ORNL's Communications team works with news media seeking information about the laboratory. Media may use the resources listed below or send questions to news@ornl.gov.
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Dr. Samuel McLaughlin, senior research scientist at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been selected as the first faculty fellow in the natural sciences at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) College.
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
John W. Wooten of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been appointed to the adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Wooten, the project administrator of educational technology outreach programs in the Office of Science Education, will teach a new co...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Ann M. Shirley has been appointed director of the Office of Safety and Health Protection at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).In this capacity, Shirley is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of all individuals assigned to laboratory activities.Shirley ...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Pat Scarbrough-Luther of the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been elected to chair the Southeast Regional ARC / INFO Users' Group (SERUG).The SERUG is a professional organization for users of the ARC / INFO software, a geo...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
A self-lubricating composite coating that could make engine and other moving parts last longer has been developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).The self-lubricating coating may be used for high-speed bearings, piston rings, cylinder linings, valve guides, ...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
As homes and commercial buildings age, their roofs often begin to leak. When a roof is 15 to 20 years old, a typical building owner will have it replaced. But is a costly roof replacement needed so soon? Not always, say some researchers at the Department of Energy's Buildings Technology Center at O...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are working with a police detective to solve a scientific mystery: Why aren't children's fingerprints as detectable as adults'? While investigating the abduction and murder of an East Tennessee girl, Art Boha...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Frederick Strohl Jr., has joined the public affairs organization at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as the promotional communications coordinator.
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Ron Walli has joined the public affairs organization at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as the research and development writer.In this position, he is responsible for writing about the scientific and technological developments at ORNL for publication in newspap...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Four Martin Marietta Energy Systems employees will be presented awards for excellence in technology transfer by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) at its 1995 national technology transfer meeting in Atlanta in April.Timothy C. Scott of the Chemical Technology Division at Department of Energy's...