Un-Earthly Cold: Scientists Create Exotic “Outer Space” Ice
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully created amorphous ice, similar to ice in interstellar space and on icy worlds…
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Scientists Create Exotic “Outer Space” Ice – Unlike Any on Earth
The search for life beyond Earth typically focuses on first looking for water, the basis for life as we know it. Whether the water is…
Supercomputing Tapped to Study Exotic Matter in Stars
A team at Stony Brook University used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to model x-ray burst flames spreading across the surface of dense neutron stars. At the…
Hidden Quantum Fluctuations Discovered: Solving 40-Year Puzzle Behind Iron-Iodide’s Mysterious Magnetism
Advanced materials with more novel properties are almost always developed by adding more elements to the list of ingredients. But quantum research suggests some simpler…
Automated Chemistry Combines Chemical Robotics and AI to Accelerate Pace for Advancing Solar Energy Technologies
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are automating the search for new materials to advance solar…
Supercomputers Aid Scientists Studying Quarks, the Smallest Particles in the Universe
Since the 1930s, scientists have been using particle accelerators to gain insights into the structure of matter and the laws of physics that govern our…
Free 2021 Fuel Economy Guide: Tips to Improve a Vehicle’s Fuel Performance
Fuel economy can take a tumble when temperatures plummet, according to the Department of Energy’s 2021 Fuel Economy Guide (PDF). Compiled by researchers at Oak…
Particle Physicists Solve Problem That’s Been “Haunting Them” for More Than 20 Years
A high-intensity accelerator beam is formed of trillions of particles that race at lightning speeds down a system of powerful magnets and high-energy superconductors. Calculating…
Quantum Building Blocks to Produce Exotic Electronic and Magnetic Properties
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists demonstrated that an electron microscope can be used to selectively remove carbon atoms from graphene’s atomically thin lattice and stitch…
Righting a Wrong, Nuclear Physicists Improve Precision of Neutrino Research
Led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a new study clears up a discrepancy regarding the biggest contributor of unwanted background signals…
MIT Uses Neutrons in Drive to Improve Energy Storage in Supercapacitors
Batteries contain chemicals that store and release electrical energy at relatively slow rates compared to capacitors, which are often used in applications requiring power to…
Specially Designed Metal-Organic Framework for Safer, Cheaper Natural Gas Storage
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is one of the most abundant organic compounds on Earth. Like other fossil fuels, it can be captured,…
Groundbreaking Experiment Tracks the Real-Time Transport of Individual Molecules
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, or CNMS, contributed to a groundbreaking experiment published in Science that tracks the real-time transport of…
Neutronic Engine: New Engine Capability Accelerates Advanced Vehicle Research
In the quest for advanced vehicles with higher energy efficiency and ultra-low emissions, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are accelerating a research engine that gives…
Making Plastic More Recyclable Through Chemical and Biological Processes
From soda bottles to car bumpers to piping, electronics, and packaging, plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives. Advancements in materials have made…
Potential of Hepatitis C Drugs to Treat COVID-19 by Stopping the Virus From Spreading
Experiments led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have determined that several hepatitis C drugs can inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main…
Taking to the Skies: Air Taxis Could Significantly Reduce Fuel Consumption and Traffic Congestion
If air taxis become a viable mode of transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have estimated they could reduce fuel consumption significantly while alleviating traffic…
Magnetism Does the Twist: Skyrmions 10,000 Times Thinner Than a Human Hair Could Advance High-Density Data Storage
Scientists discovered a strategy for layering dissimilar crystals with atomic precision to control the size of resulting magnetic quasi-particles called skyrmions. This approach could advance…