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![ORNL Image](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/ORNL%20Muchero_Poplar%20gene%20license_0.jpg?itok=qlyg5RLt)
GreenWood Resources has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology based on the discovery of a gene in poplar (Populus trichocarpa) that makes it easier to convert poplar trees into biofuels. GreenWood, a global timberland investment and asset m...
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The nation’s top innovators will soon have the opportunity to advance their promising energy technology ideas at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in a new program called Innovation Crossroads. Up to five entrepreneurs will recei...
![ORNL’s Michael Manley led a study to discover the key to the success of modern materials used in ultrasound machines and other piezoelectric devices. ORNL’s Michael Manley led a study to discover the key to the success of modern materials used in ultrasound machines and other piezoelectric devices.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2016-P04731.jpg?itok=b-quvxzq)
The lighter wand for your gas BBQ, a submarine’s sonar device and the ultrasound machine at your doctor’s office all rely on piezoelectric materials, which turn mechanical stress into electrical energy, and vice versa. In 1997, researchers developed piezoelectric...
![An ORNL study found that complex oxide materials can self-organize into electrical circuits, which creates the possibility for new types of computer chips. An ORNL study found that complex oxide materials can self-organize into electrical circuits, which creates the possibility for new types of computer chips.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Selforganized_complexmaterials.jpeg?itok=8XetdSsR)
![To direct-write the logo of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists started with a gray-scale image. To direct-write the logo of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists started with a gray-scale image.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/ORNL%20Leaf%20Logo_No%20Scale_Green_v2.jpg?itok=rpIXT_ko)
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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received funding from DOE’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) to develop applications for future exascale systems that will be 50 to 100 times more powerful than today’s fastest supercomputers.
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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Momentum Technologies have signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for an ORNL process designed to recover rare earth magnets from used computer hard drives. The patent-pending process developed as par...
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A 3D printed trim-and-drill tool, developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to be evaluated at The Boeing Company, has received the title of largest solid 3D printed item by Guinness World Records. ORNL printed the...
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