Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Biological Systems (2)
- (-) Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- (-) Materials (35)
- (-) Quantum information Science (3)
- Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Biology and Environment (73)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (60)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (6)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (2)
- Fusion and Fission (4)
- Fusion Energy (1)
- Materials for Computing (8)
- National Security (15)
- Neutron Science (11)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (4)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (35)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Bioenergy (6)
- (-) Biology (1)
- (-) Chemical Sciences (11)
- (-) Composites (6)
- (-) Grid (3)
- (-) Machine Learning (2)
- (-) Molten Salt (1)
- (-) Nanotechnology (17)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (10)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (4)
- Big Data (2)
- Biomedical (5)
- Buildings (2)
- Clean Water (3)
- Climate Change (2)
- Computer Science (14)
- Coronavirus (2)
- Critical Materials (5)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (13)
- Environment (11)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Fusion (4)
- High-Performance Computing (1)
- Isotopes (8)
- Materials (31)
- Materials Science (36)
- Mathematics (1)
- Microscopy (14)
- Neutron Science (13)
- Nuclear Energy (12)
- Partnerships (3)
- Physics (14)
- Polymers (10)
- Quantum Computing (2)
- Quantum Science (8)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (1)
- Sustainable Energy (6)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (2)
- Transportation (10)
Media Contacts
ORNL scientists combined two ligands, or metal-binding molecules, to target light and heavy lanthanides simultaneously for exceptionally efficient separation.
Scientists at ORNL developed a competitive, eco-friendly alternative made without harmful blowing agents.
Researchers at ORNL zoomed in on molecules designed to recover critical materials via liquid-liquid extraction — a method used by industry to separate chemically similar elements.
Critical Materials Institute researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Arizona State University studied the mineral monazite, an important source of rare-earth elements, to enhance methods of recovering critical materials for energy, defense and manufacturing applications.
The presence of minerals called ash in plants makes little difference to the fitness of new naturally derived compound materials designed for additive manufacturing, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led team found.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers serendipitously discovered when they automated the beam of an electron microscope to precisely drill holes in the atomically thin lattice of graphene, the drilled holes closed up.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists designed a recyclable polymer for carbon-fiber composites to enable circular manufacturing of parts that boost energy efficiency in automotive, wind power and aerospace applications.
Researchers from ORNL, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Tuskegee University used mathematics to predict which areas of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are most likely to mutate.
Researchers at ORNL are tackling a global water challenge with a unique material designed to target not one, but two toxic, heavy metal pollutants for simultaneous removal.
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using state-of-the-art methods to shed light on chemical separations needed to recover rare-earth elements and secure critical materials for clean energy technologies.