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Editorial:
David J. Hill, Associate Lab Director, Energy and Engineering
Sciences
The widespread concern over the role of carbon dioxide in global warming has led to
a growing realization that nuclear energy is the only commercially
available, carbon-free form of large-scale energy production. More...
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Nuclear
Power And Hydrogen Production
Fabricating Fuels
ORNL is improving the process of producing reliable coated-particle
fuels for advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactors that will provide electricity
and hydrogen. More... |
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Future
Reactor Materials
Can the Next Generation Take The Heat?
ORNL is the U.S. leader in developing materials for 21st century, high-temperature
nuclear plants that will produce power and hydrogen. More...
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Future
Reactor Materials
A Revolutionary Reactor Concept
ORNL proposes a brand new nuclear reactor concept for economically producing hydrogen. More...
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Uranium
Enrichment
Coming Full Circle
The resurrection of gas centrifuge technology for uranium enrichment—a
dream come true for many Oak Ridge researchers—has brought
the largest CRADA ever to ORNL. More... |
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Nuclear
Waste
Recovering Fuel From Waste
The nation's permanent nuclear waste repository could be used more efficiently than
currently planned, according to ORNL's Emory Collins. More... |
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Nuclear
Safety
Staying In The Comfort Zone
ORNL has provided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with valuable scientific
data and computer codes to help the agency decide whether individual nuclear
power plants can continue to operate safely. More... |
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Nuclear
Fuel
Getting Credit
With burn-up credit, nuclear fuel casks designed for truck shipment can carry
twice as much spent fuel, and casks designed for rail shipment can carry up
to one-third more spent fuel. More... |
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Reactor
Power In Space
Shooting For The Moons
ORNL has lead roles in a new NASA program to build a nuclear reactor
power system that will enable future missions to our solar system's
outer planets. More... |
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Reactor
Power In Space
Ahead Of Their Time
ORNL won a NASA research grant to develop a liquid-metal Rankine
power conversion system concept for use in space. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
New Horizons In Science
Briefing
The "Groundbreaking Science" articles in this issue describe the groundbreaking
research presented by local speakers
at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's
four-day New Horizons in Science Briefing. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Carrying Your
Weight
In pursuit of a super-strength suit, ORNL's François Pin helped
identify an energy source and devise a wearable exoskeleton "foot" interface
to amplify the wearer's physical strength. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Defining The "Machines
Of Life"
New, automated analytical and computational approaches and tools are
needed to rapidly identify and characterize protein complexes.
Michelle Buchanan and others have made ORNL a leader in "genomes to
life" research involving characterization and imaging of these
molecular machines. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Nanofluidics And The Artificial Cell
ORNL's Mike Ramsey, a pioneer of the "lab on a chip," has moved
from microfluidics to nanofluidics in pursuit of an artificial cell
for rapidly sensing chemicals and sequencing DNA. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Imitating Nature
Nanobioscientists like Mike Simpson aim to harness or imitate the complex abilities
of bacteria and other single cells to make implantable sensors
and actuating devices. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Tiny Detectors
The microcantilever sensor invented by Thomas Thundat is the heart
of numerous emerging physical, chemical, and biological sensors, including
a compact airport explosives detector and a more sensitive detector of
early-stage prostate cancer. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
A Neutron Microscope
New knowledge and novel materials and products will arise from cutting-edge
research at DOE's Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL, according to Thom
Mason, SNS Project leader. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Neutron Clues
The Spallation Neutron Source's fundamental neutron physics program,
led by Geoff Greene, will be part of a large, exciting research
enterprise that addresses important questions about the cosmos. More...
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Groundbreaking
Science
Uncovering The Evidence
ORNL's Arpad Vass found that a dead body lying on the surface or
in a shallow grave emits more than 400 different chemical vapors, some
of which attract cadaver dogs. More...
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Groundbreaking Science
Bone Diaries
As UT's Richard Jantz reads skeletons, he finds that modern
Americans exert less effort and eat more nutrients than their ancestors. More...
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Groundbreaking Science
From Exotic To
Extinct
UT's Daniel Simberloff studies the effects of exotic plants and animals
that destroy native species. More...
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Groundbreaking Science
Protein Folding Gone Awry
UT's Ron Wetzel seeks to develop molecules that can block the formation of amyloid fibrils
common to several deadly diseases. More...
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Groundbreaking Science
Unfolding The Answers
Experiments with mice by UT's Alan Solomon and colleagues showed that a monoclonal
antibody could be made to remove amyloid fibrils. More...
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PROFILE:
Jeff Wadsworth, ORNL Director
New Director, New
Directions
"Nano-bio-info: Built upon a foundation of scientific and operational excellence." That
could be the title of the message ORNL Director Jeff Wadsworth frequently
delivers in his speeches to the public. More...
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Research Horizons
Cyber Science
Through a high-speed national network connecting ORNL's neutron science facilities with supercomputers and data storage centers,
valuable data will be rapidly accessed. More...
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Research Horizons
Modernizing The Grid
ORNL researchers evaluate ways to make the U.S. electric system more reliable
and less likely to experience a large blackout. More...
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Research Horizons
ORNL's Impact On Big Bang Research
Several ORNL physicists have played key roles in the search for one of
the early universe's signature ingredients. Internal "seed-money" funding,
the forerunner of today's Laboratory Directed Research and Development
Program, allowed this ORNL physics program to flourish. More...
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