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6-Aug-2020
Poison control: Chasing the antidote
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A fast-acting antidote to mitigate the effects of organophosphate poisoning requires a reactivator that can effectively and efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier, bind loosely to the enzyme, chemically snatch the poison and then leave quickly. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using neutron diffraction data towards improving a novel reactivator design.
4-Aug-2020
Magnum Venus products licenses ORNL co-developed additive manufacturing technologies
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed two additive manufacturing-related technologies that aim to streamline and ramp up production processes to Knoxville-based Magnum Venus Products, Inc., a global manufacturer of fluid movement and product solutions for industrial applications in composites and adhesives.
31-Jul-2020
Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
More studies at the interface of battery materials, along with increased knowledge of the processes at work, are unleashing a surge of knowledge needed to more quickly address the demand for longer-lasting portable electronics, electric vehicles and stationary energy storage for the electric grid.
30-Jul-2020
Visual analytics tool plucks elusive patterns from elaborate datasets
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
An ORNL team developed CrossVis, an open-source, customizable visual analytics system that analyzes numerical, categorical and image-based data while providing multiple dynamic, coordinated views of these and other data types.
13-Jul-2020
Colleen Iversen on belowground ecology
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
After working on a climate change experiment that showed plants adapt to additional carbon dioxide by putting extra carbon into their roots, Colleen Iverson has been on a mission to understand the role of roots in the environment, especially the tundra.
13-Jul-2020
Athena Safa Sefat: Then and now
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Athena Safa Sefat is a Senior Research Scientist and a former Wigner Fellow in the Materials Science & Technology Division of the Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2-Jul-2020
Summit helps predict molecular breakups
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A team led by Shiwei Zhang at the Flatiron Institute and the College of William & Mary recently used the Summit supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility to simulate transition metal systems--such as copper bound to molecules of nitrogen, dihydrogen, or water--and correctly predicted the amount of energy required to break apart dozens of molecular systems, paving the way for a greater understanding of these materials.
2-Jul-2020
West Virginia researchers use neutrons to study materials for power plant improvements
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers from West Virginia University are using neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study novel materials called high entropy oxides, or HEOs. Their goal is to collect insights into how the atoms in the HEOs bind together and whether the materials can be used to develop useful applications to improve power plant operations.