![White car (Porsche Taycan) with the hood popped is inside the building with an american flag on the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_square_large/public/2024-06/2024-P09317.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=m6sQhZRq)
Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (7)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Chemical and Engineering Materials (1)
- Chemistry and Physics at Interfaces (3)
- Clean Energy (20)
- Computational Chemistry (1)
- Data (1)
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (3)
- Functional Materials for Energy (3)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Geographic Information Science and Technology (1)
- Materials (15)
- Materials Synthesis from Atoms to Systems (3)
- Materials Under Extremes (3)
- Neutron Science (13)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (3)
- Quantum Condensed Matter (1)
- Supercomputing (14)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Type
Media Contacts
![ORNL Image](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/YettaJager_Cropped.jpeg?itok=QPwvp1Gt)
At the confluence of energy and ecology is where Henriette “Yetta” Jager has found her calling. A senior scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division, Yetta uses models to look for win-win opportunities to produce more energy without harming fish and wildlife. Yetta’s research for the US D...
![The Transforming Additive Manufacturing through Exascale Simulation project (ExaAM) is building a new multi-physics modeling and simulation platform for 3D printing of metals The Transforming Additive Manufacturing through Exascale Simulation project (ExaAM) is building a new multi-physics modeling and simulation platform for 3D printing of metals](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/ECP%20release%20graphic%202_0.jpg?itok=JzmmCpGX)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory experts are playing leading roles in the recently established Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Exascale Computing Project (ECP), a multi-lab initiative responsible for developing the strategy, aligning the resources, and conducting the R&D necessary to achieve the nation’s imperative of delivering exascale computing by 2021.
![Brian Davison Brian Davison](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Davison200_0.jpg?itok=5XGvYnZ6)
![Advanced materials take flight in the LEAP engine, featuring ceramic matrix composites developed over a quarter-century by GE with help from DOE and ORNL. Image credit: General Electric Advanced materials take flight in the LEAP engine, featuring ceramic matrix composites developed over a quarter-century by GE with help from DOE and ORNL. Image credit: General Electric](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/GE1main_0.jpg?itok=sqLo7TAa)
Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials are made of coated ceramic fibers surrounded by a ceramic matrix. They are tough, lightweight and capable of withstanding temperatures 300–400 degrees F hotter than metal alloys can endure. If certain components were made with CMCs instead o...
![In situ neutron diffraction visualizes the synthesis mechanism, involving multi-phase evolutions, of garnet-type fast lithium-ion solid conductors. The neutron diffraction determines the lithium vacancy distribution in the garnet lattice, and reveals the In situ neutron diffraction visualizes the synthesis mechanism, involving multi-phase evolutions, of garnet-type fast lithium-ion solid conductors. The neutron diffraction determines the lithium vacancy distribution in the garnet lattice, and reveals the](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/15-G01449_Pic_LLZO_Ke%20An_drawing%5B1%5D.jpeg?itok=uzBLdRSh)
![The Roane State Community College associates are (from left) Jeff Manning, Chris Zerr, Bruce Lester, Joe Pyle, Darrell Roddy and Rusty Dryman. The Roane State Community College associates are (from left) Jeff Manning, Chris Zerr, Bruce Lester, Joe Pyle, Darrell Roddy and Rusty Dryman.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/RSCC_GISteam200.jpg?itok=MxJWkLJo)
Bruce Lester has had a lot of jobs: fisherman, horse trainer, “professional stair builder.” He last worked for a real estate company, surveying land using geographic software. “When the bottom fell out of the construction industry and the company downsized, I got laid off,”
![ORNL researchers (from left) Seung-Hwan Lim, Larry Roberts, Sreenivas Rangan Sukumar and Matt Lee developed a new smart data tool for medical research called ORiGAMI that has the potential to accelerate medical research and discovery. ORNL researchers (from left) Seung-Hwan Lim, Larry Roberts, Sreenivas Rangan Sukumar and Matt Lee developed a new smart data tool for medical research called ORiGAMI that has the potential to accelerate medical research and discovery.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Origami_team.jpg?itok=JMukidyP)
![The Freight Analysis Framework captures detailed data on the movements of freight in the United States, including domestic movements of foreign imports and exports. Image credit: iStockphoto The Freight Analysis Framework captures detailed data on the movements of freight in the United States, including domestic movements of foreign imports and exports. Image credit: iStockphoto](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Freight2%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=_wyWwojw)
A new freight database developed with assistance from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help transportation officials improve highways, railroads and other trade routes across the country. With funding from the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of T...
![Using high-performance computing, ORNL researchers are modelling the atomic structure of new alloys to select the best candidates for physical experimentation. Using high-performance computing, ORNL researchers are modelling the atomic structure of new alloys to select the best candidates for physical experimentation.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/atomstoengines_main.jpeg?itok=g3OlvPl_)
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and the foundry giant, Nemak of Mexico, are combining their strengths to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry speed past the technological
![ORNL Image](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/15-G01325_STS%20Overlay%20on%20aerial%20%281%29.jpg?itok=WmxOwJud)