Editorial:
Extreme Science
Today policymakers ask for assurance that containers storing spent nuclear fuel can resist corrosion for thousands of years. An automotive industry demands new materials that are lighter and stronger but at the same time cheaper than steel or aluminum. Meanwhile, scientists must respond to the growing demand for electricity with rapidly accelerated efforts to harness the sun's energy for generating electricity for transportation, industrial and residential applications while addressing concurrent challenges in electrical storage and grid infrastructure. More...

News & Notes

Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee proposed a new five-year Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence during his May 9, 2008, visit to ORNL. More...

University of Tennessee Lands NSF Supercomputer
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen helped mark the official launch of the latest supercomputing project at ORNL. More...

Global Venture Challenge Marks Second-year Success
An event combining a venture capital forum and a business competition for university students attracted participants worldwide who shared business ideas to help solve global energy problems. More...

SNS in Guinness Book of World Records
The SNS at ORNL has been officially confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most powerful pulsed neutron spallation source. More...

Featured Research

Miraculous Coatings
Novel surface treatments are greatly increasing the durability of industrial tools. More...

Under the Bright Lights
In Oak Ridge, researchers have the capability to produce and control intense lighting in the lab coming from the world's most powerful plasma arc-based lamp. More...

Under Extreme Pressure
Achieving the pressure at Earth's core-mantle boundary is now plausible. More...

Extremely Strong
Scientists seek to recreate the strength of diamonds in artificial materials. More...

Maximum Strength
Studying the theoretical strength of materials takes researchers down a new path. More...

Extremely Waterproof
Making some of the world's most water-repellent surfaces has become an ORNL niche. More...

Molecules in Jail
Confining catalysts in a particle's nanopores changes their behavior. More...

Extreme Imaging
Frontier methods reveal the workings of nanocatalysts. More...

Defying Traditional Behavior
Understanding how electrons behave may lead to room-temperature superconductors. More...

Where It All Began
Researchers seek answers to universal questions. More...

The Universe Is Us
The "Multidimensional Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae" project was awarded 16 million processor hours in 2008. More...

Extreme Light Sources
Atomic physicists are using laser pulses to create conditions found in stars and planets. More...

Predictions at the Extreme
Researchers seek to predict chemical reactions over thousands of years. More...

A CLOSER LOOK

Michelle Buchanan
From being the first woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin with a doctorate in analytical chemistry to serving as the first female associate lab director at ORNL, Michelle Buchanan has surpassed her own early career aspirations and helped pave the way for the growing number of women who follow in her footsteps. More...

RESEARCH HORIZONS

Feeling the Heat
Two interacting proteins move differently as they heat up. More...

The Next Small Thing
A problem found in one lab is solved in another. More...

AWARDS

...And the Winners Are...
Accomplishments of Distinction at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More...

WEB ONLY FEATURES

Reference Desk:
View videos, guides, and papers associated with the various research projects mentioned in this issue of the ORNL Review. More...

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