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$Researchers use the Spallation Neutrons and Pressure Diffractometer to study quantum phase transitions.$
Researchers use the Spallation Neutrons and Pressure Diffractometer to study quantum phase transitions.
Researchers developing high-efficiency neutron imaging detector
HFIR to provide plutonium to NASA for deep space exploration.
Neutron scattering provides new data on adsorption of ions in microporous materials
$Ernest Wollan (left) and Clifford Shull conducted some of the world's first neutron scattering experiments using this diffractometer, installed at the ORNL Graphite Reactor in 1949.$
ORNL director traces history of neutron scattering
View inside the detector tank of Bio-SANS, where researchers are discovering more about proteins that protect our DNA

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Adrian Villega Jimenez

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Researcher Adrian Villega Jimenez discusses his neutron reflectometry research at ORNL.

Oak Ridge area students participate in a tour of SNS as part of ORNL Science Saturdays.

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Oak Ridge area students participate in a tour of SNS as part of ORNL Science Saturdays. Photo by Genevieve Martin.

The High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source are two of the most advanced neutron science research facilities in the world, providing world-class neutron science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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SNS Neutron Production Beam is on target at 60 Hz, ~850 kW.
HFIR The reactor is currently operating at 100% power for fuel cycle 447.

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26 May4th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology
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