ORNL Review Archive

Vol. 45, No. 3, (Fall 2012)

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

A Matter of Degrees

Greening the Real World

Editorial: Energy Solutions for the Real World
Features: A Glimpse of the Energy Future ... Components of a “Zero-Energy”House ... Green Is this Season’s Color ... Building the Cars of Tomorrow ... Losing Weight ... Cleaner and Greener ... Simply Electric
A Closer View: Jeff Christian: Zero Sum Game
Research Horizons: Still Pursuing the Electric Car ... New“Arms”for Disabled Soldiers
Awards: And the Winners Are…

The Resurgence of Bioenergy

Editorial: A Transformational Change
Features: America Responds ... The People’s Tree ... Next-Generation Fermentation ... The Business of Biomass ... Enzymes in Motion
A Closer View: Jeremy Smith
Research Horizons: Taking the Long View ... In Memory of Alvin Weinberg
Awards: And the Winners Are ...

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 . . .

Disorder in Crystal Surfaces