Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Computer Science (12)
- (-) Frontier (14)
- (-) Grid (10)
- (-) Polymers (2)
- (-) Space Exploration (4)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (9)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Artificial Intelligence (15)
- Big Data (7)
- Bioenergy (9)
- Biology (16)
- Biomedical (4)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (7)
- Chemical Sciences (11)
- Clean Water (5)
- Climate Change (18)
- Composites (2)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Critical Materials (2)
- Cybersecurity (6)
- Decarbonization (18)
- Emergency (1)
- Energy Storage (9)
- Environment (29)
- Exascale Computing (11)
- Fossil Energy (2)
- Fusion (7)
- High-Performance Computing (18)
- Hydropower (2)
- Isotopes (8)
- Machine Learning (11)
- Materials (22)
- Materials Science (7)
- Mathematics (2)
- Mercury (1)
- Microelectronics (2)
- Microscopy (3)
- Nanotechnology (4)
- National Security (17)
- Net Zero (3)
- Neutron Science (19)
- Nuclear Energy (14)
- Partnerships (6)
- Physics (10)
- Quantum Computing (6)
- Quantum Science (3)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (1)
- Simulation (19)
- Software (1)
- Summit (7)
- Transportation (5)
Media Contacts
In June, ORNL hit a milestone not seen in more than three decades: producing a production-quality amount of plutonium-238
Outside the high-performance computing, or HPC, community, exascale may seem more like fodder for science fiction than a powerful tool for scientific research. Yet, when seen through the lens of real-world applications, exascale computing goes from ethereal concept to tangible reality with exceptional benefits.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading the way in understanding the effects of electrical faults in the modern U.S. power grid.
After being stabilized in an ambulance as he struggled to breathe, Jonathan Harter hit a low point. It was 2020, he was very sick with COVID-19, and his job as a lab technician at ORNL was ending along with his research funding.
Mirko Musa spent his childhood zigzagging his bike along the Po River. The Po, Italy’s longest river, cuts through a lush valley of grain and vegetable fields, which look like a green and gold ocean spreading out from the river’s banks.
Yarom Polsky, director of the Manufacturing Science Division, or MSD, at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME.
Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth’s climate by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with a mission to better understand and predict environmental change.
With the world’s first exascale supercomputer now fully open for scientific business, researchers can thank the early users who helped get the machine up to speed.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers recently demonstrated use of a laser-based analytical method to accelerate understanding of critical plant and soil properties that affect bioenergy plant growth and soil carbon storage.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are supporting the grid by improving its smallest building blocks: power modules that act as digital switches.