Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (70)
- (-) Fusion and Fission (6)
- (-) Supercomputing (11)
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (35)
- Building Technologies (2)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (7)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Energy Sciences (2)
- Fusion Energy (8)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials (20)
- Materials for Computing (3)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (8)
- Neutron Science (29)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (14)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (2)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (2)
- (-) Artificial Intelligence (2)
- (-) Climate Change (11)
- (-) Energy Storage (34)
- (-) Grid (21)
- (-) High-Performance Computing (6)
- (-) Neutron Science (1)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (6)
- (-) Security (2)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (34)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (33)
- Big Data (7)
- Bioenergy (4)
- Biology (4)
- Biomedical (7)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (19)
- Chemical Sciences (3)
- Clean Water (5)
- Composites (9)
- Computer Science (27)
- Coronavirus (8)
- Critical Materials (9)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Decarbonization (12)
- Environment (25)
- Exascale Computing (2)
- Frontier (2)
- Fusion (6)
- Hydropower (2)
- Isotopes (1)
- ITER (3)
- Machine Learning (3)
- Materials (16)
- Materials Science (11)
- Mathematics (2)
- Mercury (2)
- Microscopy (3)
- Nanotechnology (2)
- National Security (1)
- Net Zero (2)
- Physics (1)
- Polymers (7)
- Quantum Computing (4)
- Quantum Science (3)
- Simulation (3)
- Space Exploration (3)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (7)
- Transportation (37)
Media Contacts
Researchers at ORNL demonstrated that sodium-ion batteries can serve as a low-cost, high performance substitute for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries commonly used in robotics, power tools, and grid-scale energy storage.
The prospect of simulating a fusion plasma is a step closer to reality thanks to a new computational tool developed by scientists in fusion physics, computer science and mathematics at ORNL.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers created a geothermal energy storage system that could reduce peak electricity demand up to 37% in homes while helping balance grid operations.
To better determine the potential energy cost savings among connected homes, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a computer simulation to more accurately compare energy use on similar weather days.
Isabelle Snyder calls faults as she sees them, whether it’s modeling operations for the nation’s power grid or officiating at the US Open Tennis Championships.
A new method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory improves the energy efficiency of a desalination process known as solar-thermal evaporation.
A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that designed synthetic polymers can serve as a high-performance binding material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
In a step toward advancing small modular nuclear reactor designs, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have run reactor simulations on ORNL supercomputer Summit with greater-than-expected computational efficiency.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a low-cost, printed, flexible sensor that can wrap around power cables to precisely monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
By automating the production of neptunium oxide-aluminum pellets, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have eliminated a key bottleneck when producing plutonium-238 used by NASA to fuel deep space exploration.