Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Biomedical (1)
- (-) Fusion (3)
- (-) Materials Science (8)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (7)
- (-) Polymers (5)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (1)
- Bioenergy (1)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (6)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (2)
- Computer Science (2)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Energy Storage (4)
- Environment (4)
- Grid (2)
- Isotopes (4)
- Materials (14)
- Microscopy (4)
- Nanotechnology (6)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Partnerships (3)
- Physics (8)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Sustainable Energy (2)
- Transportation (3)
Media Contacts
ORNL, a bastion of nuclear physics research for the past 80 years, is poised to strengthen its programs and service to the United States over the next decade if national recommendations of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC, are enacted.
Creating energy the way the sun and stars do — through nuclear fusion — is one of the grand challenges facing science and technology. What’s easy for the sun and its billions of relatives turns out to be particularly difficult on Earth.
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.
Tomonori Saito, a distinguished innovator in the field of polymer science and senior R&D staff member at ORNL, was honored on May 11 in Columbus, Ohio, at Battelle’s Celebration of Solvers.
Chemist Jeff Foster is looking for ways to control sequencing in polymers that could result in designer molecules to benefit a variety of industries, including medicine and energy.
A scientific instrument at ORNL could help create a noninvasive cancer treatment derived from a common tropical plant.
Six new nuclear reactor technologies are set to deploy for commercial use between 2030 and 2040. Called Generation IV nuclear reactors, they will operate with improved performance at dramatically higher temperatures than today’s reactors.
Scientists have demonstrated a new bio-inspired material for an eco-friendly and cost-effective approach to recovering uranium from seawater.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University teamed up to investigate the complex dynamics of low-water liquids that challenge nuclear waste processing at federal cleanup sites.
Kevin Field at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory synthesizes and scrutinizes materials for nuclear power systems that must perform safely and efficiently over decades of irradiation.