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Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 For more than seven decades, ORNL scientists have been answering the call to solve some of America's toughest challenges.

ORNL researchers used quantum simulations to gain new insights into neutrinos and their role in star explosions. This breakthrough, leveraging advanced #quantum computing, helps us better understand these elusive particles. ✨ https://bit.ly/3zfioPG

ORNL researchers used the Frontier #supercomputer to reveal that plasma rotation in tokamaks can increase turbulence, impacting #fusion energy confinement. These findings could optimize future tokamak designs like ITER Organization. #FusionEnergy

ORNL researchers developed free data sets to estimate future #energy use of any U.S. building by 2100, aiding planners as the climate changes. This tool, using historical and future weather data, helps power companies, cities and architects create #sustainable solutions.

A team of ORNL experts used #supercomputing to reveal how chemical species form in reactive molten salts. Insights will advance molten salt-based #energy applications like high-temp #batteries, #solarpower plants and nuclear reactors.

📣 In this month's Big Science hashtag #newsletter: ⚡ Record-setting wireless charging for #EVs ⚛ Boosting #nuclear reactor safety 🌿 Using #AI for plant science

ORNL researchers are enhancing #nuclear reactor safety with advanced gallium nitride #semiconductors. This breakthrough supports safer, more efficient nuclear #energy, paving the way for future microreactors.

Roane State Community College and ORNL announced a new partnership aimed at building a strong #workforce and providing educational opportunities for #students interested in #careers in project management and project controls.

Leadership Tennessee, a collective with a mission to foster nonpartisan dialogue on issues of state importance, has named ORNL's Clarice Phelps to its 2024–2025 Signature Program Class XI. 👏