Frequency regulation is an increasingly important task in the presence of intermittent renewable generation and growing loads in the distribution energy systems. Some of the frequency regulation can ...

An observation tower overlooks a Panama rainforest where scientists from ORNL and other partners are working on the DOE Next ...

The 𝛽 decay of 24O was investigated at NSCL/MSU using a combination of neutron and 𝛾-ray spectroscopy. For the first time, the 𝛽-delayed neutron energy spectrum of 24O was measured, revealing three ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 16662 to 16671 ...

Current human population growth along Earth’s coasts is on a collision path with anticipated consequences of increasing natural and anthropogenic induced coastal hazards. Using recently-available ...

Biochemist David Baker — just announced as a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry — turned to the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for information he couldn’t ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Valentino Cooper, Howard Wilson and Jiaqiang Yan have ...

Combining two techniques, analytical chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory became the first to detect fluorine and different isotopes of uranium in a single particle at ...

Neutron scattering has revealed the presence of quantum spin liquid (QSL) features in an S = 1/2 triangular lattice antiferromagnet (TLAF) and demonstrated its resilience to magnetic anisotropy. This ...

Radiological materials are essential parts of medical treatments, research, food sterilization, agriculture and many other areas. Thousands of radiological material shipments move across the United ...

A new technology to continuously place individual atoms exactly where they are needed could lead to new materials for devices that address critical needs for the field of quantum computing and ...

In just two neutron experiments, scientists discovered remarkable details about the function of an enzyme that can aid drug design for aggressive cancers. The scientists, working at the Department of ...