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ORNL has developed a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core prototype, with the ultimate goal of creating an advanced, full-sized, 3D-printed reactor with integrated sensors and controls from fewer components by 2023.
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Back in 2016, ORNL developed a 20-kW wireless charger for electric vehicles with a reported 90 percent efficiency. That was for passenger vehicles, and now a system for a medium duty, plug-in hybrid delivery truck has been successfully tested.
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To help power American's deep space probes, The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has automated key steps in the process to make plutonium-238 (PU-238) nuclear fuel for radiothermal generators (RTG).
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The the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has unveiled a machine capable of handling a staggering 200,000 trillion calculations per second (200 petaflops).
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Carbon capture technology typically takes the form of sponge-like materials that are used to trap excess CO2 at the places it is released. Now, scientists have created a means of drawing it right out of the ambient air – and the technology involves using a liquid to turn the CO2 gas into crystals.
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A new trim-and-drill tool, developed and 3D printed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been certified by Guinness World Records as the largest solid 3D printed item.
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A research team from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a laser process that could make joining carbon fiber composites and aluminum less expensive with more robust joints as a result. The process promises cheaper high-end products for lightweighting in automotive manufacture.
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A team at Oak Ridge Laboratories believes it has come close to creating a wireless car charging system efficient enough to broaden the appeal of electric vehicles.
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In an effort to avert an outer space energy crisis, the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has restarted production of plutonium-238 (PU-238) after almost 30 years.
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Researchers have developed a process to create a virtually perfect monolayer of "white graphene," making a dream team pairing of graphene and white graphene substrate for use in next generation electronic devices a possibility.
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Phosphors are essential to fluorescent lighting, and thus office parks the world over, but their use of rare-earth elements makes them less than ideal. Now new types of phosphors have been developed that use substantially less rare-earth elements than current phosphors found in fluorescent bulbs.
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A research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Department of Energy has created a new model for how we can connect the way we power our homes and vehicles.