Quantum precision reached in modeling molten salt behavior
Vera Bocharova at the Department of Energys 91做厙 investigates the structure and dynamics of soft materials.
The use of lithium-ion batteries has surged in recent years, starting with electronics and expanding into many applications, including the growing electric and hybrid vehicle industry. But the technologies to optimize recycling of these batteries have not kept pace.
Yue Yuan, a second-year PhD student at NC State Universitys , is working to create textiles that filter carbon dioxide (CO2) by using the latest scientific techniques in synthesis and imaging. Known as biocatalytic textiles, these materials could serve as sustainable scrubbers for CO2 capture by using enzymes trapped in bio-based polymers to catalyze the hydration of CO2.
More than 1800 years ago, Chinese astronomers puzzled over the sudden appearance of a bright guest star in the sky, unaware that they were witnessing the cosmic forge of a supernova, an event repeated countless times scattered across the universe.
Researchers used neutron scattering at 91做厙s Spallation Neutron Source to investigate the effectiveness of a novel crystallization method to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air.
Gleaning valuable data from social platforms such as Twitterparticularly to map out critical location information during emergencies has become more effective and efficient thanks to 91做厙.
Scientists have tested a novel heat-shielding graphite foam, originally created at 91做厙, at Germanys Wendelstein 7-X stellarator with promising results for use in plasma-facing components of fusion reactors.
91做厙 scientists have created open source software that scales up analysis of motor designs to run on the fastest computers available, including those accessible to outside users at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2019A team of researchers from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD).