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The technology can help researchers detect and track changes in RNA and gene expression in real time, providing a powerful tool for the development of hardier bioenergy and food crops and for detection of unwanted plant modifications, pathogens and pests.  </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="group photo standing over a reactor.jpg"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-04/group%20photo%20standing%20over%20a%20reactor.jpg?h=8caed45b&itok=kCr3CQNj" width="360" height="270" alt="Four researchers are standing next to a research rector that is glowing blue " /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/novel-nuclear-rocket-fuel-test-could-accelerate-nasas-mars-mission-0" hreflang="en">Novel nuclear rocket fuel test could accelerate NASA’s Mars mission</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-04-02T12:00:00Z">April 2, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>A team from ORNL, joined by university students, recently traveled to the Ohio State University Research Reactor to conduct a novel experiment on nuclear thermal rocket fuel coatings — one that could help propel NASA’s astronauts to Mars faster and more efficiently. </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="Naturewalkhawk.jpg"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-04/Naturewalkhawk.jpg?h=55be468c&itok=p-tBqdhF" width="360" height="270" alt="Vincent Pontello of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency displays a Harris’s hawk during a nature walk at the Oak Ridge Reservation. " /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/oak-ridge-reservation-nature-walks-announced-0" hreflang="en">Oak Ridge Reservation nature walks announced</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-04-02T12:00:00Z">April 2, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Organized by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, six guided nature walks, which are open to the public, will take place at various locations across the Oak Ridge Reservation from April through June. </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="Troy Carter cropped.JPG"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-04/Troy%20Carter%20cropped_0.JPG?h=fc8b59d3&itok=7S9_QSNJ" width="360" height="270" alt="Troy Carter is standing on the staircase with a mural in the background showing the summit supercmputer" /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/troy-carter-all-hands-deck-make-fusion-reality" hreflang="en">Troy Carter: ‘All hands on deck’ to make fusion a reality</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-04-01T12:00:00Z">April 1, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Troy Carter, director of the Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leads efforts to make fusion energy a reality, overseeing key projects like MPEX and fostering public-private collaborations in fusion research. </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="AAASFellows.jpg"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-04/AAASFellows.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=ui4tleQp" width="360" height="270" alt="Graphic with the words "AAAS" in bold with a curvy "Fellows" below it with a green background" /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/aaas-elects-five-ornl-scientists-fellows" hreflang="en">AAAS elects five ORNL scientists as fellows</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-03-31T12:00:00Z">March 31, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Five scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Ho Nyung Lee, David Graham, Andrew Sutton, Roger Rousseau and Troy Carter — have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="Weston.JPG"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-03/Weston.JPG?h=354d06d5&itok=eNNqFvAm" width="360" height="270" alt="Researcher is sitting in bio lab surrounded with plants" /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/dave-weston-fast-tracking-plant-resilience-research-appl-lab" hreflang="en">Dave Weston: Fast-tracking plant resilience research in the APPL lab</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">March 27, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Dave Weston studies how microorganisms influence plant health and stress tolerance, using the Advanced Plant Phenotyping Laboratory to accelerate research on plant-microbe interactions and develop resilient crops for advanced fuels, chemicals and materials.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="2022-P00867.jpg"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-03/2022-P00867.jpg?h=560fc75e&itok=V9sKgHdV" width="360" height="270" alt="Wall of black computer chords with blue wiring" /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/supercomputing-memory-management-tool-makes-data-storage-more-efficient" hreflang="en">Supercomputing memory management tool makes data storage more efficient</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-03-26T12:00:00Z">March 26, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Researchers from ORNL have developed a new application to increase efficiency in memory systems for high performance computing. Rather than allow data to bog down traditional memory systems in supercomputers and impact performance, the team from ORNL, along with researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, created a framework to manage data more efficiently with memory systems that employ more complex structures. </p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="Butanol molecules trigger.JPG"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-03/Butanol%20molecules%20trigger.JPG?h=bf15b230&itok=98KEvtWx" width="360" height="270" alt="A deep look inside a cell membrane showing the production of materials from plant biomass, shown with shapes that consist of four green balls connected with a red ball on one end, dotted with smaller white balls on each surface. 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The discovery could pave the way for more efficient production of domestic fuels, chemicals and materials.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div><div class="list-item-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-thumbnail-wrapper"> <article aria-label="Hines in the NSSAS group.jpg"> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2025-03/Hines%20in%20the%20NSSAS%20group.jpg?h=8305a039&itok=Xtjqi5kK" width="360" height="270" alt="Jairus Hines standing in the lab with a drone on the wall behind him" /> </div> </article> </div> <div class="list-item-text-wrapper"> <div class="list-item-container news"> <div class="list-item-title"><h2><a href="/news/jairus-hines-detecting-radiation-drones" hreflang="en">Jairus Hines: Detecting radiation with drones</a></h2></div> <div class="list-item-date"><time datetime="2025-03-25T12:00:00Z">March 25, 2025</time> </div> <div class="list-item-desc"><p>Jairus Hines, an electronics and unmanned systems technician at ORNL, works with airborne, waterborne and ground-based drones. 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