In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, ORNL scientists have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol. Their finding, which involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, was serendipitous.
Oak Ridge retiree Jim Ealy has recently published a mystery novel titled âThe Secret Revealed . . . A Nuclear Odyssey,â depicting a scientific terrorism attack on Oak Ridge. Jim uses Jay Elam as his pen name and the name of the principal character in the book. He uses some actual local events and lo...
Bill Strunk of ORNLâs Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate received the ORNL Directorâs Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology during the Laboratoryâs Awards Night event Nov. 18 at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Strunk was recognized for exemplary leade...
A team of scientists from ORNL and the University of Florida has developed a novel method that could yield lower-cost, higher-efficiency systems for water heating in residential buildings.
DOE is planning to invest $16 million over four years to accelerate the design of new materials through the use of supercomputers utilizing teams from ORNL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The two teams will work to develop software to design fundamentally new functional materials...
The American Physical Societyâs president-elect, Laura Greene, recognized ORNLâs Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility as an APS Historic Physics Site at the recent Nuclear Structure 2016 Conference and Neutrinos in Nuclear Physics Workshop held in Knoxville.
ORNLâs climate and energy scientists have developed a new method to pinpoint which electrical service areas will be most vulnerable as populations grow and temperatures rise. âFor the first time, we were able to apply data at a high enough resolution to be relevant,â said ORNLâs Melissa Allen, co-au...