Meet Frontier — the world's first
#exascale
computer!
At 1.1 exaflops, Frontier is also the world's fastest
#supercomputer
and can solve more than a quintillion calculations per second. 🤯
#DiscoverFrontier
➡️
The Graphite Reactor achieved criticality at 5 a.m. on Nov. 4, 1943. It was the world's first continuously operated nuclear reactor.
Take a virtual tour of this historic facility. ➡️
Scientists at ORNL have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries. A successful solid-state commercial battery system would enable
#electricvehicles
to have vastly improved driving range. 🔋
Congratulations to
@Livermore_Lab
on this historic milestone!
Want to learn more about the basics of
#fusion
? Check out this episode of The Sound of Science
#podcast
➡️
BREAKING NEWS: This is an announcement that has been decades in the making.
On December 5, 2022 a team from DOE's
@Livermore_Lab
made history by achieving fusion ignition.
This breakthrough will change the future of clean power and America’s national defense forever.
Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at ORNL, nuclear physicists have precisely measured the weak interaction between
#protons
and
#neutrons
. The result quantifies the weak force theory as predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
.
@SecretaryPerry
had quite an event-filled day at ORNL on Tuesday.
✅ Announced the Frontier
#supercomputer
contract
✅ Kicked off
#InnovationXLab
✅ Broke ground on a new $95 million research facility
✅ Visited the aquatics ecology lab
✅ Drove the
#3Dprinted
Shelby Cobra
Take a step back in time and tour the X-10 Graphite Reactor. Built for the
#ManhattanProject
in 1943, it was the world's first continuously operated nuclear reactor. ⤵️
TODAY:
@SecGranholm
is at ORNL this morning for an in-person tour of the lab.
Follow along here and on Instagram (
@oakridgelab
) for updates from her tour!
Using complementary computing calculations and neutron scattering techniques, researchers from ORNL,
@BerkeleyLab
and
@UCBerkeley
discovered the existence of an elusive type of spin dynamics in a
#quantum
mechanical system.
Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at ORNL, nuclear physicists have precisely measured the weak interaction between
#protons
and
#neutrons
. The result quantifies the weak force theory as predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
For eight decades, ORNL has responded to the nation’s call for scientific excellence.
Follow this 🧵 to learn about the lab's evolution from a top-secret laboratory to a multidisciplinary R&D enterprise with staff members from all over the world.
#ORNL80
#2020inReview
: Scientists at ORNL and
@UNLincoln
have developed an easier way to generate electrons for nanoscale imaging and sensing, providing a useful new tool for material science, bioimaging and fundamental
#quantum
research.
Want plutonium-238? ✔️
Or what about actinium-225? ✔️
Want to discover a new element? ✔️
ORNL's newest virtual tour takes you inside the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center. Check out REDC and the full slate of ORNL virtual tours at .
#2020inReview
: Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at ORNL, nuclear physicists have precisely measured the weak interaction between
#protons
and
#neutrons
. The result quantifies the weak force theory as predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
ORNL will team up with six companies that are advancing designs and research and development for
#fusion
power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
"If we cannot make a difference today, I don't know when we will get another opportunity in our lifetime."
ORNL researchers are using big science to combat
#COVID19
.
#NatLabsInTheFight
ORNL celebrated the debut of Frontier — the world’s fastest
#supercomputer
and the world's first
#exascale
machine — with a dedication ceremony at the lab this week with partners from
@ENERGY
,
@HPE
and
@AMD
. 🎉
👏 Six ORNL scientists have been elected
@aaas
fellows. Congratulations to Forrest Hoffman, Michael McGuire, Thomas Proffen, Jeffrey Vetter, Larry Satkowiak and Gina Tourassi. ▶️
ORNL-designed MiniFuel significantly decreases the size of
#nuclear
fuel specimens and capsules that are irradiated in the High Flux Isotope Reactor. ⚛️
.
@NASAPersevere
is the first
@NASA
mission to use ORNL-made plutonium-238.
The lab is working towards supplying NASA with 1.5 kilograms per year to fuel future missions. See how a key step in the production process was automated to help achieve that goal. 👇
#CountdownToMars
It’s Women's History Month, and we’re celebrating by remembering the trailblazers of our past and recognizing the women making an impact today.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WHM
If every person on Earth completed one calculation per second, it would take 305 days to do what Summit can do in 1 second. 😮
@OLCFGOV
#HPC
#Summit2018
ORNL has developed a
#plantbased
#plastic
that conducts
#electricity
and can be programed to remember its shape. This novel material could replace today’s conductors ➡️
CONGRATS: Ten ORNL scientists are among the world’s most highly cited researchers. 👏
✳️ Miaofang Chi
✳️ Sheng Dai
✳️ Easo George
✳️ Colleen Iversen
✳️ Michael McGuire
✳️ Karren More
✳️ Richard Norby
✳️ Art Ragauskas
✳️ Anthony Walker
✳️ Jiaqiang Yan
Using the Summit
#supercomputer
, scientists simulated how more than 1 billion compounds might bind with SARS-CoV-2. Now the team is in the running for the Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing–Based
#COVID19
Research.
#NatLabsInTheFight