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Imagine back nearly 14 billion years. The universe was very small, very hot and very dense. Then it exploded in the Big Bang, quickly producing the protons and neutrons that would eventually constitute nearly all matter in the galaxies and planets we know.

For the first tiny fraction of a second,...

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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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Neutrons have for decades helped us understand the exotic electronic and magnetic properties of quantum materials such as high-temperature superconductors and other materials that behave beyond the boundaries of classical physics.

“A revolution in quantum materials is happening now,” said Alan Te...

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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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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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In 1944 ORNL physicist Ernest Wollan proposed a novel method for using neutrons to study the atomic structure of materials. At the Graphite Reactor—then known as the X-10 Pile—Wollan worked with future Nobelist Clifford Shull to pioneer neutron-scattering research and unlock the potential of neutron...

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Researchers sometimes need access to expertise and facilities not available at their universities, companies and institutes. To manipulate materials on the scale of nanometers—billionths of a meter—they come to the world-class experts, specialty instruments and state-of-the-art techniques at ORNL’s ...