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ORNL is proud of its role in fostering the next generation of scientists and engineers. We bring in talented young researchers, team them with accomplished scientists and engineers, and put them to work at the lab’s one-of-a-kind facilities. 

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ORNL is proud of its role in fostering the next generation of scientists and engineers. We bring in talented young researchers, team them with accomplished scientists and engineers, and put them to work at the lab’s one-of-a-kind facilities. The result is research that makes us proud and prepares th...

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William D. Phillips is co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics, given for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. He works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as leader of the Laser Cooling and Trapping Group within the institute’s Quantum Mea...

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David Weston has been drawn to the natural world since he was a child exploring a small forest near his home.

Turning that fascination into a science career, he has examined topics such as plant genomics and the relationship between plants and the organisms in their environment. Weston has bachel...

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What does condensed matter physics have in common with hitchhiking around the world? For ORNL’s Zac Ward, the answers would include “new experiences” and “uncomfortable challenges.” Ward discovered physics after earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature, teaching a year in Japan, and doin...

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David Green learned an important lesson about hard work as he pursued a bachelor’s degree at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Namely, if he put in the effort to understand a difficult subject, that subject became less difficult and was sometimes even fun. The subject at hand was physics,...

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The new DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation led by ORNL is focused on accelerating the development of specialty plants and microbial systems to support a biobased economy.