Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (2)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (71)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (42)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fusion and Fission (3)
- Isotopes (15)
- Materials (16)
- Materials for Computing (2)
- National Security (15)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Supercomputing (28)
News Topics
- (-) Environment (1)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Advanced Reactors (4)
- Climate Change (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Fusion (6)
- Materials Science (2)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Neutron Science (1)
- Nuclear Energy (16)
- Physics (1)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (2)
Media Contacts
![A selfie from the Curiosity rover as it explores the surface of Mars. Like many spacecraft, Curiosity uses a radioisotope power system to help fuel its mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-09/Curiousity_1.jpg?h=86a9dded&itok=Jo0vD321)
Radioactive isotopes power some of NASA’s best-known spacecraft. But predicting how radiation emitted from these isotopes might affect nearby materials is tricky
![Misha Krassovski, a computer scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, stands in front of the Polarstern, a 400-foot long German icebreaker. Krassovski lived aboard the Polarstern during the first leg of the MOSAiC mission, the largest polar expedition ever. Credit: Misha Krassovski/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-10/IMG_0851_large.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=SDcaxULh)
In the vast frozen whiteness of the central Arctic, the Polarstern, a German research vessel, has settled into the ice for a yearlong float.
![The electromagnetic isotope separator system operates by vaporizing an element such as ruthenium into the gas phase, converting the molecules into an ion beam, and then channeling the beam through magnets to separate out the different isotopes. The electromagnetic isotope separator system operates by vaporizing an element such as ruthenium into the gas phase, converting the molecules into an ion beam, and then channeling the beam through magnets to separate out the different isotopes.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/6_1_17%20Ru_NF3_530uA%5B2%5D.jpg?itok=3OLnNZqa)
A tiny vial of gray powder produced at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the backbone of a new experiment to study the intense magnetic fields created in nuclear collisions.