities at the nanoscale

Science in Sync

Editorial: Transformational potential
Features: Multi-faceted forecasting ... 3D printing rises to the occasion ... Tag-team R&D ... Hunting for hydrogen ... Diversify, replace, recycle ... Potent partnerships ... Better biofuels
A Closer View: Ben Preston
Research Horizons: ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup ... ORNL finding goes beyond surface of oxide films ... New algorithm enables unprecedented sampling, modeling of Arctic

Disruptive Materials

Editorial: Driving innovation in the 21st Century
Features: Disruptive materials ... Nanotech toolbox ... Materials for measuring the universe ... Growing graphene ... Heavy-metal fishing ... Rethinking nuclear fuel design ... Blood, sweat and serendipity ... Something new under the sun
A Close View: Kinga Unocic
Research Horizons: ‘Zoomable’ map of poplar proteins offers new view of bioenergy crop ... ORNL scientists solve mercury mystery ... Mobility and risk

Titan Rising

Editorial: Driving R&D through supercomputing
Features: Solvable problems ... Moving to Titan ... Programming Titan ... Virtual reactor ... Joining forces for biofuels ... Behind the data ... Climate models for a changing world ... Modeling material defects
A Closer View: Jeff Nichols
Research Horizons Oxygen-23 Loses Its Halo ... ORNL/UTK Team Maps the Nuclear Landscape

Innovation Nation

Editorial: Generating Innovation
Features: Innovation drives the nation ... Printing out the future ... Next-gen engineers ... Synergistic R&D ... Strategic science ... Competitive advantage ... Keeping it fresh ... 10,000 feet down ... Waterproof warriors
A Closer View: Lonnie Love
Research Horizons: GE turbomachinery ... Titan rising

Zoom in on Nanoscience

Editorial: Nanoscience in the 21st century
Features: Creative synergy ... Vascular voyage ... Better batteries from the ground up ... Probing nanopores ... Designing materials for the future ... Speed-reading DNA ... A closer look at catalysts ... Molecular machinery
A Closer View: Sean Smith
Research Horizons: Quantum advantage

State of the Laboratory

Departments

Take a Number
Technical Capsules. EPA adopts ORNL test to determine hazardous-waste toxicity; ORNL computer model demonstrates learning; antibody-laser technique may detect toxic chemicals; five Oak Ridge developments win 1987 IR 100 awards.
News Notes. Restart plans for HFIR, other reactors; Numerical Linear Algebra Year observed; 11th Distinguished Scientist named; ORNL researchers facilitate cleanup at TMI; compression of ORNL waste demonstrated; stimulating transfer of ORNL technologies.
Books. The Dragon's Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project is reviewed.
Awards and Appointments