ORNL in the News

ORNL in the News

A summary of the latest and most engaging news coverage about ORNL, lab staff and DOE, as well as ORNL history and science and technology stories of interest.

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ORNL glass blower, Carlos Rodriguez Flores, using a torch to finish a glass instrument.

Glass cell provides glimpse inside molten salt reactors

Climate model

NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own

A day in the life of the world’s fastest supercomputer

A rendering of the RISE technology demonstrator. Image: Courtesy of GE Aerospace

The airplane engine of the future could look radically different

Air Conditioning Compressors And Satellite Dishes

Air Conditioning Has a Big Climate Impact. This New Technology Could be a Game Changer

Technicians John Dyer and T. Dyer use a manipulator arm in a shielded cave in ORNL’s Radiochemical Engineering Development Center to separate concentrated Pm-147 from byproducts generated through the production of Pu-238.

Promethium bound: fundamental chemistry of an elusive element finally observed

Airplane wing

How airlines are working to create sustainable fuel to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint

Solar panels installed on commercial buildings create independent microgrids in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a new technology to manage how the microgrids work together. Credit: Fabio Andrade

Adjuntas tendrá una nueva microrred en proyecto de Casa Pueblo que contempla investigación sobre energía solar