Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Big Data (1)
- (-) Cybersecurity (1)
- (-) Environment (3)
- (-) Fusion (2)
- (-) Grid (2)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Materials Science (5)
- (-) Space Exploration (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (3)
- Bioenergy (3)
- Biology (2)
- Biomedical (3)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (3)
- Climate Change (2)
- Computer Science (11)
- Coronavirus (4)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Energy Storage (3)
- Exascale Computing (3)
- Frontier (3)
- High-Performance Computing (3)
- Machine Learning (3)
- Materials (6)
- Microscopy (3)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (4)
- National Security (3)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Nuclear Energy (6)
- Partnerships (1)
- Physics (3)
- Quantum Computing (2)
- Quantum Science (4)
- Security (2)
- Simulation (1)
- Summit (6)
- Sustainable Energy (3)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (2)
Media Contacts
Laboratory Director Thomas Zacharia presented five Director’s Awards during Saturday night's annual Awards Night event hosted by UT-Battelle, which manages ORNL for the Department of Energy.
When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico in 2017, winds snapped trees and destroyed homes, while heavy rains transformed streets into rivers. But after the storm passed, the human toll continued to grow as residents struggled without electricity for months. Five years later, power outages remain long and frequent.
The Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory earned the top ranking today as the world’s fastest on the 59th TOP500 list, with 1.1 exaflops of performance. The system is the first to achieve an unprecedented level of computing performance known as exascale, a threshold of a quintillion calculations per second.
More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system. The annual awards recognized 21 teams and three individuals for service and contributions to DOE’s mission and to the benefit of the nation.
Six scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
Six ORNL scientists have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.
After its long journey to Mars beginning this summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover will be powered across the planet’s surface in part by plutonium produced at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Five researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields.
Scientists at ORNL used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work together to break down plant biomass, creating a pathway to significantly improve the production of renewable
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a dozen other international research institutions have produced the most elaborate set of projections to date that illustrates possible futures for major monsoon regions.