Research Summaries

Actinide tetrafluorides exhibit significant variations in their electronic structures despite having nearly identical crystal structures.

New concept would deliver continuous electricity while reducing cost and risk.

Promising study details how radioactive agents could be sent directly to cancer cells.

Microscopic features of neptunium dioxide control how contaminants dissolve in underground disposal of spent nuclear fuel.

Measurements and modeling demonstrate that perturbations to the magnetic field in a tokamak fusion plasma can suppress high-energy runaway electrons.

Measurements of particle “flow” and hot matter created in low-energy collisions provide key data in understanding nuclear phase transition.

Measurements of nuclear charge radii and state-of-the-art nuclear models challenge the magic of neutron number 32 in potassium isotopes.

New research indicates reversing the conventional shape of plasmas could help with fusion reactor operation.

A team studied some of the smallest particles in the Universe on the nation’s fastest computer, Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

A team of Molecular Foundry researchers directly visualized and measured excitons hopping across very long distances.