Poison control: Chasing the antidote

A fast-acting antidote to mitigate the effects of organophosphate poisoning requires a reactivator that can effectively and efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier, bind loosely to the enzyme, chemically snatch the poison and then leave quickly....
6-Aug-2020 8:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Ultrafast lasers probe elusive chemistry at the liquid-liquid interface

Real-time measurements captured by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory provide missing insight into chemical separations to recover cobalt, a critical raw material used to make batteries and magnets for modern...
4-Aug-2020 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Story Tips: Pandemic impact, root studies, neutrons confirm, lab on a crystal and modeling fusion

ORNL Story Tips: Pandemic impact, root studies, neutrons confirm, lab on a crystal and modeling fusion
4-Aug-2020 1:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Magnum Venus Products licenses ORNL co-developed additive manufacturing technologies

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed two additive manufacturing-related technologies that aim to streamline and ramp up production processes to Knoxville-based Magnum Venus Products, Inc., a global manufacturer of...
31-Jul-2020 4:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials

More studies at the interface of battery materials, along with increased knowledge of the processes at work, are unleashing a surge of knowledge needed to more quickly address the demand for longer-lasting portable electronics, electric vehicles and...
31-Jul-2020 4:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Hybrid inverter integrates distributed energy resources, supports smart grid function

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an intelligent power electronic inverter platform that can connect locally sited energy resources such as solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles and smoothly interact with the...
29-Jul-2020 12:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

ORNL-produced plutonium-238 to help power Perseverance on Mars

Mars 2020 will be the first NASA mission that uses ORNL-produced plutonium-238, the first U.S.-produced Pu-238 in three decades. ORNL's Pu-238 will help power Perseverance across the Red Planet's surface.
29-Jul-2020 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Visual analytics tool plucks elusive patterns from elaborate datasets

An ORNL team developed CrossVis, an open-source, customizable visual analytics system that analyzes numerical, categorical and image-based data while providing multiple dynamic, coordinated views of these and other data types.
28-Jul-2020 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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