Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Neutron Science (23)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (27)
- Advanced Manufacturing (15)
- Biological Systems (2)
- Biology and Environment (53)
- Building Technologies (1)
- Clean Energy (124)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (6)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (2)
- Fusion and Fission (19)
- Fusion Energy (10)
- Isotopes (8)
- Materials (63)
- Materials for Computing (12)
- National Security (19)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (33)
- Transportation Systems (2)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- (-) Bioenergy (3)
- (-) Biomedical (8)
- (-) Machine Learning (3)
- (-) Materials (8)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (27)
- (-) Transportation (2)
- Advanced Reactors (8)
- Artificial Intelligence (5)
- Big Data (1)
- Biology (1)
- Chemical Sciences (2)
- Clean Water (2)
- Computer Science (8)
- Coronavirus (4)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Energy Storage (4)
- Environment (4)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Fusion (7)
- High-Performance Computing (1)
- Isotopes (3)
- Materials Science (12)
- Mathematics (1)
- Microscopy (2)
- Molten Salt (4)
- Nanotechnology (3)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (58)
- Physics (3)
- Polymers (1)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Quantum Science (2)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (5)
- Summit (2)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (2)
Media Contacts
Scientists at ORNL have developed 3D-printed collimator techniques that can be used to custom design collimators that better filter out noise during different types of neutron scattering experiments
How do you get water to float in midair? With a WAND2, of course. But it’s hardly magic. In fact, it’s a scientific device used by scientists to study matter.
Currently, the biggest hurdle for electric vehicles, or EVs, is the development of advanced battery technology to extend driving range, safety and reliability.
In 2023, the National School on X-ray and Neutron Scattering, or NXS, marked its 25th year during its annual program, held August 6–18 at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories.
Neutron experiments can take days to complete, requiring researchers to work long shifts to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments. But thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, experiments can now be done remotely and in half the time.
JungHyun Bae is a nuclear scientist studying applications of particles that have some beneficial properties: They are everywhere, they are unlimited, they are safe.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were the first to use neutron reflectometry to peer inside a working solid-state battery and monitor its electrochemistry.
Nonfood, plant-based biofuels have potential as a green alternative to fossil fuels, but the enzymes required for production are too inefficient and costly to produce. However, new research is shining a light on enzymes from fungi that could make biofuels economically viable.
Scientists have long sought to better understand the “local structure” of materials, meaning the arrangement and activities of the neighboring particles around each atom. In crystals, which are used in electronics and many other applications, most of the atoms form highly ordered lattice patterns that repeat. But not all atoms conform to the pattern.
Warming a crystal of the mineral fresnoite, ORNL scientists discovered that excitations called phasons carried heat three times farther and faster than phonons, the excitations that usually carry heat through a material.