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A healthy global food supply requires healthy soil, which requires fertilizer to replace and or enhance the nutrients found in the soil. Synthetic fertilizers have been historically cheap, but events in recent years have driven the price up and the supply down. Nick Sokol, a member of the Innovation Crossroads cohort at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working to make the entire experience of farming easier and less labor intensive while also producing healthy and good-quality food.

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The word 鈥渟hoddy鈥� first came to use in 1832, referring to an early form of recycling in which old wool was shredded and spun with new wool to form a fabric. Nearly two centuries later, textile recycling still follows a similar process. But today鈥檚 textiles are blends of different materials, from synthetics to natural materials.

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ORNL's Peter Fuhr continues pushes boundaries of optical and sensor technology in applications ranging from fighting wildfires to operating the immense floodgates protecting Venice, Italy. Fuhr鈥檚 path is marked by an oddball creativity that can鈥檛 confine itself to challenges in a single field. No idea is too far out to try out. His many inventions and start-ups before joining ORNL proved his ability to bring bold ideas to life.

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Raised in Texas鈥� Rio Grande Valley by hardworking parents who were not given the opportunity to obtain any type of higher degree, Brittany Rodriguez never imagined she would pursue a science career at a Department of Energy national laboratory.

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Curiosity and enthusiasm for the beauty in every molecule inspire ORNL鈥檚 Canan Karakaya, who uses computational modeling to design, improve and scale up chemical reactors that make high-value chemicals & energy-dense fuels.

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Scientist Xiaohan Yang鈥檚 research at the Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory focuses on transforming plants to make them better sources of renewable energy and carbon storage.

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Lab experts help measure this month's fusion milestone at Joint European Torus (JET) with cutting-edge diagnostics.