Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Biology and Environment (17)
- Clean Energy (50)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (2)
- Materials (39)
- Materials for Computing (7)
- National Security (10)
- Neutron Science (49)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (3)
- Supercomputing (29)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Frontier (18)
- (-) Machine Learning (17)
- (-) Neutron Science (64)
- (-) Polymers (18)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (48)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (61)
- Advanced Reactors (14)
- Artificial Intelligence (32)
- Big Data (15)
- Bioenergy (40)
- Biology (43)
- Biomedical (26)
- Biotechnology (10)
- Buildings (24)
- Chemical Sciences (37)
- Clean Water (7)
- Climate Change (37)
- Composites (12)
- Computer Science (72)
- Coronavirus (23)
- Critical Materials (11)
- Cybersecurity (24)
- Decarbonization (34)
- Education (3)
- Element Discovery (1)
- Energy Storage (57)
- Environment (78)
- Exascale Computing (14)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Fusion (20)
- Grid (24)
- High-Performance Computing (38)
- Hydropower (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- Isotopes (26)
- ITER (3)
- Materials (74)
- Materials Science (65)
- Mathematics (3)
- Mercury (6)
- Microscopy (27)
- Molten Salt (2)
- Nanotechnology (34)
- National Security (32)
- Net Zero (5)
- Nuclear Energy (45)
- Partnerships (26)
- Physics (40)
- Quantum Computing (10)
- Quantum Science (31)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (16)
- Simulation (15)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (3)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (23)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (4)
- Transportation (41)
Media Contacts
Thomas Proffen, a neutron scattering scientist at ORNL and founder of Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls, was recognized with an award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology, or NCWIT. In addition, one of his students received a national honor from the organization.
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
The Neutron Scattering Society of America, or NSSA, recognized Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Ke An and Ken Herwig as fellows for their outstanding contributions to neutron scattering.
Jens Dilling has been named associate laboratory director for the Neutron Sciences Directorate at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective April 1.
Alyssa Carrell started her science career studying the tallest inhabitants in the forest, but today is focused on some of its smallest — the microbial organisms that play an outsized role in plant health.
ORNL hosted the second annual Appalachian Carbon Forum in Lexington March 7-8, 2024, where ORNL and University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research scientists led discussions with representatives from
The United States could triple its current bioeconomy by producing more than 1 billion tons per year of plant-based biomass for renewable fuels, while meeting projected demands for food, feed, fiber, conventional forest products and exports, according to the DOE’s latest Billion-Ton Report led by ORNL.
Chelsea Chen, a polymer physicist at ORNL, is studying ion transport in solid electrolytes that could help electric vehicle battery charges last longer.
Corning uses neutron scattering to study the stability of different types of glass. Recently, researchers for the company have found that understanding the stability of the rings of atoms in glass materials can help predict the performance of glass products.