Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Materials (20)
- (-) National Security (10)
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (43)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (29)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (2)
- Fusion and Fission (9)
- Isotopes (4)
- Materials for Computing (2)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Supercomputing (20)
News Topics
- (-) Biology (7)
- (-) Climate Change (4)
- (-) Energy Storage (14)
- (-) Frontier (2)
- (-) Fusion (1)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Summit (1)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Artificial Intelligence (8)
- Big Data (2)
- Bioenergy (5)
- Biomedical (3)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (3)
- Chemical Sciences (12)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (3)
- Computer Science (8)
- Coronavirus (3)
- Critical Materials (4)
- Cybersecurity (5)
- Decarbonization (4)
- Environment (6)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Grid (5)
- High-Performance Computing (5)
- Machine Learning (6)
- Materials (25)
- Materials Science (9)
- Microscopy (4)
- Nanotechnology (6)
- National Security (14)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Nuclear Energy (1)
- Partnerships (5)
- Physics (5)
- Polymers (3)
- Quantum Science (2)
- Security (3)
- Simulation (2)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (3)
Media Contacts
Electric vehicles can drive longer distances if their lithium-ion batteries deliver more energy in a lighter package. A prime weight-loss candidate is the current collector, a component that often adds 10% to the weight of a battery cell without contributing energy.
Jack Orebaugh, a forensic anthropology major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has a big heart for families with missing loved ones. When someone disappears in an area of dense vegetation, search and recovery efforts can be difficult, especially when a missing person’s last location is unknown. Recognizing the agony of not knowing what happened to a family or friend, Orebaugh decided to use his internship at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to find better ways to search for lost and deceased people using cameras and drones.
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.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has exclusively licensed battery electrolyte technology to Safire Technology Group. The collection of five patented technologies is designed for a drop-in additive for lithium-ion batteries that prevents explosions and fire from impact.
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.
Laboratory Director Thomas Zacharia presented five Director’s Awards during Saturday night's annual Awards Night event hosted by UT-Battelle, which manages ORNL for the Department of Energy.
Sheng Dai, a Corporate Fellow and section head at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected by the DOE Office of Science as a 2023 Distinguished Scientist Fellow.
Marc-Antoni Racing has licensed a collection of patented energy storage technologies developed at ORNL. The technologies focus on components that enable fast-charging, energy-dense batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles and grid storage.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists recently demonstrated a low-temperature, safe route to purifying molten chloride salts that minimizes their ability to corrode metals. This method could make the salts useful for storing energy generated from the sun’s heat.