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X-RAY INNOVATION A team of researchers at Arizona State University, Tempe, launched a new compact x-ray light source (CXLS), which will enable scientists to see deeper into matter and living [...]

Researchers at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., are using first principles and serious computing capability to model magnetic, ferroelectric, and alloy materials at the atomic level. The [...]

Nuclear physicists exploring the extreme limits of nuclear stability are discovering exotic phenomena not manifest in relatively stable nuclei. For example, a substantial number of neutron-deficient isotopes decay from their [...]

Scientists at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., developed a new approach to join carbon fiber composites and aluminum for use in lightweight cars and other multimaterial high-end products. [...]

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., observed for the first time at the nanoscale and in a liquid environment how ions move and diffuse between layers of a [...]

NASA uses thermoelectric materials to power its space probes by imbedding a nuclear material in a radioisotope thermal generator, where it decays, producing heat energy. The energy is converted by [...]

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., highlighted its additive manufacturing research at the 2015 North American International Auto Show held in January in Detroit by showcasing [...]

Solar cells, light emitting diodes, displays, and other electronic devices could get a bump in performance due to a discovery at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., that establishes new [...]

Neutron scattering experiments conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., are helping solar cell makers obtain the hard data they need to refine their materials and manufacturing processes. One option [...]

A team led by the Department of Energy lab's Chemical Sciences Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., found that titanium dioxide creates a desirable material that increases surface [...]

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (Tenn.) Materials S&T Division made significant progress toward a new metal processing technique, called friction-stir extrusion, which could represent a major advance in converting [...]

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Tenn., used a method called electrochemical strain microscopy to take an unprecedented look at the kinetics of a lithium-ion [...]

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., developed a biohybrid photoconversion system based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers that can convert [...]

Microscopy performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., is providing an unprecedented perspective on how lithium-ion batteries function. A research team developed a new type of [...]

Mimicking the human nervous system for bionic applications could become a reality with the help of a new method developed at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), Oak Ridge [...]

Researchers at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have produced the first images that distinguish individual light atoms such as boron, carbon, nitrogen, and [...]