ORNL Review Archive

Vol. 48, No. 2, (Summer 2015)

Boosting the economy with ORNL tech

Editorial: Boosting the economy with ORNL tech
To the Point: Better graphene, tunable polymers, a better yeast, and more
Boosting High-Tech Business: ORNL shares its know-how ... ORNL national reach ... Technology in the wider economy ... ORNL tech successes ... Who is ORNL’s next big tech success story?
Focus on Nuclear: An isotope for space exploration ... Controlling ITER with fuelers, ticklers and terminators
Infographic: Powering Space Exploration: From Oak Ridge to Pluto and beyond
Focus on Neutrons: The pressure is on ... Neutron scientists explain the magnetism of plutonium
Focus on Physical Sciences: Helium ‘balloons’ harness 18 complex materials ... Atomic shaking turns an insulator into a metal ... Scientists develop promising oxygen ‘sponge’
Focus on Integrated Energy Demonstration: All together now
Focus on Climate: Landmark SPRUCE experiment expected to clarify ecosystem responses to climate change
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers: Siegfried Hecker ... Harold Kroto
Why Science? Young researchers tell us
Time Warp: Alvin Weinberg and scientific diplomacy in the Cold War

Growing with ORNL's science and technology

Editorial: Growing with ORNL's science and technology
To the Point: Nuclear collaboration, tropical forest study, and more
A Leap Forward for Supercomputing: Summit will take computing to new heights ... Titan has a very good year ... Superconductor simulated without cutting corners ... Titan simulates the complexities of engines ... Team builds the Milky Way, star by star
Focus on Neutrons: Sleuthing with neutrons
Close-Up: The Spallation Neutron Source
Focus on Transportation: Framework helps cars, traffic lights communicate ... Heat engine gets modern makeover for car and home ...
Focus on Physical Sciences: Researchers build a better atom trap ... Penciling patterns in polymers at the nanoscale
Focus on Buildings: Collaboration works to keep the warm side warm and the cool side cool ... Cheap sensors improve indoor environment ... Researchers use neutron imaging to peek inside heat exchanger
Focus on ITER: US ITER pushes ahead
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers : Susan Soloman ... Ada Yonath
Why Science? Young researchers tell us
Time Warp: HFIR turns 50

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

The Next Generation of Biofuels

Editorial: A Legacy Continues
Features: It Might Just Happen ... Two Steps Forward ... Sugar-Coated ... Finding a Path ... A Predictable Change ... But Are They Compatible? ... A Sustained Effort ... Something Special
A Closer View: Martin Keller
Research Horizons: ORNL Researchers Win Nine R&D 100 Awards
Awards: And the Winners Are. . .

Delivering Even More Science

Editorial: A Higher Expectation
Features: Delivering the Science ... Spallation Neutron Source User Program ... The Next Small Thing ... Magic Secrets ... A Helping Hand
A Closer View: Tom Ballard
Research Horizons: Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms ... Measurement and the “circle” of research
Research Horizons: And the Winners Are. . .

Delivering the Science

Editorial: Taking Down the Fence
Features: Delivering the Science ... High Temperature, High Stakes ... One of a Kind ... Nuclear Needs ... Fast Times at ORNL ... A State of Flux ... Standing in Line
A Closer View: Herb Debban
Research Horizons: Up-to-Date Research
Awards: And the Winners Are. . .

Materials Research Heats Up

Energy and Global Climate Change