Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Materials (23)
- (-) Supercomputing (13)
- Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (1)
- Clean Energy (31)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (4)
- Fusion Energy (2)
- National Security (2)
- Neutron Science (3)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Topics
- (-) 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- (-) Artificial Intelligence (6)
- (-) Bioenergy (3)
- (-) Exascale Computing (2)
- (-) Grid (1)
- (-) Materials Science (18)
- (-) Security (1)
- (-) Transportation (6)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Big Data (4)
- Biomedical (2)
- Clean Water (2)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (24)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Energy Storage (5)
- Environment (6)
- Frontier (2)
- Fusion (2)
- Isotopes (1)
- Microscopy (5)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (6)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Nuclear Energy (8)
- Physics (3)
- Polymers (2)
- Quantum Science (5)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (9)
- Sustainable Energy (6)
Media Contacts
![Sean Hearne has been named director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Sean Hearne has been named director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/2019-P00370.jpg?itok=6sC8Bnj7)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 8, 2019—The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Sean Hearne director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. The center is a DOE Office of Science User Facility that brings world-leading resources and capabilities to the nanoscience resear...
![Jon Poplawsky of Oak Ridge National Laboratory combines atom probe tomography (revealed by this LEAP 4000XHR instrument) with electron microscopy to characterize the compositions, structures, and functions of materials for energy and information technolog Jon Poplawsky of Oak Ridge National Laboratory combines atom probe tomography (revealed by this LEAP 4000XHR instrument) with electron microscopy to characterize the compositions, structures, and functions of materials for energy and information technolog](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2018-P09428_0.jpg?itok=rCMBpuR3)
Jon Poplawsky, a materials scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, develops and links advanced characterization techniques that improve our ability to see and understand atomic-scale features of diverse materials
![Picture2.png Picture2.png](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Picture2_1.png?itok=IV4n9XEh)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists studying fuel cells as a potential alternative to internal combustion engines used sophisticated electron microscopy to investigate the benefits of replacing high-cost platinum with a lower cost, carbon-nitrogen-manganese-based catalyst.