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![Ariel view of Oak Ridge National Lab with mountains in the background and buildings and a pond in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-07/ORNL.Aerial.14337428455_a5e1c60722_o.jpg?h=f92742af&itok=SyZ9tDaG)
Advanced materials research to enable energy-efficient, cost-competitive and environmentally friendly technologies for the United States and Japan is the goal of a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, between the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Japan’s National Institute of Materials Science.
![Man in a blue polo is standing over blue water](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/Kyle%20Reed%20reactor%202.jpg?h=3bb6718d&itok=c9GtoP4j)
ORNL researchers completed successful testing of a gallium nitride transistor for use in more accurate sensors operating near the core of a nuclear reactor. This is an important technical advance particularly for monitoring new, compact.
![Headshot of Clarice Phelps](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/Clarice%20Phelps%20Headshot.jpg?h=8f0b2d98&itok=PSvXih7r)
Leadership Tennessee has named Clarice Phelps to its 2024–2025 Signature Program Class XI to collaborate with professionals statewide to address Tennessee’s most serious issues.
![White car (Porsche Taycan) with the hood popped is inside the building with an american flag on the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/2024-P09317.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=BTy9TZAb)
Researchers at ORNL have successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America using the ORNL-developed polyphase wireless charging system.
![Woman with dark brown hair pulled back into a bun holds a clipboard](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/2024-P09281%20%281%29.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=cRkraT-v)
Sara Martinez ensures the safety and longevity of aging structures at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, employing her engineering expertise to protect against natural disasters and extend the lifespan of critical facilities.
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Researchers at ORNL and the University of Maine have designed and 3D-printed a single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel tested to be strong enough to replace construction materials like steel.
![Woman with dark brown hair, glasses wearing a green shirt underneath a black blazer jacket smiling for a photo in front of blue backdrop](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/ErinFormal_2024-P01430.jpg?h=3e07f1d9&itok=W7L7E_mz)
Erin Webb, lead for the Bioresources Science and Engineering group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers — the society’s highest honor.
![Two green oak leaves with other matter in two circles above them. To the right, a yellow blob. To the left, a brown material inside a bowl.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/Tan%20background%20-%20no%20words%20%281%29.png?h=a9a76387&itok=z1mNs7GY)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists ingeniously created a sustainable, soft material by combining rubber with woody reinforcements and incorporating “smart” linkages between the components that unlock on demand.
![Frankie White, male in a black suite with a white shirt, is standing crossing his arms.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/frankie%20white.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=hjnARKSO)
Early career scientist Frankie White's was part of two major isotope projects at the same time he was preparing to be a father. As co-lead on a team that achieved the first synthesis and characterization of a radium compound using single crystal X-ray diffraction and part of a team that characterized the properties of promethium, White reflects on the life-changing timeline at work, and at home.
![Green, two-story house is being assembled with the help of a yellow crane.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-06/Live%20build.jpg?h=e6fe02d8&itok=pIv_pj6-)
Building innovations from ORNL will be on display in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall June 7 to June 9, 2024, during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Innovation Housing Showcase. For the first time, ORNL’s real-time building evaluator was demonstrated outside of a laboratory setting and deployed for building construction.