Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Materials (6)
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (10)
- Clean Energy (21)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fusion and Fission (12)
- Fusion Energy (4)
- Isotopes (14)
- Materials for Computing (1)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (6)
- Neutron Science (3)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (10)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (9)
News Topics
- (-) Fusion (1)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Machine Learning (3)
- (-) Molten Salt (1)
- (-) Security (1)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (3)
- Big Data (2)
- Bioenergy (4)
- Biology (1)
- Biomedical (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Climate Change (2)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (10)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Critical Materials (3)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Energy Storage (9)
- Environment (3)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Frontier (1)
- ITER (1)
- Materials (8)
- Materials Science (35)
- Mathematics (1)
- Microscopy (10)
- Nanotechnology (18)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (13)
- Nuclear Energy (3)
- Physics (9)
- Polymers (5)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Quantum Science (6)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Summit (2)
- Sustainable Energy (5)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (2)
- Transportation (3)
Media Contacts
![Larry Baylor, left, and Andrew Lupini have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-10/APSfellows.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=rDVqiCkQ)
ORNL's Larry Baylor and Andrew Lupini have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society.
![The Perseverance rover](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/pia23492_0.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=A5U6cgBE)
On Feb. 18, the world will be watching as NASA’s Perseverance rover makes its final descent into Jezero Crater on the surface of Mars. Mars 2020 is the first NASA mission that uses plutonium-238 produced at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![Distinguished Inventors](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-12/inventors.jpg?h=4631f1c1&itok=xhAGY0kv)
Six scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
![The CrossVis application includes a parallel coordinates plot (left), a tiled image view (right) and other interactive data views. Credit: Chad Steed/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/CrossVisOverview_2.png?h=fd2b4cf7&itok=Mz8wRoMo)
From materials science and earth system modeling to quantum information science and cybersecurity, experts in many fields run simulations and conduct experiments to collect the abundance of data necessary for scientific progress.
![Recent research involving Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source demonstrates crystal-like heat conduction in a solid-liquid hybrid, AgCrSe2.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-05/NIEDZELA_PNAS_graphic_0.png?h=39b94f55&itok=CA3sJhdS)
Research by an international team led by Duke University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists could speed the way to safer rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics such as laptops and cellphones.
![Coronavirus graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/covid19_jh_0.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=PyngFUZw)
In the race to identify solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are joining the fight by applying expertise in computational science, advanced manufacturing, data science and neutron science.