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![Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s PenDoc makes sampling the surface of a strawberry for pesticides, for example, quick and easy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s PenDoc makes sampling the surface of a strawberry for pesticides, for example, quick and easy.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/01%20pendoc%20tip.jpg?itok=bD8hYlwJ)
![By wet-sieving stream sediment, (from left) Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Kenneth Lowe, Melanie Mayes and John Dickson sort sediment into different particle size in this stream near Rocky Top. By wet-sieving stream sediment, (from left) Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Kenneth Lowe, Melanie Mayes and John Dickson sort sediment into different particle size in this stream near Rocky Top.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20mercury%20story%20tip.jpg?itok=wCk3MAYJ)
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory study is providing an unprecedented watershed-scale understanding of mercury in soils and sediments. Researchers focused on evaluating mercury and soil properties along the banks of a mercury-contaminated stream in Oak Ridge, Tenn., sampling 145 loca...
![The SaltX heating system offers better efficiency than today’s best furnaces and a potential payback of just three to four years. The SaltX heating system offers better efficiency than today’s best furnaces and a potential payback of just three to four years.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/03%20saltx%20tip.jpg?itok=BzODzAIO)
Salt and ammonia are key ingredients of a high-efficiency natural gas-fired heat pump system being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Rheem and ClimateWell. Potentially, the SaltX system could provide 43 percent greater efficiency than today’s best furn...
![Melanie Debusk collects soot samples from a reactivity controlled compression ignition engine at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center. Melanie Debusk collects soot samples from a reactivity controlled compression ignition engine at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National Transportation Research Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/04%20soot%20tip.jpg?itok=Q9r7xAVc)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking a closer look at previously uncharacterized, microscopic soot particles collected during lab experiments on light-duty, multi-cylinder advanced combustion engines. The ORNL-led team is widely known for advancing a combustion te...
![A 90-kilogram 430-bar prototype of the steel-concrete composite vessel has been manufactured, and is undergoing fatigue testing. A 90-kilogram 430-bar prototype of the steel-concrete composite vessel has been manufactured, and is undergoing fatigue testing.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/05%20Hydrogen%20storage%20tank.jpg?itok=6sFk_XNR)
![ORNL’s new climate change methodology helps predict energy efficiency impacts in rapidly growing areas like greater Chicago. This tool can be applied to any U.S. or global region. ORNL’s new climate change methodology helps predict energy efficiency impacts in rapidly growing areas like greater Chicago. This tool can be applied to any U.S. or global region.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/06%20climate%20tip.jpg?itok=xLN0Rl7s)
![An ORNL-led study discovered that defects (pictured in green, purple and yellow) in strontium titanate interact to influence the material’s overall properties. An ORNL-led study discovered that defects (pictured in green, purple and yellow) in strontium titanate interact to influence the material’s overall properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/07%20defects%20tip.jpeg?itok=dUQ3vvK7)
![The Carmel caprock, which overlies an aquifer naturally charged with carbon dioxide, was analyzed with neutron scattering, revealing alteration only in the basal 7 cm and progression of caprock corrosion an order of magnitude slower than expected. The Carmel caprock, which overlies an aquifer naturally charged with carbon dioxide, was analyzed with neutron scattering, revealing alteration only in the basal 7 cm and progression of caprock corrosion an order of magnitude slower than expected.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/08%20storing%20carbon%20tip.jpg?itok=ov4e4hEw)
![Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest. Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/3-D%20heat%20tip_0.jpg?itok=LlDjQU2S)
![Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest. Temperature is represented by different colors for this heat sink for a 50-kilowatt DC-to-DC converter with red being the hottest.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/inspections%20on%20the%20fly.png?itok=huO6X1rA)
Production run spot checks of materials for lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells could be a thing of the past because of a process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The infrared/thermal nondestructive evaluation technique invented by a team led by David Wood examines key parameters such as porosity and thickness of the coating in real time without destroying product.