Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (19)
- Clean Energy (40)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Fusion and Fission (11)
- Fusion Energy (3)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (3)
- Materials (60)
- Materials Characterization (2)
- Materials for Computing (4)
- Materials Under Extremes (1)
- National Security (5)
- Neutron Science (22)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (8)
- Supercomputing (36)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (11)
- (-) Big Data (7)
- (-) Bioenergy (23)
- (-) Biomedical (17)
- (-) Education (3)
- (-) Frontier (15)
- (-) Fusion (17)
- (-) Grid (16)
- (-) Materials (60)
- (-) Physics (24)
- (-) Space Exploration (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (45)
- Artificial Intelligence (34)
- Biology (22)
- Biotechnology (8)
- Buildings (15)
- Chemical Sciences (32)
- Clean Water (2)
- Climate Change (22)
- Composites (11)
- Computer Science (61)
- Coronavirus (17)
- Critical Materials (11)
- Cybersecurity (17)
- Decarbonization (20)
- Element Discovery (1)
- Energy Storage (43)
- Environment (36)
- Exascale Computing (10)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- High-Performance Computing (30)
- Isotopes (18)
- ITER (2)
- Machine Learning (13)
- Materials Science (53)
- Mercury (2)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (16)
- Molten Salt (3)
- Nanotechnology (26)
- National Security (18)
- Net Zero (3)
- Neutron Science (51)
- Nuclear Energy (27)
- Partnerships (29)
- Polymers (12)
- Quantum Computing (11)
- Quantum Science (28)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (12)
- Simulation (9)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (21)
- Sustainable Energy (30)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (4)
- Transportation (25)
Media Contacts
A new technology to continuously place individual atoms exactly where they are needed could lead to new materials for devices that address critical needs for the field of quantum computing and communication that cannot be produced by conventional means.
A study led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory details how artificial intelligence researchers created an AI model to help identify new alloys used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear reactor. The findings mark a major step towards improving nuclear fusion facilities.
A new technical collaboration program at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help businesses develop and launch electric grid innovations. Sponsored by the Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components program in DOE’s Office of Electricity, the initiative will provide companies with access to national laboratory resources, enabling them to capture market opportunities.
A team led by scientists at ORNL identified and demonstrated a method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%, using simulations on the lab’s supercomputers and follow-on analysis.
ORNL is the lead partner on five research collaborations with private fusion companies in the 2024 cohort of the Innovation Network for FUSion Energy, or INFUSE, program. These collaborative projects are intended to resolve technical hurdles and develop enabling technologies to accelerate fusion energy research in the private sector.
Flexcon Global has exclusively licensed two patented inventions to manufacture a self-healing barrier film from ORNL for research and development purposes. The film can be incorporated into vacuum insulation panels to increase the efficiency of buildings during retrofits. Under a cooperative research and development agreement that began in 2021, Flexcon and ORNL have been exploring the capabilities of the technology and fine-tuning its properties.
John joined the MPEX project in 2019 and has served as project manager for several organizations within ORNL.
The contract will be awarded to develop the newest high-performance computing system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.
Researchers at ORNL are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide.
Scientists at ORNL completed a study of how well vegetation survived extreme heat events in both urban and rural communities across the country in recent years. The analysis informs pathways for climate mitigation, including ways to reduce the effect of urban heat islands.