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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. 23, No. 4, ( 1990)
Disorder in Crystal Surfaces- ORNL and Antarctica
- Reducing Friction To Save Energy
- Differing Structures of Amorphous Solids
- The Verdict on Acid Rain
- ORNL's Contributions to NAPAP
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—Successful first Saturday Academy for Computing and Mathematics; photograph of Oak Ridge teacher in national magazine
- R&D Updates—ORNL waste site surveyed by mobile robot; ORNL materials aboard Ulysses space probe; ORNL procedure adopted by EPA
- Technical Highlights—Part of gene making fruit fly resistant to insecticides cloned; subtle DNA changes and trace levels of organics detected by two ORNL mass spectrometer systems; rat lung tumors targeted by ORNL's monoclonal antibodies; new theory on tokamak operations
- Technology Transfer—Optics MODIL organized; iron aluminide technology licensed to two firms
Vol. 23, No. 3, ( 1990)
ORNL's Future Missions- 2 Editorial—ORNL can help synthesize new materials, as called for by a recent National Research Council report.
- Robotics for Nuclear Reactors and Hazardous Environments
- Examining Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
- Mechanisms of Radon Transport
- ORNL's Future Missions
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Educational Activities—Science and Technology Alliance; memorandums of understanding
- User Facilities—Bioprocessing Research Facility examined
- R&D Updates—New findings on attic insulation and heat loss; ORNL contributions to shaping National Energy Strategy many and varied; computation speed record attained; U.S . civil defense's ability to meet threat of nuclear winter studied; ORNL tritium sales ended; support for Operation Desert Shield
- Technical Highlights—5 R&D 100 Awards for ORNL; new concept for producing very pure therapeutic drugs continuously
- Technology Transfer—Radiation detector for groundwater licensed; new R&D agreements allowed
Vol. 23, No. 2, ( 1990)
Visualizing Scientific Data- State of the Laboratory—1989
- Scientific Visualization: New Insights by Computer
- Improving Detection of Airport Explosives
- Microwave Processing of Radioactive Waste
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- User Facilities: The expanding Roof Research Center
- Educational Activities: Role models at ORNL for future women scientists; helping public-school science and math teachers
- Technical Highlights: Solar-powered infrared-emitting microchip being developed and tested; microbes aided by vegetation in decontaminating waste sites; revealing results of a carbon dioxide simulation model
- R&D Updates: World's longest dinosaur imaged by ORNL technique; SSC detector pre-proposal developed at ORNL; the HFIR restored to full-power operation
- Technology Transfer: Electrical solvent extraction technology, precision etching technology, and a radionuclide generator for diagnosing heart disease licensed
Vol. 23, No. 1, ( 1990)
Organ Images- Eureka! A Look at Inventing
- Iron Aluminides and the Inventor of the Year
- Human Behavior in Emergencies
- Environmental Protection in China
- Toward a One-Angstrom Electron Microscope
- ORNL's Impact on Radiation Protection Guidance
- Awards and Appointments
- Educational Activities—New initiatives pushed by President Bush, Secretary of Energy Watkins, Energy Systems, and state of Tennessee
- R&D Updates—New parallel computer at ORNL; Oak Ridge Detector Center established; effects of solar storms on U.S. electric power systems being studied
- Technical Highlights—New concept for increasing optical data storage; important human repair gene cloned; ORNL support for French fusion device; waste-managing microbes
- Technology Transfer—ORNL to collaborate with SEMATECH; computer security technology licensed
Vol. 21, No. 4, ( 1988)
Waste Management and Remedial Action- A New Way of Doing Business: An Interview with Tom Row
- The DOE Model
- The Energy Systems Approach
- Improving Waste Management Operations
- Waste Management Technology Center
- The Hazardous Waste Technology Program
- PCB-Eating Microbes
- Radioactive Waste Management R&D
- Grouts Solve Disposal Problems
- ORNL's New Environmental Projects
- Remedial Actions for ORNL's Environment
- QA in Waste Management
- Loss of Coolant: ORNL's Role in a Key Reactor Safety Experiment
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. ORNL researcher's book discusses the economics of recycling plastic waste
- R&D Updates. Roof Research Center dedicated; leaking Georgia cesium capsules probed
- Take a Number
- Technical Highlights. Two 1988 R&D 100 Awards for Oak Ridge; new ORELA positron source operating
- Technology Transfer. Triple-effect absorption chiller and diagnostic device licensed
Vol. 21, No. 3, ( 1988)
Supercomputers in Scientific Research- Supercomputers in Scientific Research
- Energy for Development: ORNL Returns to the Third World
- Designer Steels for Advanced Energy Applications
- New DNA Stain Aids Cell Studies
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. Chaos, by James Gleick, reviewed by Woody Gove
- R&D Updates. Alvin Trivelpiece: ORNL's new director; two HHIRF devices operating; tritium pellet injector for fusion demonstrated; DOE Superconductivity Pilot Center located at ORNL
- Technical Highlights. Hood River Conservation Project an energy-saving success; decline in tree growth linked to aluminum "freed" from soil by acid rain
- Technology Transfer. Valley-Todeco licensed to make aircraft fasteners from ORNL alloy; metallamics to manufacture nickel aluminide products
Vol. 21, No. 2, ( 1988)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory: "Gee Whiz". Ceramics strengthened by microwaves, superconducting films, a computer program featuring a "bug" that learns, a microbe that destroys PCBs in soil, a laser having a tuning range 2000 times greater than its commercial counterpart, an energy-efficient liquid separation system, and chemically produced whiskers that strengthen ceramics are "gee whiz" achievements in 1987. In his final State of the Laboratory address as ORNL director, Herman Postma challenges the staff to set new directions and learn from past mistakes.
- Susan Whatley: From Fast Track to Slow Boat. Impelled by economic necessity and an enthusiasm for learning, Susan Whatley rose from secretary to engineer to manager to professional society president in a short time. Now retired, she and her husband are sailing around the world. Accompanying articles tell about ORNL's mentoring program and progress in affirmative action.
- Imaging the World's Longest Dinosaur. An ORNL acoustic technique for imaging underground features has determined the precise positions of buried bones of the longest dinosaur ever discovered and should help guide and hasten the excavation of this Seismosaurus.
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Books. The Making of the Atomic Bomb is reviewed. Recent books authored or edited by ORNL staff members are listed.
- Technical Highlights. HFIR shutdown stops production of californium-252. A robot-like manipulator for NASA is being built at ORNL.
- R&D Updates. The HTML wins an award from Research & Development. Tumulus disposal of low-level wastes has been demonstrated.
- Technology Transfer. An ORNL surveying system has been licensed to Chemrad Corporation. 1987 patentees from ORNL are listed.