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Nuclear — Seeing inside particles

April 2, 2020

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers working on neutron imaging capabilities for nuclear materials have developed a process for seeing the inside of uranium particles – without cutting them open.<

ORNL scientists bring research expertise to quantum internet workshop

March 3, 2020

During the Quantum Internet Blueprint Workshop, nearly 80 experts representing Department of Energy national laboratories, other government agencies, universities and industry partners addressed opportunities and obstacles facing the develop

Seeing starch: Novel technique enables gentle observation of biofuel materials

February 25, 2020

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to peer deep into the nanostructure of biomaterials without damaging the sample.

Edge computing is both dependent on and greatly influencing a host of promising technologies including (clockwise from top left): quantum computing; high-performance computing; neuromorphic computing; and carbon nanotubes.

ORNL researchers identify most promising tech for advancing edge computing

February 21, 2020

We have a data problem. Humanity is now generating more data than it can handle; more sensors, smartphones, and devices of all types are coming online every day and contributing to the ever

ORNL’s Samantha Erwin has received a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Science Policy Fellowship.

ORNL’s Erwin receives SIAM fellowship

February 17, 2020

Samantha Erwin of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Science Policy Fellowship.

Experts tackle research challenges, devise data management strategies at ORNL AI workshop

February 14, 2020

Nearly 100 participants from government, industry and academia gathered at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory from January 22 to 24 for the inaugural Artificial Intelligence for Robust Engineering & Science, or AIRE

The image visualizes how the team’s multitask convolutional neural network classifies primary cancer sites. Image credit: Hong-Jun Yoon/ORNL

ORNL researchers develop ‘multitasking’ AI tool to extract cancer data in record time

February 12, 2020

As the second-leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is a public health crisis that afflicts nearly one in two people during their lifetime.

This simulation of a fusion plasma calculation result shows the interaction of two counter-streaming beams of super-heated gas. Credit: David L. Green/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Fusion – Squeezing the code

February 6, 2020

The prospect of simulating a fusion plasma is a step closer to reality thanks to a new computational tool developed by scientists in fusion physics, computer science and mathematics at ORNL.

ORNL’s collaboration with Cincinati Children’s Hospital Medical Center will leverage the lab’s expertise in high-performance computing and safe, secure recordkeeping. Credit: Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Computing – Assessing mental health

February 6, 2020

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will partner with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to explore ways to deploy expertise in health data science that could more quickly identify patients’ mental health risk factors and aid in s

ORNL-developed cryogenic memory cell circuit designs fabricated onto these small chips by SeeQC, a superconducting technology company, successfully demonstrated read, write and reset memory functions. Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Memory storage for super cold computing

January 13, 2020

Scientists at have experimentally demonstrated a novel cryogenic, or low temperature, memory cell circuit design based on couple

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