Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Biology and Environment (37)
- Clean Energy (75)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fusion and Fission (5)
- Fusion Energy (8)
- Materials (73)
- Materials Characterization (1)
- Materials for Computing (5)
- Materials Under Extremes (1)
- National Security (8)
- Neutron Science (19)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (10)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Quantum information Science (3)
- Supercomputing (23)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (24)
- (-) Biology (34)
- (-) Clean Water (12)
- (-) Grid (28)
- (-) Materials Science (73)
- (-) Microscopy (20)
- (-) Transportation (45)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (63)
- Artificial Intelligence (46)
- Big Data (28)
- Bioenergy (43)
- Biomedical (33)
- Biotechnology (9)
- Buildings (15)
- Chemical Sciences (29)
- Climate Change (41)
- Composites (9)
- Computer Science (97)
- Coronavirus (27)
- Critical Materials (8)
- Cybersecurity (18)
- Decarbonization (31)
- Education (3)
- Emergency (1)
- Energy Storage (50)
- Environment (91)
- Exascale Computing (20)
- Fossil Energy (2)
- Frontier (22)
- Fusion (27)
- High-Performance Computing (36)
- Hydropower (3)
- Irradiation (2)
- Isotopes (20)
- Machine Learning (28)
- Materials (61)
- Mathematics (4)
- Mercury (4)
- Microelectronics (2)
- Molten Salt (4)
- Nanotechnology (30)
- National Security (23)
- Net Zero (5)
- Neutron Science (80)
- Nuclear Energy (69)
- Partnerships (24)
- Physics (33)
- Polymers (13)
- Quantum Computing (12)
- Quantum Science (33)
- Renewable Energy (2)
- Security (8)
- Simulation (29)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (10)
- Summit (35)
- Sustainable Energy (49)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (5)
Media Contacts
ORNL researchers determined that a connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, traveling on a multilane highway with integrated traffic light timing control can maximize energy efficiency and achieve up to 27% savings.
A type of peat moss has surprised scientists with its climate resilience: Sphagnum divinum is actively speciating in response to hot, dry conditions.
In fiscal year 2023 — Oct. 1–Sept. 30, 2023 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded more than $8 million in technology maturation funding through the Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund, or TCF.
Currently, the biggest hurdle for electric vehicles, or EVs, is the development of advanced battery technology to extend driving range, safety and reliability.
As vehicles gain technological capabilities, car manufacturers are using an increasing number of computers and sensors to improve situational awareness and enhance the driving experience.
Steven Campbell can often be found deep among tall cases of power electronics, hunkered in his oversized blue lab coat, with 1500 volts of electricity flowing above his head. When interrupted in his laboratory at ORNL, Campbell will usually smile and duck his head.
Sreenivasa Jaldanki, a researcher in the Grid Systems Modeling and Controls group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recently elevated to senior membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
ORNL has been selected to lead an Energy Earthshot Research Center, or EERC, focused on developing chemical processes that use sustainable methods instead of burning fossil fuels to radically reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions to stem climate change and limit the crisis of a rapidly warming planet.
For 25 years, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used their broad expertise in human health risk assessment, ecology, radiation protection, toxicology and information management to develop widely used tools and data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the agency’s Superfund program.
Quantum computers process information using quantum bits, or qubits, based on fragile, short-lived quantum mechanical states. To make qubits robust and tailor them for applications, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory sought to create a new material system.