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ORNL brings big science to address the climate challenge

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• April 18, 2022, 2:58 p.m.

ORNL brings big science to address the climate challenge

pearcejw@ornl.gov Mon, 04/18/2022 - 10:58

Tackling the climate crisis and achieving an equitable clean energy future are among the biggest challenges of our time. 

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Nanoparticles prove effective against the yellow fever mosquito

• Ohio State University
• April 18, 2022, midnight

Before being accidentally introduced to the New World by the 16th century slave trade, the yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to Africa.

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When AI companions for lonely people seem a bit too human

• Ohio State University
• April 18, 2022, midnight

A small preliminary study suggests people may not be comfortable with AI companions that look and talk too much like real humans.

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QIS profile: Gilles Buchs

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• April 14, 2022, 4:13 p.m.

QIS profile: Gilles Buchs

rosenthalec@ornl.gov Thu, 04/14/2022 - 12:13

Gilles Buchs has spent his career working in the fields of nanoscience, photonics systems and quantum technologies in academia and industry. In his new role as a senior R&D staff member at ORNL, Gilles will contribute to establishing and leveraging a quantum edge node based on a trapped ion quantum resource to conduct research in quantum simulation and computation.

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ORNL scientists dig into role of manganese in soil carbon and climate change

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• April 13, 2022, 5:27 p.m.

ORNL scientists dig into role of manganese in soil carbon and climate change

pearcejw@ornl.gov Wed, 04/13/2022 - 13:27

ORNL biogeochemist Elizabeth Herndon is working with colleagues to investigate a piece of the puzzle that has received little attention thus far: the role of manganese in the carbon cycle.

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Team simulates collider physics on quantum computer

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• April 13, 2022, 4:15 p.m.

Team simulates collider physics on quantum computer

pearcejw@ornl.gov Wed, 04/13/2022 - 12:15

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicists Christian Bauer, Marat Freytsis and Benjamin Nachman have leveraged an IBM Q quantum computer through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Quantum Computing User Program to capture part of a calculation of two protons colliding.

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Infectious bacteria force host plants to feed them, study finds

• Ohio State University
• April 13, 2022, midnight

A species of bacteria that infect corn crops compel their hosts to produce a feast of nutrients that keeps the pathogens alive and thriving long before they start to kill the plant’s cells, new research shows.

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Newborns’ brains already organized into functional networks

• Ohio State University
• April 13, 2022, midnight

Right from birth, human brains are organized into networks that support mental functions such as vision and attention, a new study shows.

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The one word charities use that turns off donors

• Ohio State University
• April 12, 2022, midnight

People would rather spend their money on a charitable cause than simply give to it, a new study suggests. You may wonder: What’s the difference?  The answer is control.

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Protecting the human intestinal microbiome with synthetic biology

• Harvard University
• April 11, 2022, 10:58 a.m.

By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) – Many of us have experienced our gut thrown off-balance as a result of an unavoidable antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics not only kill the pathogenic bacteria causing an infection, they also indiscriminately wreak havoc on the trillions of “good” bacteria making up the human microbiota. Known as “dysbiosis,” this alteration of our…