![Man in blue button down shirt poses outside for a picture with his arms crossed.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_square_large/public/2024-07/Troy_Carter_headshot.jpeg?h=8a7fc05e&itok=VFmZIzHo)
Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- (-) Materials (58)
- (-) Neutron Science (13)
- (-) Supercomputing (12)
- Advanced Manufacturing (13)
- Biology and Environment (11)
- Building Technologies (1)
- Clean Energy (52)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (11)
- Fusion Energy (7)
- Isotopes (7)
- Materials Characterization (1)
- Materials for Computing (11)
- Materials Under Extremes (1)
- National Security (6)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (16)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (2)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (13)
- (-) Advanced Reactors (5)
- (-) Cybersecurity (3)
- (-) Isotopes (4)
- (-) Materials Science (35)
- (-) Microscopy (14)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (8)
- (-) Physics (7)
- (-) Polymers (9)
- (-) Space Exploration (4)
- Artificial Intelligence (6)
- Big Data (5)
- Bioenergy (6)
- Biology (6)
- Biomedical (9)
- Buildings (2)
- Chemical Sciences (12)
- Clean Water (1)
- Climate Change (5)
- Composites (5)
- Computer Science (23)
- Coronavirus (4)
- Critical Materials (8)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (19)
- Environment (10)
- Exascale Computing (4)
- Frontier (4)
- Fusion (6)
- Grid (2)
- High-Performance Computing (11)
- Irradiation (1)
- ITER (1)
- Machine Learning (3)
- Materials (41)
- Molten Salt (2)
- Nanotechnology (20)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (33)
- Partnerships (2)
- Quantum Computing (5)
- Quantum Science (8)
- Security (1)
- Simulation (4)
- Software (1)
- Summit (7)
- Sustainable Energy (7)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (11)
Media Contacts
![Simulation of short polymer chains](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-27%20at%202.46.08%20PM_0.png?h=fc4031ca&itok=DVcIeNaW)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have discovered a cost-effective way to significantly improve the mechanical performance of common polymer nanocomposite materials.
![ORNL’s Lab-on-a-crystal uses machine learning to correlate materials’ mechanical, optical and electrical responses to dynamic environments. Credit: Ilia Ivanov/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/lab_on_crystal2_0.png?h=bc215d7c&itok=5Zsjkf9e)
An all-in-one experimental platform developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences accelerates research on promising materials for future technologies.
![Drawing of thin-film cathode technology](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/Solid%20state%20stability%20check-batteries.jpg?h=850c4449&itok=PNDLwIw7)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists seeking the source of charge loss in lithium-ion batteries demonstrated that coupling a thin-film cathode with a solid electrolyte is a rapid way to determine the root cause.
![Colorized micrograph of lily pollen](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/Lily_CH%20and%20CO_1.png?h=436b82d4&itok=lntoWKVr)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have built a novel microscope that provides a “chemical lens” for viewing biological systems including cell membranes and biofilms.
![From left, Peter Jiang, Elijah Martin and Benjamin Sulman have been selected for Early Career Research Program awards from the Department of Energy's Office of Science. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/earlycareer20.jpg?h=c1844fec&itok=I3PZIYyU)
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists for Early Career Research Program awards.
![Batteries - The 3D connection](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-05/Batteries_3D%20story%20tip_2.jpg?h=aeb34e32&itok=puhZ_584)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a thin film, highly conductive solid-state electrolyte made of a polymer and ceramic-based composite for lithium metal batteries.
![Materials — Molding molecular matter](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/Ebeam_IMAGE_Final_0.jpg?h=c4322a57&itok=uYF8ugqx)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a focused beam of electrons to stitch platinum-silicon molecules into graphene, marking the first deliberate insertion of artificial molecules into a graphene host matrix.
![Nuclear — Seeing inside particles](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/Kernels-nuclear%20materials-2_0.jpg?h=ae51ec69&itok=_AWiopZz)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers working on neutron imaging capabilities for nuclear materials have developed a process for seeing the inside of uranium particles – without cutting them open.
![Michael Brady](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2018-P09417.png?h=49ab6177&itok=UUSTmzc9)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2020 -- Michael Brady, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named fellow of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, or NACE International.
![Gobet_Advincula Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2020-P00191.png?h=8f9cfe54&itok=MA0hIqj6)
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula has been named Governor’s Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee.