![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
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (10)
- Clean Energy (25)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Fusion and Fission (3)
- Isotopes (7)
- Materials (37)
- Materials for Computing (10)
- National Security (4)
- Neutron Science (33)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (7)
- Quantum information Science (4)
- Supercomputing (17)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Biomedical (15)
- (-) Composites (13)
- (-) Cybersecurity (9)
- (-) Isotopes (14)
- (-) Mercury (3)
- (-) Microscopy (20)
- (-) Neutron Science (41)
- (-) Polymers (14)
- (-) Quantum Science (14)
- (-) Space Exploration (11)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (49)
- Advanced Reactors (18)
- Artificial Intelligence (21)
- Big Data (21)
- Bioenergy (22)
- Biology (25)
- Biotechnology (3)
- Buildings (25)
- Chemical Sciences (24)
- Clean Water (13)
- Climate Change (29)
- Computer Science (57)
- Coronavirus (15)
- Critical Materials (13)
- Decarbonization (13)
- Energy Storage (48)
- Environment (58)
- Exascale Computing (4)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Frontier (4)
- Fusion (17)
- Grid (25)
- High-Performance Computing (23)
- Hydropower (6)
- Irradiation (3)
- ITER (4)
- Machine Learning (13)
- Materials (68)
- Materials Science (54)
- Mathematics (2)
- Molten Salt (6)
- Nanotechnology (24)
- National Security (10)
- Net Zero (3)
- Nuclear Energy (35)
- Partnerships (7)
- Physics (10)
- Quantum Computing (6)
- Security (4)
- Simulation (12)
- Software (1)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (8)
- Sustainable Energy (55)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (47)
Media Contacts
![Shown here is an on-chip carbonized electrode microstructure from a scanning electron microscope. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-10/Lavrik%20Story%20Tip_0.jpg?h=33192216&itok=nNMwVUtU)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee designed and demonstrated a method to make carbon-based materials that can be used as electrodes compatible with a specific semiconductor circuitry.
![ORNL researchers and energy storage startup Sparkz have developed a cobalt-free cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries Credit: Ilias Belharouak/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-10/cobalt-sparkz_0.jpg?h=cd715a88&itok=vTU2FKUY)
Four research teams from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards.
![Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-09/yeter.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=hfxJWutl)
Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz, a postdoctoral researcher, was recently named the Turkish Women in Science group’s “Scientist of the Week.”
![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.
![Hector J. Santos-Villalobos, left, and Oscar A. Martinez](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/henaac20.jpg?h=158d9140&itok=-NxooIrE)
Two staff members at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received prestigious HENAAC and Luminary Awards from Great Minds in STEM, a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting STEM careers in underserved
![four circle diffractometer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/2017-S00412_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=lJffv48u)
A UCLA-led team that discovered the first intrinsic ferromagnetic topological insulator – a quantum material that could revolutionize next-generation electronics – used neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help verify their finding.
![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.
![Matthew R. Ryder](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/Ryder_Headshot%5B1%5D.jpg?h=5c245560&itok=LrhlzkyS)
Matthew R. Ryder, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the 2020 Foresight Fellow in Molecular-Scale Engineering.
![Using the single-crystal diffractometer TOPAZ, Oak Ridge National Laboratory confirmed the exact position of deuterium atoms from selective deuteration of benzene molecules. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/20-G00484_Wang_ST_0.png?h=2aa300aa&itok=YhwTPHwY)
Scientists have found a new method to strategically add deuterium to benzene, an aromatic compound commonly found in crude oil. When applied to the active ingredient of drugs to incorporate deuterium, it could dramatically improve the drugs’ efficacy and safety and even introduce new medicines.