Oak Ridge neutrons have a worldwide impact
Free neutrons in Oak Ridge. They are drawing hundreds of scientists from all over the world to the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National…
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Neutrons catch the shape-changing coronavirus protein complex in action
ORNL researchers found that the papain-like protease (in orange) can bind to human interferon-stimulated gene 15 protein (in blue) in different ways and in different forms. Photo credit: ORNL / Jill…
Neutrons put together 40 years of puzzles behind the mysterious magnetism of iron iodide
Researcher Xiaojian Bai and his colleagues used neutrons at the ORNL spallation neutron source to discover hidden quantum fluctuations in a simple iron iodide material discovered in 1929. Research…