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…
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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…
Building a Cell Membrane Defense Against COVID-19
The cell membrane is the cell’s outermost line of defense against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 disease. Cell membranes are just a few…
First Fiber-Optic Nanotip Electron Gun Enables Easier Nanoscale Imaging and Sensing
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Nebraska have developed an easier way to generate electrons for nanoscale…
How Coronavirus Can Be Stopped: 3D Atomic Map of COVID-19’s Viral Replication Mechanism
To better understand how the novel coronavirus behaves and how it can be stopped, scientists have completed a three-dimensional map that reveals the location of…
Boosting Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells by Blocking Vibrations That Remove Heat
Led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a study of a solar-energy material with a bright…
New Composite Material Revs Up Pursuit of Ultra-Efficient Electric Vehicle Motors
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new…
One-of-a-Kind Nuclear Physics Experiment Achieves Higher Precision Weak Force Measurement Between Protons, Neutrons
Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nuclear physicists have precisely measured the weak interaction between protons and neutrons….
Quantum Enhanced Atomic Force Microscopy: Squeezed Light Reduces Noise
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties…
3D-Printed Device Enhances Capture of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have designed and additively manufactured a first-of-its-kind aluminum device that enhances the capture of carbon dioxide…
Sulfur-Scavenging Bacteria Could Be Key to Biomanufacturing Common Component of Plastic
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ohio State University discovered a new microbial pathway that produces ethylene, providing a potential…