ORNL researchers combined 3D printing and PM-HIP to make large metal parts faster, cheaper and with less waste. The process enables complex, high-performance components for nuclear, aerospace and energy applications while helping strengthen U.S.
Scientific Achievement: Weakly solvating electrolytes revealed that reduced Li⁺ solvent coordination promotes stable anion-derived interphases, improving Li deposition and electrochemical stability.
Tennessee Tech chemistry students are spending the summer at ORNL gaining hands-on experience in radiochemistry research while helping develop improved methods for separating the rare isotope promethium-147.
ORNL scientists demonstrated a new way to make aluminum nitride store data using far less energy by creating controlled defects with a focused helium ion beam.
Scientific Achievement: Laser pumping combined with inelastic neutron scattering reveals long-living nonequilibrium magnons in a 2D Heisenberg antiferromagnet that break detailed balance in the structure factor and form steady states un
Dr. Rob Moore explains that AI and automation can accelerate solutions to long-standing scientific challenges, despite introducing new but more manageable hurdles.
Scientific Achievement: Molecular beam epitaxy and first principles calculations demonstrate that substrate termination can be used to control the crystal phase and functional properties.
ORNL’s Rob Moore is a recognized leader in the development of autonomous science and self-driving laboratories.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing AI-enabled pixel detectors that can analyze particle-collision data directly at the source.