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![Inspired by the brain’s web of neurons, deep neural networks consist of thousands or millions of simple computational units. Inspired by the brain’s web of neurons, deep neural networks consist of thousands or millions of simple computational units.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/iStock_Patton.jpg?itok=-_7cCRH4)
Deep neural networks—a form of artificial intelligence—have demonstrated mastery of tasks once thought uniquely human. Their triumphs have ranged from identifying animals in images, to recognizing human speech, to winning complex strategy games, among other su...
![When a neutron star forms, compression creates heat that generates neutrinos. When the star’s core collapses, a shock wave propagates around the star but stalls. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy; created by J.A. Harris. When a neutron star forms, compression creates heat that generates neutrinos. When the star’s core collapses, a shock wave propagates around the star but stalls. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy; created by J.A. Harris.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/entropy_blk.jpg?itok=H-ZXVTAa)
The Big Bang began the formation and organization of the matter that makes up ourselves and our world. Nearly 14 billion years later, nuclear physicists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and their partners are using America’s most powerful supercomp...
![ORNL’s 2017 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop offered a wide range of talks on advanced reactors, including modeling and simulation techniques, commercial licensing strategies and the Department of Energy’s efforts to work with industry on developing designs. ORNL’s 2017 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop offered a wide range of talks on advanced reactors, including modeling and simulation techniques, commercial licensing strategies and the Department of Energy’s efforts to work with industry on developing designs.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2017-P06804%5B1%5D_0.jpg?itok=Igf400gk)
The third annual Molten Salt Reactor Workshop allowed leading voices on advanced reactors—including scientists from the national laboratory system, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, reactor design firms and universities—to discuss current efforts in molten salt reactor work and pu...
![Arjun Shankar Arjun Shankar](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/shankar.png?itok=qqOR_eUI)
The field of “Big Data” has exploded in the blink of an eye, growing exponentially into almost every branch of science in just a few decades. Sectors such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare and many others depend on scalable data processing and analysis for continued in...
![Left to right: ORNL’s Derek Rose, Matthew Eicholtz, Philip Bingham, Ryan Kerekes, Shaun Gleason Left to right: ORNL’s Derek Rose, Matthew Eicholtz, Philip Bingham, Ryan Kerekes, Shaun Gleason](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/St%20Jude%20Researcher%20Group%20Photo.jpg?itok=6KWAWdvu)
![Jason Newby is a physicist in the Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division at ORNL. Jason Newby is a physicist in the Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology Division at ORNL.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Unknown.png?itok=dTnQ5cpX)
![Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres. The colored tRNA can be seen on the nanodiamond surface. Image by Michael Mattheson, OLCF, ORNL Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres. The colored tRNA can be seen on the nanodiamond surface. Image by Michael Mattheson, OLCF, ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/new_nanodiamond_0001.png?itok=xf_EGVvD)
![3-D visualization of chemically-ordered phases in an iron-platinum (FePt) nanoparticle. 3-D visualization of chemically-ordered phases in an iron-platinum (FePt) nanoparticle.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Oak_Ridge_Leadership_Computing_Facility.jpg?itok=i3nCCoBB)
Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles—such as those made from iron and platinum atoms—are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like hard drives. Building these devices from nanoparticles should increase storage capaci...
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Snow falls in winter and melts in spring, but what drives the phase change in between?
![Contrasting solvation strategies in conventional electrolytes (top-left) and a new class of Lewis-acidic polymer electrolytes (bottom-left). Contrasting solvation strategies in conventional electrolytes (top-left) and a new class of Lewis-acidic polymer electrolytes (bottom-left).](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/pr_image.png?itok=2n475E0Z)