Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Materials (27)
- (-) Supercomputing (20)
- Biology and Environment (26)
- Building Technologies (1)
- Clean Energy (18)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Energy Sciences (1)
- Fusion and Fission (2)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Isotopes (9)
- National Security (10)
- Neutron Science (7)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (4)
News Topics
- (-) Big Data (4)
- (-) Composites (4)
- (-) Computer Science (19)
- (-) Cybersecurity (2)
- (-) Isotopes (8)
- (-) Physics (15)
- (-) Space Exploration (1)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (15)
- Bioenergy (4)
- Biology (4)
- Biomedical (6)
- Biotechnology (2)
- Buildings (3)
- Chemical Sciences (16)
- Climate Change (12)
- Coronavirus (2)
- Critical Materials (5)
- Decarbonization (6)
- Energy Storage (7)
- Environment (9)
- Exascale Computing (12)
- Frontier (15)
- Fusion (3)
- Grid (3)
- High-Performance Computing (18)
- Irradiation (1)
- Machine Learning (4)
- Materials (42)
- Materials Science (15)
- Microscopy (9)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (10)
- National Security (3)
- Net Zero (2)
- Neutron Science (11)
- Nuclear Energy (7)
- Partnerships (6)
- Polymers (8)
- Quantum Computing (8)
- Quantum Science (6)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (1)
- Simulation (9)
- Software (1)
- Summit (8)
- Transportation (5)
Media Contacts
ORNL is leading two nuclear physics research projects within the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, or SciDAC, program from the Department of Energy Office of Science.
Timothy Gray of ORNL led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The surprise finding could affect our understanding of what holds nuclei together, how protons and neutrons interact and how elements form.
Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth’s climate by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with a mission to better understand and predict environmental change.
ORNL will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.
Led by Kelly Chipps of ORNL, scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass from a companion star. Their achievement improves understanding of stellar processes generating diverse nuclear isotopes.
Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at ORNL, has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC. The committee provides official advice to DOE and the National Science Foundation, or NSF, about issues relating to the national program for basic nuclear science research.
Computing pioneer Jack Dongarra has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
A trio of new and improved cosmological simulation codes was unveiled in a series of presentations at the annual April Meeting of the American Physical Society in Minneapolis.
Few things carry the same aura of mystery as dark matter. The name itself radiates secrecy, suggesting something hidden in the shadows of the Universe.
Andrea Delgado is looking for elementary particles that seem so abstract, there appears to be no obvious short-term benefit to her research.