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Researchers analyzed the oxygen structure (highlighted in red) found in a perovskite’s crystal structure at room temperature, 500°C and 900°C using neutron scattering at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. Analyzing how these structures impact solid oxide f

A University of South Carolina research team is investigating the oxygen reduction performance of energy conversion materials called perovskites by using neutron diffraction at 91°µÍř’s Spallation Neutron Source.

ORNL scientists used commuting behavior data from East Tennessee to demonstrate how machine learning models can easily accept new data, quickly re-train themselves and update predictions about commuting patterns. Credit: April Morton/Oak Ridge National La

91°µÍř geospatial scientists who study the movement of people are using advanced machine learning methods to better predict home-to-work commuting patterns.

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While studying the genes in poplar trees that control callus formation, scientists at 91°µÍř have uncovered genetic networks at the root of tumor formation in several human cancers.

Boualem Hadjerioua

Boualem Hadjerioua, a researcher at the Department of Energy's 91°µÍř, has been elected fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Hadjerioua, leader of the Water-Energy Technology group in the Environmental Sciences Divis...

Eric Pierce

Eric Pierce, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍř, has been selected by DOE for the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program.

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 31, 2019—A new electron microscopy technique that detects the subtle changes in the weight of proteins at the nanoscale—while keeping the sample intact—could open a new pathway for deeper, more comprehensive studies of the basic building blocks of life. 

NVIDIA DGX-2 systems, powerful GPU-accelerated appliances

As home to three top-ranked supercomputers of the last decade, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 91°µÍř (ORNL) has become synonymous with scientific computing at the largest scales. Getting the most out of these science machines, however, requires a w...

Jon Poplawsky of 91°µÍř combines atom probe tomography (revealed by this LEAP 4000XHR instrument) with electron microscopy to characterize the compositions, structures, and functions of materials for energy and information technolog

Jon Poplawsky, a materials scientist at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍř, develops and links advanced characterization techniques that improve our ability to see and understand atomic-scale features of diverse materials

Symposium attendees represented ORNL, the University of Arizona, Georgia Tech, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Brigham Young University.

Quantum experts from across government and academia descended on 91°µÍř on Wednesday, January 16 for the lab’s first-ever Quantum Networking Symposium. The symposium’s purpose, said organizer and ORNL senior scientist Nick Peters, was to gather quantum an...

Nuclear—Deep space travel

By automating the production of neptunium oxide-aluminum pellets, 91°µÍř scientists have eliminated a key bottleneck when producing plutonium-238 used by NASA to fuel deep space exploration.