Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (26)
- Clean Energy (46)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (2)
- Fusion and Fission (3)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Isotopes (8)
- Materials (86)
- Materials Characterization (2)
- Materials for Computing (12)
- Materials Under Extremes (1)
- National Security (3)
- Neutron Science (25)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (2)
- Supercomputing (34)
News Topics
- (-) Biomedical (59)
- (-) Critical Materials (29)
- (-) Materials (145)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (125)
- Advanced Reactors (34)
- Artificial Intelligence (95)
- Big Data (58)
- Bioenergy (92)
- Biology (100)
- Biotechnology (23)
- Buildings (59)
- Chemical Sciences (69)
- Clean Water (30)
- Climate Change (103)
- Composites (29)
- Computer Science (194)
- Coronavirus (46)
- Cybersecurity (35)
- Decarbonization (81)
- Education (4)
- Element Discovery (1)
- Emergency (2)
- Energy Storage (111)
- Environment (198)
- Exascale Computing (39)
- Fossil Energy (6)
- Frontier (44)
- Fusion (55)
- Grid (65)
- High-Performance Computing (88)
- Hydropower (11)
- Irradiation (3)
- Isotopes (54)
- ITER (7)
- Machine Learning (48)
- Materials Science (144)
- Mathematics (9)
- Mercury (12)
- Microelectronics (4)
- Microscopy (51)
- Molten Salt (8)
- Nanotechnology (60)
- National Security (68)
- Net Zero (14)
- Neutron Science (133)
- Nuclear Energy (110)
- Partnerships (49)
- Physics (63)
- Polymers (33)
- Quantum Computing (35)
- Quantum Science (70)
- Renewable Energy (2)
- Security (24)
- Simulation (49)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (25)
- Statistics (3)
- Summit (59)
- Sustainable Energy (129)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (7)
- Transportation (97)
Media Contacts
Scientists from the Critical Materials Institute used the Titan supercomputer and Eos computing cluster at ORNL to analyze designer molecules that could increase the yield of rare earth elements found in bastnaesite, an important mineral
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is now producing actinium-227 (Ac-227) to meet projected demand for a highly effective cancer drug through a 10-year contract between the U.S. DOE Isotope Program and Bayer.
“Made in the USA.” That can now be said of the radioactive isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), last made in the United States in the late 1980s. Its short-lived decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is the most widely used radioisotope in medical diagnostic imaging. Tc-99m is best known ...
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...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques while conserving critical materials. Scientists fabric...
A process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for large-scale recovery of rare earth magnets from used computer hard drives will undergo industrial testing under a new agreement between Oddello Industries LLC and ORNL, as part of the Department of Energy’s Crit...
Ensuring a reliable supply of rare earth elements, including four key lanthanides and yttrium, is a major goal of the Critical Materials Institute (https://cmi.ameslab.gov) as these elements are essential to many clean-energy technologies. These include energy-efficient lighting, ...
A new technology developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute that aids in the recycling, recovery and extraction of rare earth minerals has been licensed to U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.
An alloy discovered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory holds great promise for permanent magnets as the material retains its magnetic properties at higher temperatures yet contains no rare-earth elements. This finding is significant because while rare-earth-based magnets are critical to alternative ...