Nanofibers yield stronger, tougher carbon fiber composites
The 21st Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Oct. 23-26 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton West in Knoxville, attracted 109 researchers, including some from Austria and the Czech Republic. Besides attending many technical sessions, they had the opportunity to tour the Graphite Reactor, High Flux Isotope Reactor and both supercomputers at ORNL.
âThree-Dimensional Breast Cancer Spheroidsâ submitted by radiotherapeutics researcher Debjani Pal is stunning. Brilliant blue dots pop from an electric sphere threaded with bright colors: greens, aqua, hot pink and red.
Michael McGuireâs recognition as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's top scientist headlined the annual awards. ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer also presented Directorâs Awards to two teams, for operational performance and continuous improvement, and to the nightâs science communicator awardee
Raina Setzer knows the work she does matters. Thatâs because sheâs already seen it from the other side. Setzer, a radiochemical processing technician in Oak Ridge National Laboratoryâs Isotope Processing and Manufacturing Division, joined the lab in June 2023.
In response to a renewed international interest in molten salt reactors, researchers from the Department of Energyâs Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a novel technique to visualize molten salt intrusion in graphite.
It was reading about current nuclear discoveries in textbooks that first made Ken Engle want to work at a national lab. It was seeing the real-world impact of the isotopes produced at ORNL
Mirko Musa spent his childhood zigzagging his bike along the Po River. The Po, Italyâs longest river, cuts through a lush valley of grain and vegetable fields, which look like a green and gold ocean spreading out from the riverâs banks.
Eric Myers of ORNL has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, effective June 21.
ORNLâs electromagnetic isotope separator, or EMIS, made history in 2018 when it produced 500 milligrams of the rare isotope ruthenium-96, unavailable anywhere else in the world.
Growing up in suburban Upper East Tennessee, Layla Marshall didnât see a lot of STEM opportunities for children.
âI like encouraging young people to get involved in the kinds of things Iâve been doing in my career,â said Marshall. âI like seeing the students achieve their goals. Itâs fun to watch them get excited about learning new things and teaching the robot to do things that they didnât know it could do until they tried it.â
Marshall herself has a passion for learning new things.