Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (59)
- (-) Isotopes (20)
- (-) Supercomputing (51)
- Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Biology and Environment (23)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Energy Sciences (1)
- Fusion and Fission (21)
- Fusion Energy (12)
- Materials (53)
- Materials for Computing (5)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (15)
- Neutron Science (58)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (29)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (2)
- Quantum information Science (1)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (3)
- (-) Clean Water (7)
- (-) Cybersecurity (7)
- (-) Energy Storage (43)
- (-) Frontier (14)
- (-) Isotopes (18)
- (-) Neutron Science (8)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (8)
- (-) Physics (3)
- (-) Summit (28)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (46)
- Artificial Intelligence (24)
- Big Data (18)
- Bioenergy (14)
- Biology (12)
- Biomedical (18)
- Biotechnology (3)
- Buildings (25)
- Chemical Sciences (6)
- Climate Change (26)
- Composites (11)
- Computer Science (71)
- Coronavirus (16)
- Critical Materials (7)
- Decarbonization (21)
- Environment (45)
- Exascale Computing (13)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Fusion (1)
- Grid (28)
- High-Performance Computing (23)
- Hydropower (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- Machine Learning (10)
- Materials (25)
- Materials Science (23)
- Mathematics (3)
- Mercury (2)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (6)
- Nanotechnology (8)
- National Security (5)
- Net Zero (3)
- Partnerships (4)
- Polymers (8)
- Quantum Computing (14)
- Quantum Science (14)
- Security (3)
- Simulation (12)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (8)
- Statistics (1)
- Sustainable Energy (43)
- Transportation (46)
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.
The team that built Frontier set out to break the exascale barrier, but the supercomputer’s record-breaking didn’t stop there.
Making room for the world’s first exascale supercomputer took some supersized renovations.
The world’s first exascale supercomputer will help scientists peer into the future of global climate change and open a window into weather patterns that could affect the world a generation from now.
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.
A type of peat moss has surprised scientists with its climate resilience: Sphagnum divinum is actively speciating in response to hot, dry conditions.
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.
As Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer, was being assembled at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in 2021, understanding its performance on mixed-precision calculations remained a difficult prospect.
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.