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Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: new class of superalloys
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, are reported to have demonstrated that a new class of superalloys, made of cobalt and nickel, remains crack-free and defect-resistant in extreme heat, making...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: 3D printed nuclear reactor core
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is working on the design of a 3D printed nuclear reactor core which is scheduled to be turned on by 2023.
Researchers at ORNL are currently refining the design, while also...
