• ORNL researcher Ben Ollis is optimizing ORNL-developed control systems for a range of projects in which solar energy, energy storage and other locally sited power assets known as microgrids provide reliable, secure electricity to homes and businesses.

    Ben Ollis

    Microgrids for a resilient power system
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  • ORNL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University turn to fundamental chemistry to advance cleanup strategies for legacy tank waste. Credit: Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Cleanup challenges

    Investigating the unique chemistry of nuclear waste processing
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  • The Frontier supercomputer is anticipated to debut in 2021 as the world’s most powerful computer with a performance of greater than 1.5 exaflops.

    Frontier: Fifty times faster

    Supercomputer expected to be world’s most powerful for science and innovation
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  • Candice Halbert: From inspired to inspiring, cultivating a community of young scientists

    Candice Halbert

    Cultivating a community of young scientists
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  • ORNL’s Summit supercomputer was used to simulate and visualize the matter distribution of a virtual universe, with the gold color representing the highest densities. Credit: Joe Insely, Silvio Rizzi and HACC cosmology code team/Argonne National Laboratory

    Virtual universes

    Summit supercomputer generates cosmological simulations
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  • Bruce Moyer’s 40-year career as a chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has advanced the nation’s nuclear, environmental, and clean energy solutions across decades with basic-to-applied research in chemical separations.

    Bruce Moyer

    Chemical separations across energy eras
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  • Clarice Phelps

    Clarice Phelps

    "What drew me to nuclear science was the mystery of it"
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  • NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover artist's concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    ORNL on the red planet

    NASA's Mars 2020 Rover mission will be the first to contain plutonium produced at ORNL
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  • Veronica Melesse Vergara: Troubleshooting the world’s smartest and fastest supercomputer

    Veronica Melesse Vergara

    Troubleshooting the world’s smartest and fastest supercomputer
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Lab Director Thomas Zacharia in the Shelby Cobra
. @SecretaryPerry covered a lot of ground during his recent visit to ORNL.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry announces Frontier
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Energy announces a contract with Cray Inc. to build Frontier — ORNL's first exascale supercomputer.
Tom Matthews of Lincoln Electric, left, and ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia signed an agreement to advance large-scale metal additive manufacturing technology during the Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing InnovationXLab Summit at ORNL. Credit: Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
ORNL and Lincoln Electric are working together to advance large-scale metal additive manufacturing technology.

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