Hotstick USA Exclusively Licenses ORNL Direct-Current Detector for Emergency Responder Safety

North Carolina-based Hotstick USA has exclusively licensed a direct-current detector technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help emergency responders safely detect high voltages.
21-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically through a vibrating crystal lattice—a discovery that may...
17-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

ORNL Facility Receives American Nuclear Society’s Historic Landmark Designation

The American Nuclear Society has designated the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory an ANS Nuclear Historic Landmark, recognizing more than 50 years of isotope production and...
16-May-2018 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Made in the USA: Department of Energy Labs Help Advance Technology to Ensure Supply of Key Medical Isotopes

“Made in the USA.” That can now be said of the radioactive isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), last made in the United States in the late 1980s. Its short-lived decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is the most widely used radioisotope in medical...
14-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Taking the Stress out of Residual Stress Mapping

Researchers from the University of Virginia are using neutrons to explore fundamental work in residual stress mapping that promises more precise science down the road for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and similar facilities around the world. The UVA...
10-May-2018 2:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Whistler Waves Appear to Scatter Runaway Electrons in Fusion Plasmas

When whistler waves are present in a fusion plasma, runaway electrons pay attention. A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the first to directly observe the elusive waves inside a highly energized...
9-May-2018 3:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

PSI Researchers Seek Existence of Exotic Quantum Spin Ice

Researchers from the Paul Sherrer Institute are studying a fascinating sample using neutrons at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source. Their goal is to create an observable case of quantum spin ice, a bizarre magnetic state found in a special class of...
2-May-2018 11:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Novel Reaction Could Spark Alternate Approach to Ammonia Production

The search for a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly method of ammonia production for fertilizer has led to the discovery of a new type of catalytic reaction.
2-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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