Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biology and Environment (16)
- Clean Energy (30)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (5)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (18)
- Fusion Energy (4)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (8)
- Materials (54)
- Materials Characterization (1)
- Materials for Computing (8)
- Materials Under Extremes (1)
- National Security (11)
- Neutron Science (16)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (10)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Supercomputing (46)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Climate Change (26)
- (-) Computer Science (66)
- (-) Exascale Computing (13)
- (-) Frontier (17)
- (-) Fusion (18)
- (-) Isotopes (22)
- (-) Materials Science (57)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (35)
- (-) Polymers (13)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (52)
- Advanced Reactors (13)
- Artificial Intelligence (37)
- Big Data (12)
- Bioenergy (24)
- Biology (23)
- Biomedical (18)
- Biotechnology (8)
- Buildings (21)
- Chemical Sciences (38)
- Clean Water (2)
- Composites (12)
- Coronavirus (17)
- Critical Materials (11)
- Cybersecurity (18)
- Decarbonization (24)
- Education (3)
- Element Discovery (1)
- Energy Storage (47)
- Environment (45)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Grid (19)
- High-Performance Computing (35)
- Irradiation (1)
- ITER (2)
- Machine Learning (14)
- Materials (70)
- Mercury (2)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (18)
- Molten Salt (3)
- Nanotechnology (28)
- National Security (22)
- Net Zero (4)
- Neutron Science (58)
- Partnerships (30)
- Physics (24)
- Quantum Computing (12)
- Quantum Science (30)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (12)
- Simulation (12)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (3)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (22)
- Sustainable Energy (37)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (4)
- Transportation (33)
Media Contacts
A study led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory details how artificial intelligence researchers created an AI model to help identify new alloys used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear reactor. The findings mark a major step towards improving nuclear fusion facilities.
A team led by scientists at ORNL identified and demonstrated a method to process a plant-based material called nanocellulose that reduced energy needs by a whopping 21%, using simulations on the lab’s supercomputers and follow-on analysis.
ORNL is the lead partner on five research collaborations with private fusion companies in the 2024 cohort of the Innovation Network for FUSion Energy, or INFUSE, program. These collaborative projects are intended to resolve technical hurdles and develop enabling technologies to accelerate fusion energy research in the private sector.
Researchers for the first time documented the specific chemistry dynamics and structure of high-temperature liquid uranium trichloride salt, a potential nuclear fuel source for next-generation reactors.
ORNL’s Joshua New was named the 2024 Researcher of the Year by R&D World magazine as part of its R&D 100 Professional Award winners.
DOE commissioned a neutron imaging instrument, VENUS, at the Spallation Neutron Source in July. VENUS instrument scientists will use AI to deliver 3D models to researchers in half the time it typically takes.
A study by more than a dozen scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory examines potential strategies to integrate quantum computing with the world’s most powerful supercomputing systems in the pursuit of science.
John joined the MPEX project in 2019 and has served as project manager for several organizations within ORNL.
The award was given in “recognition of his lifelong leadership in fusion technology for plasma fueling systems in magnetically confined fusion systems.”
Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2024 Lester W. Strock Award from the Society of Applied Spectroscopy.