ORNL Review Archive

Vol. 49, No. 3, (Fall 2016)

Empowering our next generation

Editorial: Empowering our next generation
To the point: The consequences of vehicle automation, from childhood tinkerer to supercomputing expert, carbon releases in the Arctic, and more
Early-Career Researchers at ORNL: Looking to the future of science ... When soils exhale ... Where there's a willow, there's a way ... Computing by the atom ... Better computing through math
Focus on Manufacturing: Printed components benefit from manufacturing–computing collaboration
Focus on Transportation: Plug-free wireless charging demonstrated at ORNL
Infographic: Carbon Fiber Technology Facility
Focus on Computing: Broadening the bilayer ... Biofuel researchers use Titan to probe ‘lignin shield’
Focus on Physical Sciences: ORNL researchers invent a tougher plastic—and it’s 50 percent renewable too ... Halogen atom competition leads researchers toward better solar films
Focus on Neutrons: Neutron ‘splashes’ reveal signature of exotic particles
Focus on Nuclear: Charmed half-life: Target used to discover element 117 took a circuitous route to Russia
Focus on Imaging: Building better geothermal models
Focus on Buildings: ORNL refrigerator cools with magnetism, not Freon
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers: Alton Romig Jr.
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: The short life of a neutron

The past, present and future of clean energy R&D

Editorial: The past, present and future of clean energy R&D
To the point: Partnering with business, unleashing solar power, personal achievements, and more
ORNL and Clean Energy Research: ORNL and clean energy, In praise of the power grid, ORNL researchers go for a big impact, Grad students create biotech company
Focus on Quantum Computing: Staying ahead of Moore’s law
Focus on Critical Materials: Two birds, one stone
Infographic: ORNL Clean Energy Collaborations: ORNL regional partnerships
Focus on Medical Isotopes: Methods for medicine
Focus on Nuclear: Researchers re-create reactor in virtual form, Materials research brings fusion power closer to reality
Focus on Physical SciencesSolvents save steps in solar cell manufacturing
Focus on ComputingModeling next-generation lasers for tumor removal, Simulating tumor cells, sickle cell anemia and drug delivery
Eugene Wigner Distinguished LecturersRoald Hoffmann, Andrew Briggs
Why Science? Young researchers tell us
Time Warp: Oil crisis in ‘70s highlighted need for coherent energy policy

ORNL science is helping the environment

Editorial: ORNL finds solutions to environmental problems
To the Point: Giant biosimulations, “white 2 graphene,” a national park, and more
ORNL Science Protects the Environment: Finding scientific solutions to environmental problems ... ORNL process isolates troublesome cesium ... Researchers use soybean oil to reduce uranium in groundwater
Infographic: Vehicle Systems Integration Laboratory: Vehicle analysis without the vehicle
Focus on Mercury: ORNL scientists solve the mystery of mercury
Focus on Computing: Building bacteria’s photosynthetic engine ... Shining a light on subsurface flows
Focus on Health: Cataloging drug candidates at the petascale
Focus on HFIR: Beautiful refueling
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers: Frances H. Arnold ... C.N.R. Rao
Why Science?: Young researchers tell us
Time Warp: Molten Salt Reactor Experiment: Alvin Weinberg’s magnum opus

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

Moving Technology to the Marketplace

Editorial: An Important Part of the Mission
Features: Moving Technology to the Marketplace ... Putting the Pieces Together ... Playing at the College Level ... The Lab of the South ... A Culture of Commercialization ... A Capital Idea ... Another Tool in the Toolbox ... Calculating the Odds ... Side by Side ... A Key Mission ... Hundreds of Licenses ... A Marketable Solution ... Taking the Long View ... An Impressive Patent Portfolio ... Superconductor Cure ... Reinvesting Royalties ... A Long-term Investment
Technology Spotlight: SeizAlert: Forewarning Epileptics ... Wireless Meter Systems ... Hybrid Solar Lighting
Profile: Gerald Boyd: The Next Frontier
Research Horizons: Detecting Skin Cancer ... A Biological Solution ... Dancing Proteins ... Pursuing the Exotic ... And the Winners Are ...

National Security Technologies

Editorial: Science for Security
Features: Managing the Soviet Legacy ... In Tune with the Russians ... Telltale Evidence ... One Threat at a Time ... Russian Enrichment ... Finding the Trail ... Technologies for the Troops ... Preparing for the Threats ... Creating a Single Team ... At the Local Level ... Matching Technologies ... “Out of Sight” Missions ... A Secure Facility for New Technologies
Profile: Frank Akers: Building the Bridge
Research Horizons: Hot-wired ... An Archaeologist in the Laboratory ... Running on Iron ... Quickly and Accurately ... Awards ...

Reclaiming America's Leadership

Editorial: Reclaiming Leadership In Neutron Science
Features: Returning Home ... Material Value ... Neutron Tool ... That’s Incredible! ... Instruments Of Change ... A Historic Partnership ... It Took a Village ... An Unsung Hero ... Unlocking the Cells ... Building the Bridge ... Making It Last ... Under Pressure to Change
Profile: Thom Mason
Research Horizons: Of Mice and Men ... Instant ID ... Supernova Discoveries ... Hot Technology ... And The Winners Are . . .

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