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Trucks deliver concrete to the VENUS instrument construction site at the Spallation Neutron Source. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL

VENUS neutron imaging beamline is taking shape

pearcejw@ornl.gov Thu, 01/27/2022 - 15:51

Cement trucks entering and exiting the Spallation Neutron Source are a common sight as construction of the VENUS neutron imaging beamline progresses. Slated for completion and commissioning in 2024-2025, VENUS is the twentieth neutron instrument at SNS and will offer many new capabilities.

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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks at the Secretary's Honor Awards Ceremony, which was presented virtually. Credit: Jaimee Janiga/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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Secretary’s Honor Awards recognize dozens of ORNL employees

dunlapkk@ornl.gov Thu, 01/27/2022 - 14:10

More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system. The annual awards recognized 21 teams and three individuals for service and contributions to DOE’s mission and to the benefit of the nation.

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QIS investments position ORNL to lead the quantum revolution

pearcejw@ornl.gov Wed, 01/26/2022 - 16:00

A rapidly emerging consensus in the scientific community predicts the future will be defined by humanity’s ability to exploit the laws of quantum mechanics.

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Three ORNL scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS fellows

dunlapkk@ornl.gov Wed, 01/26/2022 - 08:35

Three ORNL scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

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<p>Megan with her now-husband John on the day she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with her Ph.D. While there, she worked in the technology transfer office and gained a greater appreciation for how technologies make their way through the lab and get licensed to industry. Credit: Megan Sperry</p>

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Megan Sperry on Developing Therapeutics for Traumatic Injuries

The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as scientists, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. In the months and years after Megan Sperry developed stress fractures in her back from competitive figure skating, she found that the pain she felt…

An ORNL-led team studied the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the trimer state, shown here, to pinpoint structural transitions that could be disrupted to destabilize the protein and negate its harmful effects. Credit: Debsindhu Bhowmik/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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Supercomputing exposes potential pathways for inhibiting COVID-19

pearcejw@ornl.gov Tue, 01/25/2022 - 09:00

To explore the inner workings of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, researchers from ORNL developed a novel technique.

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Wyss Lumineers Class of 2021 Announced

By Lindsay Brownell (BOSTON) — When the big mirrored ball dropped on Times Square to signal the start of 2021, nobody knew what the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic had in store. Despite the whirlwind of a winter case surge, the rollout of vaccines, a summer surge, and the delta and omicron variants, a…

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Wyss Lumineers Class of 2021 Announced

By Lindsay Brownell (BOSTON) — When the big mirrored ball dropped on Times Square to signal the start of 2021, nobody knew what the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic had in store. Despite the whirlwind of a winter case surge, the rollout of vaccines, a summer surge, and the delta and omicron variants, a…

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Secretary’s Award honors ORNL’s role in Mars 2020 mission

Polymer upcycling of common plastic adds toughness, recyclability to structural adhesives

pearcejw@ornl.gov Thu, 01/20/2022 - 09:00

Researchers at ORNL used polymer chemistry to transform a common household plastic into a reusable adhesive with a rare combination of strength and ductility, making it one of the toughest materials ever reported.