Filter News
Area of Research
News Topics
- (-) 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- (-) Advanced Reactors (5)
- (-) Energy Storage (5)
- (-) Grid (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (6)
- Big Data (4)
- Bioenergy (3)
- Biomedical (2)
- Clean Water (2)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (24)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Environment (6)
- Exascale Computing (2)
- Frontier (2)
- Fusion (5)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials Science (18)
- Microscopy (5)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (6)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Nuclear Energy (10)
- Physics (3)
- Polymers (2)
- Quantum Science (5)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (9)
- Sustainable Energy (6)
- Transportation (6)
Media Contacts
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that an additively manufactured polymer layer, when applied to carbon fiber reinforced plastic, or CFRP, can serve as an effective protector against aircraft lightning strikes.
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a super-hot plasma, when needed, to protect the reactor’s interior wall from high-energy runaway electrons.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received five 2019 R&D 100 Awards, increasing the lab’s total to 221 since the award’s inception in 1963.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 12 projects with private industry to enable collaboration with DOE national laboratories on overcoming challenges in fusion energy development.
ORNL and The University of Toledo have entered into a memorandum of understanding for collaborative research.
In a recent study, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory performed experiments in a prototype fusion reactor materials testing facility to develop a method that uses microwaves to raise the plasma’s temperature closer to the extreme values
Using additive manufacturing, scientists experimenting with tungsten at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to unlock new potential of the high-performance heat-transferring material used to protect components from the plasma inside a fusion reactor. Fusion requires hydrogen isotopes to reach millions of degrees.
A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that designed synthetic polymers can serve as a high-performance binding material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
In the shifting landscape of global manufacturing, American ingenuity is once again giving U.S companies an edge with radical productivity improvements as a result of advanced materials and robotic systems developed at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
In a step toward advancing small modular nuclear reactor designs, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have run reactor simulations on ORNL supercomputer Summit with greater-than-expected computational efficiency.