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Vol. 56, No. 2, (Spring 2023)
- Editorial: Making an exascale impact with Frontier
- To the Point: ORNL gets a new lab director and deputy for operations, recyclable composites help drive net-zero goal, new insights advance atomic-scale manufacturing
- Entering the Exascale Age: Exascale impact: The Frontier supercomputer gets to work, ORNL’s methodical leap into the exascale era, exascale tools for developing new reactors, OLCF teams fine-tune Frontier for science, Pioneering Frontier
- Focus on Computing: Quantifying qudits: Measurements provide glimpse of quantum future
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Cell membrane discovery heralds computing advances, anode material paves the way for fast battery charging, adsorbent material filters toxic chromium, arsenic from water supplies
- Focus on Neutrons: Add-on device makes home furnaces cleaner
- Focus on National Security: Location intelligence shines a light on disinformation
- Infographic: Scientific computing at ORNL
- Focus on Biology: Tiny, revved-up microbe tackles big plastics challenge, neutrons reveal how the spider lily preys on cancer cells
- Focus on Nuclear: East Tennessee looks to bolster nuclear workforce
- Focus on Manufacturing: 3D-printed home made from biobased materials
- Focus on Transportation: Researchers explore hydrogen power for railways
- Focus on Grid: Blockchain helps increase electric grid resiliency
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Kay Way: The mother of nuclear data
- Research Insights: Additive Manufacturing the Future, Part I: Applications for Additive Manufacturing
Vol. 56, No. 1, (Winter 2023)
- Editorial: The uniqueness of ORNL
- To the Point: Energy secretary attends isotope, facility event, racing company, licenses ORNL battery technology, existing water pipes are an untapped power source
- Focus on Computing: Frontier study could uncover new cures, treatments; accelerating drug discovery with AI; computational tools promote children’s mental health
- Focus on Neutrons: Physicists confront the neutron lifetime puzzle; neutrons show how promising peptide fights antibiotic-resistant bacteria; neutrons shed light on methane-to-methanol conversion
- Focus on National Security: Researchers use seismology, radiation detection to bolster nonproliferation efforts
- Focus on Grid: ORNL sensor research helps fight wildfires; ORNL research to bring more reliable electricity to Puerto Rican microgrids
- Focus on Climate: Predicting climate change in vulnerable neighborhoods
- Focus on Botany: Listening in on soil conversations with rhizosphere-on-a-chip
- Early Career Scientists: The best is yet to come: ORNL’s Early Career Research Program award winners
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Libby Johnson: On the frontier for nuclear safety
- Research Insights: Toward a Carbon Neutral Future, Part II: Technologies for a more carbon-friendly future
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
Vol. 50, No. 2, (Spring 2017)
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
Vol. 50, No. 1, (Winter 2017)
Big opportunities at the nanoscale- Editorial: Big opportunities at the nanoscale
- To the Point: Spallation Neutron Source turns 10, tennessine joins the periodic table, and a happy accident advances ethanol production
- Tiny Scale, Giant Accomplishments: Exploring the 2-D nanomaterials frontier ... high-impact MIT research comes to ORNL ... Oak Ridge company to produce graphene in mass ... skilled researchers using advanced microscopes
- Focus on Computing: ORNL system unites imaging and computing in search for new materials ... team uses Titan to improve fission modeling
- Infographic: New technologies to make your home more efficient
- Focus on Imaging: Seeing through concrete
- Focus on Neutrons: Neutrino experiments explore the unknown with ORNL expertise, equipment
- Focus on Physical Sciences: Scientists find a cheaper way to extract uranium from seawater ... Speedy ion conduction in solid electrolytes clears road for advanced
- energy devices
- Focus on Nuclear: Indispensable nuclear modeling software gets a makeover
- Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers: Brad Filippone ... Charles Holliday
- Why Science? Young researchers explain
- Time Warp: Weinberg takes a flier on computing at ORNL
Vol. 43, No. 3, (Fall 2010)
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. . .
Vol. 43, No. 2, (Spring 2010)
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. . .
Vol. 43, No. 1, (Winter 2010)
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. . .
Vol. 18, No. 4, ( 1985)
- Parallel Computing at ORNL. Computer scientists are learning how to use new parallel processing machines to meet ORNL's research needs. New parallel algorithms for solving large systems of equations have been developed at ORNL.
- Protecting Human Health: The Chemical Challenge. Scientists at ORNL have developed several methods of detecting human responses to hazardous energy-related chemicals. They are using interferon as a bioeffects marker and are developing the "fluoroimmunosensor," which detects minute amounts of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in body fluids and tissues.
- The Technology Transfer Fund: A Status Report on the ORNL Projects. ORNL, DOE, and the Office of Technology Applications of Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., have committed funds to stimulate innovation and bring ORNL technologies to the stage where their commercial potential can be judged. The status of five technology-transfer projects is described.
- Pion Emission from Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions. A theorist said it couldn't be done, but nuclear physicists at ORNL's Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility accelerator have detected the emission of pions, short-lived particles that serve as the "glue" in the nucleus, from low-energy nuclear reactions. Current theory is being revised to explain how pions can be produced at unexpectedly low energies.
- Managing Hazardous Waste: ORNL Examines the Options. ORNL is playing an important role in managing the nation's defense-chemical wastes and in devising better ways of dealing with its own hazardous materials.
- Books. Chancing It: Why We Take Risks is reviewed by W. S. Lyon.
- Take a Number
- Technical Capsules. Device to measure metal deformation wins IR 100 award; technology transfer and cell freezing.
- Lab Anecdote. The story of the radiation-danger symbol.
- News Notes. ORNL Director Herman Postma talks to President Reagan; Radio Frequency Test Facility completed; Associate Director Fred Mynatt testifies on advanced reactors for space; fusion magnet facility begins 6-coil tests; Athens power-distribution experiment under way; Life Sciences Complex plans told; Cummins Engine licensing breaks new ground.
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 18, No. 3, ( 1985)
- Fractals: Realm of Monster Curves and Irregular Solids A solid-state physicist has turned to fractals to understand the strange electrical properties of the interface between an electrode and various electrolytes. He suggests that fractals—a mathematical concept that describes a large class of irregular natural objects—could be useful in other areas of ORNL research.
- Conservation as an Energy Resource: Electricity Savings from a Utility Program What are the energy and economic impacts of a utility program in the Pacific Northwest that offered homeowners incentives to reduce electricity use? An ORNL team has completed a study of the benefits and costs of such a program.
- SPECIAL SECTION: Biotechnology at ORNL
- A Question of Impurities: ORNL Examines a Persistent Fusion Problem Bob Clausing and others at ORNL have conducted studies to determine which cleaning techniques work best to remove the most obnoxious impurities from fusion vessel walls to prevent plasma energy losses.
- Transuranium-Element Production and Research For almost two decades ORNL's High Flux lsotope Reactor (HFIR) and Transuranium Processing Plant (TRU) have produced most of the transuranium elements used by researchers in the Western world. ORNL's Transuranium Research Laboratory, where research is carried out on the HFIR-TRU products, has become an international center for collaborative research. ORNL collaboration with the University of Tennessee has been particularly strong in inorganic chemistry and solid-state physics.
- Books. Freeman Dyson's Weapons and Hope is reviewed by Jack Barkenbus
- Take a Number
- News Notes. New parallel-processing computer at ORNL; uranium wastes solidified at Laboratory; ORNL agents tested in European patients; High-Temperature Materials Laboratory inaugurated; Technology Transfer briefs
- Awards and Appointments