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![Joshua New](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2017-P04894.jpg?itok=mORAln_K)
Joshua New has an ambitious goal to increase the nation’s efficient use of energy: he wants to create a model of every building in America. All 130 million of them. For now, Joshua and his colleagues in the Building Envelope and Urban Systems group are creating virtual models of the buildings in ...
![Anthony Walker Anthony Walker](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Anthony%20Walker%20Portrait_0.jpg?itok=u8VHyw18)
![Brian Davison](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Davison200_2.jpg?h=d81372d4&itok=A5lppIGk)
Brian Davison, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded a 2017 fellowship by the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB).
![Used cooking oil can be converted into biofuel with carbon derived from recycled tires—a new method developed by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team. Used cooking oil can be converted into biofuel with carbon derived from recycled tires—a new method developed by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/thumb.jpg?itok=02JSRUiH)
![Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a new catalyst production process that doubles the output of renewable BTX, a group of high-value chemicals used to produce soda bottles and tires. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a new catalyst production process that doubles the output of renewable BTX, a group of high-value chemicals used to produce soda bottles and tires.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/BTX_story_tip_image.jpg?itok=LUlTDV9D)
A simplified catalyst production process developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory could double the output of high-value chemicals used in making materials found in soda bottles and tires. Scientists found that single gallium cations are the key to increasing production of ben...
![ORNL Image](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2017-S00094_2.jpg?itok=ZGWBnMOv)
Researchers used neutrons to probe a running engine at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source
![Amit_Naskar_2 Amit_Naskar_2](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Amit_Naskar_2.jpg?itok=qNKzAJSL)
Finding new energy uses for underrated materials is a recurring theme across Amit Naskar’s research portfolio. Since joining Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2006, he has studied low-cost polymers as carbon fiber precursors, turning lignin−a byproduct of biofuel production−into renewable thermoplastics and creating carbon battery electrodes from recycled tires.
![Left to right: ORNL’s Derek Rose, Matthew Eicholtz, Philip Bingham, Ryan Kerekes, Shaun Gleason Left to right: ORNL’s Derek Rose, Matthew Eicholtz, Philip Bingham, Ryan Kerekes, Shaun Gleason](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/St%20Jude%20Researcher%20Group%20Photo.jpg?itok=6KWAWdvu)
![Manufacturing_tailoring_performance Manufacturing_tailoring_performance](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Manufacturing_tailoring_performance.jpg?itok=ijYcyHyE)
A new manufacturing method created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rice University combines 3D printing with traditional casting to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials. Composite components made by pouring an aluminum alloy over a printed steel lattice showed an order of magnitude greater damage tolerance than aluminum alone.
![Buildings_air_leak_calc Buildings_air_leak_calc](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Buildings_air_leak_calc.jpg?itok=zHwHXlbG)
A new tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can help homeowners and builders calculate energy loss when air leaks through a building’s envelope, the physical barrier separating the interior and exterior. Starting with specific building metrics, the calculator analyzes multiz...