Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Coronavirus (1)
- (-) Environment (7)
- (-) Fusion (2)
- (-) Grid (4)
- (-) Machine Learning (2)
- (-) Transportation (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (3)
- Bioenergy (4)
- Biology (10)
- Biomedical (1)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (5)
- Clean Water (1)
- Climate Change (3)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (4)
- Critical Materials (1)
- Cybersecurity (3)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (6)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Frontier (1)
- High-Performance Computing (2)
- Hydropower (2)
- ITER (1)
- Materials (3)
- Materials Science (3)
- Microscopy (1)
- Nanotechnology (1)
- National Security (6)
- Neutron Science (1)
- Nuclear Energy (6)
- Partnerships (4)
- Physics (1)
- Security (2)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Sustainable Energy (4)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
Media Contacts
Seven scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of their obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
Three researchers at ORNL have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields.
Although blockchain is best known for securing digital currency payments, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using it to track a different kind of exchange: It’s the first time blockchain has ever been used to validate communication among devices on the electric grid.
Eight ORNL scientists are among the world’s most highly cited researchers, according to a bibliometric analysis conducted by the scientific publication analytics firm Clarivate.
Over the past seven years, researchers in ORNL’s Geospatial Science and Human Security Division have mapped and characterized all structures within the United States and its territories to aid FEMA in its response to disasters. This dataset provides a consistent, nationwide accounting of the buildings where people reside and work.
When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico in 2017, winds snapped trees and destroyed homes, while heavy rains transformed streets into rivers. But after the storm passed, the human toll continued to grow as residents struggled without electricity for months. Five years later, power outages remain long and frequent.
Global carbon emissions from inland waters such as lakes, rivers, streams and ponds are being undercounted by about 13% and will likely continue to rise given climate events and land use changes, ORNL scientists found.
Five technologies invented by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been selected for targeted investment through ORNL’s Technology Innovation Program.
Technology developed at ORNL to monitor plant productivity and health at wide scales has been licensed to Logan, Utah-based instrumentation firm Campbell Scientific Inc.
Stan Wullschleger, associate laboratory director for biological and environmental systems science at ORNL, is the recipient of the 2022 Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award from the Ecological Society of America, or ESA.