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![Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-09/yeter.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=hfxJWutl)
Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz, a postdoctoral researcher, was recently named the Turkish Women in Science group’s “Scientist of the Week.”
![Cars and coronavirus](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/Transportation-Gauging_pandemic_impact_ORNL_0.jpg?h=4a7d1ed4&itok=Xqx4kknO)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a machine learning model that could help predict the impact pandemics such as COVID-19 have on fuel demand in the United States.
![Using the ASGarD mathematical framework, scientists can model and visualize the electric fields, shown as arrows, circling around magnetic fields that are colorized to represent field magnitude of a fusion plasma. Credit: David Green/ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/Max1_t5e-1_EB_0.png?h=35bae166&itok=iRtx2TVM)
Combining expertise in physics, applied math and computing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are expanding the possibilities for simulating electromagnetic fields that underpin phenomena in materials design and telecommunications.
![Map with focus on sub-saharan Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/firms3-Africa-NASA_0.jpg?h=27f1d52b&itok=G8uUS5cH)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method that uses machine learning to predict seasonal fire risk in Africa, where half of the world’s wildfire-related carbon emissions originate.
![Drawing of thin-film cathode technology](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/Solid%20state%20stability%20check-batteries.jpg?h=850c4449&itok=PNDLwIw7)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists seeking the source of charge loss in lithium-ion batteries demonstrated that coupling a thin-film cathode with a solid electrolyte is a rapid way to determine the root cause.
![Juergen Rapp](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/2013-P02865.png?h=8e10fa90&itok=ACXJScSi)
Juergen Rapp, a distinguished R&D staff scientist in ORNL’s Fusion Energy Division in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, has been named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society
![Matthew R. Ryder](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/Ryder_Headshot%5B1%5D.jpg?h=5c245560&itok=LrhlzkyS)
Matthew R. Ryder, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the 2020 Foresight Fellow in Molecular-Scale Engineering.
![The 1250 ton cyrostat base is positioned over the ITER tokamak pit for installation. This base is the heaviest lift of tokamak assembly. Credit: ITER Organization](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/Photo%203.%20Base%20over%20pit_1.jpg?h=e4f440a4&itok=pu1dRVe3)
ITER, the world’s largest international scientific collaboration, is beginning assembly of the fusion reactor tokamak that will include 12 different essential hardware systems provided by US ITER, which is managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![Computing – Mining for COVID-19 connections](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-05/pubmedconnections-covid-19-2_0.png?h=3dbd9eac&itok=NPdQ3tCD)
Scientists have tapped the immense power of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to comb through millions of medical journal articles to identify potential vaccines, drugs and effective measures that could suppress or stop the
![Batteries - The 3D connection](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-05/Batteries_3D%20story%20tip_2.jpg?h=aeb34e32&itok=puhZ_584)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a thin film, highly conductive solid-state electrolyte made of a polymer and ceramic-based composite for lithium metal batteries.