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ORNL experts help measure new world record for fusion energy

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Diagnostics experts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory played a key role in this month's fusion milestone at the Joint European Torus (JET) by measuring what was happening inside the plasma.

Cracking under pressure: What teeth can teach us about modern materials

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory researchers are studying the rigid and resilient properties of dental enamel in hopes of using them to impact the energy and national security sectors.

Improved nuclear accident code helps policymakers assess risks from small reactors

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories recently updated the Maccs code to better aid the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the global nuclear industry in assessing the consequences of nuclear accidents. The Maccs code can also evaluate the potential health and environmental risks posed by advanced nuclear reactors and small modular nuclear reactors.

Funder: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Third annual STEM event connects students to Argonne

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

To give students from underrepresented communities the opportunity to learn and discover alongside professional scientists, Argonne offers First Look at Argonne, which connects students to undergrad programs at the Lab.

Battery research at Argonne targets a fast charging future

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The Argonne-led XCEL initiative is steadily improving lithium-ion batteries to accommodate fast charging for electric cars and trucks.

Journal: Journal of Power Sources

Adding ozone lowers the heat for biofuel combustion

DOE/US Department of Energy

Studying low temperature chemistry (LTC) aids in understanding how internal combustion engines burn fuel. Fuel ignition is a complex two-step process that affects how engines produce harmful emissions. One way to make an LTC reaction faster is to inject ozone into a system. This study examined the use of ozone injection with methyl hexanoate to broaden understanding of LTC and potentially reduce harmful emissions.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Q&A: Could magnesium be a battery future? Argonne chemist Brian Ingram weighs in

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne chemist Brian Ingram answers questions about magnesium-ion batteries.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters

Learning to improve chemical reactions with artificial intelligence

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

INL researchers working with the innovative Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) reactor system are trying to improve understanding of chemical reactions by studying the role of catalysts, which are components that can be added to a mixture of chemicals to alter the reaction process.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal

PPPL collaborations support the recent European production of historic fusion power

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A close-up look at the PPPL collaboration that helped set the stage for JET's recent record output that advances the development of safe and clean fusion power.

Complicating the opioid epidemic: the many faces of Fentanyl

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists are protecting first responders and others by expanding what’s known about fentanyl, the driver of the opioid epidemic. They’re expanding the library of known fentanyl analogs and predicting new forms that might exist someday.

Funder: U.S. Department of Homeland Security