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Newswise: Study reveals flaw in long-accepted approximation used in water simulations
Released: 7-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Study reveals flaw in long-accepted approximation used in water simulations
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Computational scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have published a study in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation that questions a long-accepted factor in simulating the molecular dynamics of water: the 2 femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second) time step.

Released: 6-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Quietly making noise: Measuring differential privacy could balance meaningful analytics and healthcare data security
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL researchers Vandy Tombs and Robert Bridges have developed a new method that improves on the standard method of differential privacy to allow healthcare data sharing while maintaining patient privacy.

   
Newswise: Tweaking isotopes sheds light on promising approach to engineer semiconductors
Released: 3-May-2024 1:50 PM EDT
Tweaking isotopes sheds light on promising approach to engineer semiconductors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic properties, possibly opening the way to new and advanced designs with the semiconductors.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-eco-friendly-lubricant-additives-protect-turbine-equipment-waterways
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Released: 2-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.

Newswise: Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle
Released: 1-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and six other Department of Energy national laboratories have developed a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions. The roadmap was recently published in the journal Nature Reviews Chemistry.

Newswise: At the Climate READi workshop: Resilient power systems in the context of climate change
Released: 1-May-2024 9:10 AM EDT
At the Climate READi workshop: Resilient power systems in the context of climate change
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions joined industry stakeholders in exploring solutions for power grid climate resilience at the Climate READi Southeast workshop co-hosted by EPRI and ORNL’s Water Power Program on April 10-11.

Newswise:Video Embedded better-plants-program-leads-to-carbon-reduction-cost-savings-for-us-manufacturing
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Released: 29-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Better Plants program leads to carbon reduction, cost savings for US manufacturing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Helping hundreds of manufacturing industries across the United States increase energy efficiency requires a balance of teaching and training, blended with scientific guidance and technical expertise. It’s a formula for success that researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been providing to the Department of Energy’s Better Plants program for more than a decade.

Newswise: ORNL's Curran named Fellow of SAE, ASME
Released: 26-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
ORNL's Curran named Fellow of SAE, ASME
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of SAE International and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME.

Newswise: Divining peak groundwater
Released: 26-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Divining peak groundwater
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

New research predicts peak groundwater extraction for key basins around the globe by the year 2050. The map indicates groundwater storage trends for Earth’s 37 largest aquifers using data from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory GRACE satellite.

Newswise: Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries
Released: 25-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries can be made stronger and tougher to better withstand mechanical or structural stresses over time.

Newswise: Study shows potential of super grids when hurricanes overshadow solar panels
Released: 24-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study shows potential of super grids when hurricanes overshadow solar panels
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

.Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a comprehensive modeling method to better predict the drop in electricity generation when hurricane clouds overshadow solar panels. The team explored ways to compensate for these energy losses with super grids, a collection of grids connected so electricity can flow across island chains or between continents.

Newswise: ORNL researchers win Best Paper award for nickel-based alloy tailoring
Released: 19-Apr-2024 4:40 PM EDT
ORNL researchers win Best Paper award for nickel-based alloy tailoring
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rishi Pillai and his research team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive a Best Paper award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute in June at the Turbo Expo 2024 in London.

Newswise: Auburn’s McCrary Institute, ORNL to partner on first regional cybersecurity center to protect the nation’s electricity grid
Released: 19-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Auburn’s McCrary Institute, ORNL to partner on first regional cybersecurity center to protect the nation’s electricity grid
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security was awarded a $10 million Department of Energy grant in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create a pilot regional cybersecurity research and operations center to protect the electric power grid against cyberattacks.

   
Newswise: Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS Fellows
Released: 18-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS Fellows
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Keith Kline, Rigoberto Advincula and Takeshi Egami have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Newswise: Inspection for Perfection
Released: 17-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Inspection for Perfection
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Inspection technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help deliver plasma heating to the ITER international fusion facility.

Newswise: Q&A with Erin Webb: Toward a Tennessee circular bioeconomy
Released: 16-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Q&A with Erin Webb: Toward a Tennessee circular bioeconomy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute in February selected a circular bioeconomy project as one of its newest Convergent Research Initiatives for joint research.

Newswise: Neutrons rule the roost for cage-free lithium ions
Released: 16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Neutrons rule the roost for cage-free lithium ions
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture. Findings could boost power and safety for lithium batteries.

Newswise: Three ORNL researchers receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Released: 16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Three ORNL researchers receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

SME recognizes Corson Cramer, Matthew Korey and Alex Roschli for exceptional impacts on technology advancements and manufacturing improvements.

Newswise: Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries
Released: 16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory chemists invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields and used batteries. They demonstrated that a common mineral can adsorb at least five times more lithium than can be collected using previously developed adsorbent materials.

Newswise: Sholl selected as UT-ORII executive director
Released: 11-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Sholl selected as UT-ORII executive director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, or UT-ORII, and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute’s interim leader since June 2023.



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