ORNL Review Archive

Vol. 53, No. 3, (Fall 2020)

Editorial: Applying diverse expertise at a global scale
To the Point: Machine learning predicts fire risk in Africa, protein models explore methylmercury formation
Carbon Cycle: Balancing Carbon: ORNL sets its sights on a global challenge, All-in-one carbon conversion, Making the most of captured carbon
Focus on Neutrons: Discovery points the way to more practical superconductors, New synthetic polymers rival their protein counterparts
Focus on Computing: Record-breaking supercomputer simulations aid COVID-19 research, Quantum technologies go the distance
Focus on Fusion: New device will test materials for fusion reactors
Focus on Nuclear: Nuclear consortium leaves industry with advanced simulation tool, Remote-controlled system can repair radioactive canisters
Focus on Physical Sciences: Curved crystals are promising for quantum devices, New material phase may boost ultrathin electronics, New detector sees the origins of elements
Focus on Hydropower: Fake fish test real impacts of hydropower
Focus on Biology: New tool offers a better picture of plants
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: The origins of fusion energy research at ORNL

Editorial: ORNL is a laboratory of leaders
Fighting COVID-19: ORNL is in the fight against COVID-19
To the point: To the Point: Tokamak assembly to begin at ITER, a view of polymers at the oil–water interface, smart traffic lights can save truck fuel
R&D Leadership: Scientific leadership begins with people, Highly cited research inspires insight and collaboration, ORNL researchers shine in professional societies
Operations and Mission Support: Experts enable ORNL to keep going strong, New workshops let participants face uncomfortable truths
Infographic: ORNL by the numbers
Community Engagement and Leadership: Staff members bring ORNL to the community
Promoting the Next Generation: Polymer physics pioneer pushes women in STEM, People with purpose power ORNL, Oppenheimer program shapes ORNL leaders
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: John Martinis
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: Weinberg's legacy of leadership

Editorial: Neutron scattering for a better world
To the Point: US ITER gets new director, ORNL fuel tech can make ethanol competitive, ORNL home to nine highly cited researchers
Focus on Neutrons: Neutrons open a world of research, What makes neutron scattering unique, SNS upgrades will benefit researchers
Focus on Computing: Farewell, Titan: A long-running supercomputer with tremendous impact, Igniting a new class of combustion research
Infographic: Neutron scattering at ORNL
Focus on Biofuels: Getting to the root of better plants
Focus on Transportation: ORNL engine research supports new fuel development
Focus on Physical Sciences: Bio-inspired material soaks up oceans’ uranium, Right electrolyte doubles 2D material’s ability to store energy
Early Career Award Winners: The future is bright: Nine ORNL researchers take home prestigious early career awards
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: The church that’s not supposed to be there

Science and Security

Editorial: Science and security
To the Point: ORNL welcomes new lab director and deputy for science, bacteria breaks down methylmercury, and neutrons and an elusive quantum state
National Security at ORNL: The science behind national security, new marching orders: Fast-attack submarine officer and F-35 test pilots among those with one-year assignments at lab, eye of the beholder: Identity science comes of age, have you seen these genes?
Focus on Computing: Titan digs deep with 3-D map of Earth's interior, virtual laser lab simulations create new insight
Infographic: The promise of exascale computing
Focus on Nuclear: Nuclear startup aided by high-performance computing
Focus on Cybersecurity: Guarding the grid: Exploring methods to protect critical infrastructure
Focus on Neutrons: Start your engines: Neutrons get a look inside a running engine, neutrons zero in on elusive magnetic Majorana fermion
Focus on Biology: Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane
Focus on Physical Sciences: More efficient turbine engines trace roots back a quarter century, small nanoparticles have surprisingly big effects on polymer nanocomposites
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Thomas Friedman
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time War: ORNL, Rickover and the nuclear Navy

Fundamental science at ORNL

Editorial: ORNL is fundamentally strong
To the Point: ‘Mouse House’ inspires breakthrough research, automation aids space fuel production, and nickel-78 is ‘doubly magic’
Fundamental Science at ORNL: Fundamentally strong: ORNL dives into basic science ... Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility: Tackling big questions with computation ... Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences: Small worlds, big discoveries ... ORNL’s Neutron Science User Facilities: Neutrons unlock the mysteries of materials
Focus on Neutrons: Neutrons and quantum spin liquids: Exploring the next materials revolution
Focus on Neutrinos: Lab in a gold mine looks at matter– antimatter imbalance
Infographic: Why is there matter?
Focus on Data: Cancer research accelerates via deep learning
Focus on Nuclear: ALICE experiment re-creates the universe’s first split second ... Superior supercomputer parallelism for subatomic particle research
Focus on Physical Sciences: Quantum materials promise exciting technologies for energy and electronics
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian
Researcher Spotlight: Batteries and fertilizer: A conversation with ORNL chemist Gabriel Veith
Why Science? Young researchers explain
Time Warp: Liane Russell, pioneer of fetal rad safety

Big opportunities at the nanoscale