Story Tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory March 2012 - Batch 2
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 23:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The Spallation Neutron Source's Powder Diffractometer POWGEN has launched a rapid access sample mail-in system for users who use the flexible general-purpose instrument for a wide range of structural studies of novel materials. A neutron diffraction study at the Spallation Neutrons and Pressure Diffractometer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has successfully mapped the structure of methane and water cages, known as clathrates, under more than half a million pounds of pressure per square inch. Casein micelles in milk, stabilized by molecules of κ-casein, are the building blocks of dairy products such as yogurt and cheese and the vehicle for delivering calcium phosphate to newborns.