Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are studying ammonia as a low-cost fuel for marine applications, building on work that began more than 50 years ago with a student-designed vehicle and a bold engineering question:
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Researchers at ORNL will share their discoveries and innovations at DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Energy Innovation Summit in San Diego, California.
Researchers at ORNL are developing cooperative driving automation to reduce traffic congestion, fuel waste and delays by enabling vehicles and infrastructure to communicate.
Six researchers from the ORNL’s Energy Science and Technology Directorate have been elevated to Senior Member status by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
ORNL researcher's debut paper earned one of the top three awards at international conference — the 2025 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo + Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium in Anaheim, California.
A team of ORNL researchers has received the Editor’s Choice Award from the American Ceramics Society for a study on the effectiveness of using advanced ceramics and 3D printing to build high-temperature heat exchangers.
Denise Antunes da Silva, a senior R&D staff member at ORNL, has been elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society for her outstanding contributions to the field of ceramics and materials science.
Scientists at ORNL have integrated binder jet additive manufacturing with an advanced post-processing method to fabricate leak-tight ceramic components, overcoming a key challenge of ceramic additive manufacturing.
A refrigeration system that keeps food and beverages cool uses carbon dioxide instead of hydrofluorocarbons, a common refrigerant made from fluorine, carbon and hydrogen, which is also prone to leaking.
An innovative modeling platform estimates the impact of moisture damage on the buildings industry.