Additively manufactured components by ORNL headed for TVA nuclear reactor

ORNL has 3D printed a channel bracket to go into reactors at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant this spring, to demonstrate the viability of pre-qualified additively manufactured reactor components.
19-Oct-2020 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Process to recover metals from batteries licensed by Momentum Technologies

Momentum Technologies Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based materials science company that is focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory process for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent...
14-Oct-2020 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT's Tony Schmitz elected to ASPE College of Fellows

Tony Schmitz, joint faculty researcher in machining and machine tools at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been elected to the College of...
9-Oct-2020 11:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Story Tips: Remote population counting, slowing corrosion and turning down the heat

ORNL story tips: Remote population counting, slowing corrosion and turning down the heat
6-Oct-2020 10:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Blocking vibrations that remove heat could boost efficiency of next-gen solar cells

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 future revealed a way to slow phonons, the waves that transport heat.
5-Oct-2020 10:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Neutrons reveal behavior of cholesterol in membranes

Neutron scattering at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has shown that cholesterol stiffens simple lipid membranes, a finding that may help us better understand the functioning of human cells.
28-Sep-2020 1:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

ORNL, DOE unveil new capabilities for advanced manufacturing recycling and autonomous vehicles

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Energy officials dedicated the launch of two clean energy research initiatives that focus on the recycling and recovery of advanced manufacturing materials and on connected and autonomous vehicle...
24-Sep-2020 1:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientists achieve higher precision weak force measurement between protons, neutrons

Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nuclear physicists have precisely measured the weak interaction between protons and neutrons. The result quantifies the weak force theory as predicted by the Standard Model of...
24-Sep-2020 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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