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10-Jul-2024

Banana fiber provides ’a-peeling’ fodder for undergraduate research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Participants in the SM2ART Research Experience for Undergraduates program got the chance to see what life is like in a research setting. REU participant Brianna Greer studied banana fibers as a reinforcing material in making lightweight parts for cars and bicycles.

1-Jul-2024

Scientists probe chilling behavior of promising solid-state cooling material

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an emerging technology called solid-state cooling.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy