Filter News
Area of Research
News Topics
- (-) Coronavirus (2)
- (-) Nanotechnology (1)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (11)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (1)
- Big Data (4)
- Biology (1)
- Biomedical (4)
- Chemical Sciences (1)
- Climate Change (2)
- Composites (3)
- Computer Science (16)
- Critical Materials (3)
- Energy Storage (1)
- Environment (4)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Fusion (2)
- High-Performance Computing (3)
- Machine Learning (1)
- Materials (5)
- Materials Science (5)
- Nuclear Energy (2)
- Polymers (2)
- Quantum Computing (4)
- Quantum Science (3)
- Simulation (1)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (6)
- Sustainable Energy (4)
- Transportation (1)
Media Contacts
![A new method to control quantum states in a material is shown. The electric field induces polarization switching of the ferroelectric substrate, resulting in different magnetic and topological states. Credit: Mina Yoon, Fernando Reboredo, Jacquelyn DeMink/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-06/pnglbernardstorytip.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=NOT32zpa)
An advance in a topological insulator material — whose interior behaves like an electrical insulator but whose surface behaves like a conductor — could revolutionize the fields of next-generation electronics and quantum computing, according to scientists at ORNL.
![ORNL has modeled the spike protein that binds the novel coronavirus to a human cell for better understanding of the dynamics of COVID-19. Credit: Stephan Irle/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/toc_notext_0.png?h=3474dc74&itok=zSrqLz3F)
To better understand the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have harnessed the power of supercomputers to accurately model the spike protein that binds the novel coronavirus to a human cell receptor.
![Computing – Mining for COVID-19 connections](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-05/pubmedconnections-covid-19-2_0.png?h=3dbd9eac&itok=NPdQ3tCD)
Scientists have tapped the immense power of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to comb through millions of medical journal articles to identify potential vaccines, drugs and effective measures that could suppress or stop the