Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- (-) Isotopes (4)
- (-) Neutron Science (24)
- (-) Supercomputing (35)
- Biology and Environment (35)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (64)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (2)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Energy Sciences (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (2)
- Fusion and Fission (7)
- Fusion Energy (3)
- Materials (79)
- Materials for Computing (9)
- National Security (13)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (13)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (1)
- (-) Biomedical (18)
- (-) Climate Change (5)
- (-) Energy Storage (7)
- (-) Grid (4)
- (-) Materials Science (18)
- (-) Physics (9)
- (-) Polymers (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- Artificial Intelligence (15)
- Big Data (12)
- Bioenergy (7)
- Biology (8)
- Buildings (3)
- Chemical Sciences (3)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (46)
- Coronavirus (13)
- Critical Materials (2)
- Cybersecurity (4)
- Decarbonization (4)
- Environment (10)
- Exascale Computing (8)
- Frontier (9)
- Fusion (1)
- High-Performance Computing (10)
- Isotopes (5)
- Machine Learning (9)
- Materials (14)
- Mathematics (1)
- Microscopy (4)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (12)
- National Security (4)
- Neutron Science (42)
- Nuclear Energy (4)
- Partnerships (1)
- Quantum Computing (7)
- Quantum Science (16)
- Security (3)
- Simulation (5)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Summit (22)
- Sustainable Energy (6)
- Transportation (5)
Media Contacts
Paul Langan will join ORNL in the spring as associate laboratory director for the Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate.
Researchers at ORNL have developed a new method for producing a key component of lithium-ion batteries. The result is a more affordable battery from a faster, less wasteful process that uses less toxic material.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists recently demonstrated a low-temperature, safe route to purifying molten chloride salts that minimizes their ability to corrode metals. This method could make the salts useful for storing energy generated from the sun’s heat.
ORNL researchers are deploying their broad expertise in climate data and modeling to create science-based mitigation strategies for cities stressed by climate change as part of two U.S. Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field Laboratory projects.
Researchers at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, discovered a key material needed for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. The commercially relevant approach opens a potential pathway to improve charging speeds for electric vehicles.
Two years after ORNL provided a model of nearly every building in America, commercial partners are using the tool for tasks ranging from designing energy-efficient buildings and cities to linking energy efficiency to real estate value and risk.
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.
Researchers at ORNL explored radium’s chemistry to advance cancer treatments using ionizing radiation.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received seven 2022 R&D 100 Awards, plus special recognition for a battery-related green technology product.
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of our left-handed universe.