Recent News & Highlights

Uppsala University researcher Marvin Seibert is using neutrons to study RuBisCO, an abundant enzyme essential to life on earth. His team hopes to determine how plants and other organisms use RuBisCO to catalyze a reaction called carbon fixation that converts carbon dioxide into useful organic compounds. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)
Spinach Used in Neutron Studies Could Unearth Secret to Stronger Plant Growth
April 18, 2018
Marc Janoschek, left, and David Fobes discuss features of quantum materials. (Image Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Self-Assembling, tunable interfaces found in quantum materials
March 26, 2018
Biochemistry Ph.D. student Gabriela Schroder works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (Photo by Genevieve Martin)
Student Spotlight: “I Enjoy the Challenge of Solving Problems”
March 21, 2018
A newly discovered material called BiMn3Cr4O12, represented by the crystal structure, exhibits a rare combination of magnetic and electrical properties. The arrows illustrate the spin moments for the elements chromium (Cr) in yellow and manganese (Mn) in blue. Studying this material’s behavior could lead to improved applications in technology and information storage. (Image credit: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Youwen Long)
Neutrons Help Demystify Multiferroic Materials
March 19, 2018
Notre Dame Professor Peter Kilpatrick making adjustments to the EQ-SANS sample loader in preparation for neutron investigation. (ORNL/Genevieve Martin)
Neutrons Provide New Polish for Petroleum Processing and More
March 5, 2018
Shown as green spheres, microcapsules containing the polymer manganoporphyrin, a newly developed antioxidant (green), the natural antioxidant tannic acid (yellow), and a binding material (blue), can be analyzed for stability and efficiency with neutrons. Measuring the thickness of the capsule shells in the presence of oxidants could help researchers adapt this polymer for a host of biomedical applications. (Image credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman)
Neutrons Reveal Promising Properties of Novel Antioxidant Polymer
February 26, 2018

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