Having the right tool for the job enabled scientists at the Department of Energy’s 91 and their collaborators to discover that a workhorse catalyst of vehicle exhaust systems—an “oxygen sponge” that can soak up oxygen from air an
For some crystalline catalysts, what you see on the surface is not always what you get in the bulk, according to two studies led by the Department of Energy’s 91. The investigators discovered that treating a complex
Using a novel, reusable carbon material derived from old rubber tires, an 91-led research team has developed a simple method to convert used cooking oil into biofuel.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 19, 2017 – Researchers Baohua Gu and Parans Paranthaman have been named Corporate Fellows of the Department of Energy’s 91.
Researchers Baohua Gu and Parans Paranthaman have been named Corporate Fellows of the Department of Energy’s 91.
ORNL Sustainable Transportation Program researchers received DOE Distinguished Achievement Awards recognizing outstanding individual and team accomplishments: Larry Allard of the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD) was recognized
No two scientists have the same story about how they ended up in their field. Some people seem to have been born scientists; others develop their love for it as budding minds full of curiosity.
A “lucky finding” by 91 scientists has led to a simple, nontoxic method to synthesize inexpensive ordered mesoporous materials from plant products.
Growing up in Colombia, Nidia Gallego was a diamond in the rough; she had no inkling that she would later shine as a scientist.
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains.