Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (134)
- (-) Isotopes (21)
- (-) National Security (17)
- Advanced Manufacturing (14)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (22)
- Building Technologies (1)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computer Science (2)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (2)
- Energy Sciences (1)
- Fusion and Fission (7)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Materials (56)
- Materials for Computing (8)
- Neutron Science (19)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (9)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (31)
- Transportation Systems (2)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (46)
- (-) Biomedical (8)
- (-) Coronavirus (9)
- (-) Cybersecurity (14)
- (-) Energy Storage (42)
- (-) Grid (32)
- (-) Isotopes (18)
- (-) Polymers (6)
- (-) Space Exploration (6)
- (-) Transportation (44)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (9)
- Big Data (7)
- Bioenergy (13)
- Biology (8)
- Biotechnology (3)
- Buildings (24)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Clean Water (7)
- Climate Change (17)
- Composites (11)
- Computer Science (25)
- Critical Materials (4)
- Decarbonization (20)
- Environment (37)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- High-Performance Computing (6)
- Hydropower (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- Machine Learning (10)
- Materials (21)
- Materials Science (16)
- Mathematics (2)
- Mercury (2)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (4)
- Nanotechnology (4)
- National Security (24)
- Net Zero (2)
- Neutron Science (4)
- Nuclear Energy (7)
- Partnerships (4)
- Quantum Science (2)
- Security (9)
- Simulation (2)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (4)
- Sustainable Energy (41)
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.
The 21st Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Oct. 23-26 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton West in Knoxville, attracted 109 researchers, including some from Austria and the Czech Republic. Besides attending many technical sessions, they had the opportunity to tour the Graphite Reactor, High Flux Isotope Reactor and both supercomputers at ORNL.
Researchers at ORNL became the first to 3D-print large rotating steam turbine blades for generating energy in power plants.
Raina Setzer knows the work she does matters. That’s because she’s already seen it from the other side. Setzer, a radiochemical processing technician in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Isotope Processing and Manufacturing Division, joined the lab in June 2023.
ORNL researchers determined that a connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, traveling on a multilane highway with integrated traffic light timing control can maximize energy efficiency and achieve up to 27% savings.
In fiscal year 2023 — Oct. 1–Sept. 30, 2023 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded more than $8 million in technology maturation funding through the Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund, or TCF.
Steven Campbell can often be found deep among tall cases of power electronics, hunkered in his oversized blue lab coat, with 1500 volts of electricity flowing above his head. When interrupted in his laboratory at ORNL, Campbell will usually smile and duck his head.
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed advanced manufacturing technology, AMCM, was recently licensed by Orbital Composites and enables the rapid production of composite-based components, which could accelerate the decarbonization of vehicles
Sreenivasa Jaldanki, a researcher in the Grid Systems Modeling and Controls group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recently elevated to senior membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
The common sounds in the background of daily life – like a refrigerator’s hum, an air conditioner’s whoosh and a heat pump’s buzz – often go unnoticed. These noises, however, are the heartbeat of a healthy building and integral for comfort and convenience.