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ORNL honored for developing technology that supports researchers

December 7, 2015

A state-of-the-art web application developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received a national award for technology innovation. The Research Enterprise Solution program, or RESolution, was the overall winner of the 2015 Excellence.Gov Awards, given

Climate – Electricity usage versus price

December 2, 2015

A high school senior at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has published research showing that, while it’s just part of a complex story, higher electricity costs alone cannot be counted on to reduce demand for electricity and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Chi, Bland earn top honors at UT-Battelle’s Awards Night

November 23, 2015

Miaofang Chi of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has earned the ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology.

Illustration of the structure of a phosphoglycerate kinase protein that was subjected to molecular dynamics simulations. The relative motions of the red and blue domains of the proteins are highly complex, and can be described in terms of motion of a conf

New supercomputer simulations enhance understanding of protein motion and function

November 23, 2015

Supercomputing simulations at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could change how researchers understand the internal motions of proteins that play functional, structural and regulatory roles in all living organisms.

Four ORNL researchers elected fellows of American Physical Society

November 18, 2015

Four researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), one of the nation's top professional organizations for scientists. Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Sergei Kalinin, Mark

DOE's INCITE program promotes transformational advances in science and technology through large allocations of time on state-of-the-art supercomputers, including the Titan supercomputer at ORNL.

INCITE Grants Awarded to 56 Computational Research Projects

November 16, 2015

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced 56 projects aimed at accelerating discovery and innovation to address some of the world’s most challenging scientific questions.

ORNL wins six R&D 100 Awards

November 16, 2015

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 Awards, increasing the lab’s total to 193 since the award’s inception in 1963.

Using high-performance computing, ORNL researchers are modelling the atomic structure of new alloys to select the best candidates for physical experimentation.

Atoms to Engines

November 10, 2015

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and the foundry giant, Nemak of Mexico, are combining their strengths to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry speed past the technological

Take a Periscope tour of America's fastest supercomputer

Inside Titan

November 5, 2015

Oak Ridge National Laboratory gave social media users an exclusive tour of its supercomputer Titan on Nov. 5.

Computing - Intelligent user interfaces

November 2, 2015

High-resolution imaging of materials produces complex, copious data.

Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate