Science and Technology
Thom Mason Laboratory Director | |
Up on Chestnut Ridge, the nation's first Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences has opened, next to Spallation Neutron Source, which sets a record every time the beam power is increased up to its eventual 1.4 megawatts.
Meanwhile, we have partnered with the state of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee on the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences and the Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, both of which have attracted major new programs. As modern facilities make possible cutting-edge research, ORNL is witnessing a refocusing of the Laboratory's mission for the next generation of great science.