![Researcher Brittany Rodriguez works with an ORNL-developed Additive Manufacturing/Compression Molding system that 3D prints large-scale, high-volume parts made from lightweight composites. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_square_large/public/2024-07/Rodriguez%20profile%20photo%202.jpg?h=b3660f0d&itok=xn0NRyVn)
Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (103)
- Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Biology and Environment (45)
- Building Technologies (2)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (2)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computational Engineering (3)
- Computer Science (9)
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (1)
- Energy Sciences (2)
- Fusion and Fission (5)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Isotopes (5)
- Materials (71)
- Materials for Computing (10)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (20)
- Neutron Science (23)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (3)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (42)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Artificial Intelligence (5)
- (-) Biomedical (4)
- (-) Climate Change (12)
- (-) Cybersecurity (3)
- (-) Energy Storage (47)
- (-) Mercury (2)
- (-) Microscopy (6)
- (-) Nanotechnology (6)
- (-) Security (3)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (51)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (51)
- Advanced Reactors (3)
- Big Data (2)
- Bioenergy (16)
- Biology (7)
- Biotechnology (3)
- Buildings (21)
- Chemical Sciences (11)
- Clean Water (5)
- Composites (14)
- Computer Science (18)
- Coronavirus (6)
- Critical Materials (8)
- Decarbonization (14)
- Environment (28)
- Exascale Computing (2)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Fusion (1)
- Grid (24)
- High-Performance Computing (3)
- Hydropower (2)
- Isotopes (1)
- Machine Learning (6)
- Materials (29)
- Materials Science (20)
- Mathematics (1)
- Molten Salt (1)
- National Security (4)
- Net Zero (2)
- Neutron Science (7)
- Nuclear Energy (5)
- Partnerships (8)
- Physics (1)
- Polymers (10)
- Quantum Science (1)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Simulation (2)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (2)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (3)
- Transportation (43)
Media Contacts
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Halil Tekinalp combines silanes and polylactic acid to create supertough renewable plastic.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/02%20Materials-Supertough_bioplastic.jpg?itok=64jAyN8y)
A novel method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory creates supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability. Working with polylactic acid, a biobased plastic often used in packaging, textiles, biomedical implants and 3D printing, the research team added tiny amo...
![Methanotroph_OB3b_cells Methanotroph_OB3b_cells](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Methanotroph_OB3b_cells_2.jpg?itok=Iml9vTIS)
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has identified a novel microbial process that can break down toxic methylmercury in the environment, a fundamental scientific discovery that could potentially reduce mercury toxicity levels and sup...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Scientists of the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments are blogging from the Arctic this summer. Follow their adventures at http://ngee-arctic.blogspot.com/. Participants share troubles and triumphs from the field in entries with headings like "Flying Wild Alaska" and "Hitting the Tundra." "The b...