Filter News
Area of Research
News Topics
- (-) Clean Water (2)
- (-) Computer Science (3)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (6)
- (-) Physics (7)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (2)
- Bioenergy (2)
- Biomedical (1)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (6)
- Composites (1)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (4)
- Environment (6)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Fusion (2)
- Grid (1)
- Isotopes (2)
- Machine Learning (2)
- Materials (15)
- Materials Science (6)
- Microscopy (2)
- Nanotechnology (5)
- Neutron Science (21)
- Partnerships (3)
- Polymers (3)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Sustainable Energy (2)
- Transportation (2)
Media Contacts
How do you get water to float in midair? With a WAND2, of course. But it’s hardly magic. In fact, it’s a scientific device used by scientists to study matter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The old photos show her casually writing data in a logbook with stacks of lead bricks nearby, or sealing a vacuum chamber with a wrench. ORNL researcher Frances Pleasonton was instrumental in some of the earliest explorations of the properties of the neutron as the X-10 Site was finding its postwar footing as a research lab.
For nearly six years, the Majorana Demonstrator quietly listened to the universe. Nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, or SURF, in Lead, South Dakota, the experiment collected data that could answer one of the most perplexing questions in physics: Why is the universe filled with something instead of nothing?
ORNL computer scientist Catherine Schuman returned to her alma mater, Harriman High School, to lead Hour of Code activities and talk to students about her job as a researcher.
Students often participate in internships and receive formal training in their chosen career fields during college, but some pursue professional development opportunities even earlier.