![White car (Porsche Taycan) with the hood popped is inside the building with an american flag on the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_square_large/public/2024-06/2024-P09317.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=m6sQhZRq)
Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (51)
- (-) National Security (9)
- Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- Biology and Environment (25)
- Building Technologies (1)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (2)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (12)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (2)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (9)
- Fusion Energy (6)
- Isotopes (2)
- Materials (31)
- Materials for Computing (8)
- Mathematics (1)
- Neutron Science (8)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (6)
- Quantum information Science (4)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (29)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Climate Change (9)
- (-) Composites (11)
- (-) Computer Science (14)
- (-) Coronavirus (5)
- (-) Cybersecurity (4)
- (-) Fusion (2)
- (-) Grid (18)
- (-) Machine Learning (4)
- (-) Molten Salt (1)
- (-) Nanotechnology (5)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (35)
- Advanced Reactors (3)
- Artificial Intelligence (4)
- Big Data (5)
- Bioenergy (6)
- Biology (5)
- Biomedical (2)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (16)
- Chemical Sciences (6)
- Clean Water (4)
- Critical Materials (5)
- Decarbonization (6)
- Energy Storage (32)
- Environment (24)
- Frontier (1)
- High-Performance Computing (3)
- Hydropower (2)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials (20)
- Materials Science (16)
- Mathematics (1)
- Mercury (1)
- Microscopy (4)
- National Security (4)
- Net Zero (1)
- Neutron Science (4)
- Nuclear Energy (4)
- Partnerships (2)
- Physics (2)
- Polymers (7)
- Security (2)
- Simulation (2)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (1)
- Sustainable Energy (34)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (33)
Media Contacts
![Desalination process](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-07/hydrophopicDesal04_0.jpg?h=5473d993&itok=bUBkpGOa)
A new method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory improves the energy efficiency of a desalination process known as solar-thermal evaporation.
![Low-cost, compact, printed sensor that can collect and transmit data on electrical appliances for better load monitoring](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-03/2019-P01301_0.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=y0S4bq0p)
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a low-cost, printed, flexible sensor that can wrap around power cables to precisely monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
![As part of a preliminary study, ORNL scientists used critical location data collected from Twitter to map the location of certain power outages across the United States.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-02/PowerOutageTweets_map_0.png?h=6448fdc1&itok=AUit-O2Y)
Gleaning valuable data from social platforms such as Twitter—particularly to map out critical location information during emergencies— has become more effective and efficient thanks to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
![Laminations such as these are compiled to form the core of modern electric vehicle motors. ORNL has developed a software toolkit to speed the development of new motor designs and to improve the accuracy of their real-world performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-02/Motors_OeRSTED_0.jpg?h=af53702d&itok=mT24R4WI)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have created open source software that scales up analysis of motor designs to run on the fastest computers available, including those accessible to outside users at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.
![Researchers used machine learning methods on the ORNL Compute and Data Environment for Science, or CADES, to map vegetation communities in the Kougarok Watershed on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The colors denote different types of vegetation, such as w Researchers used machine learning methods on the ORNL Compute and Data Environment for Science, or CADES, to map vegetation communities in the Kougarok Watershed on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The colors denote different types of vegetation, such as w](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/rs2019_highlight_plot_3d.png?itok=5bROV_ys)
A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory used machine learning methods to generate a high-resolution map of vegetation growing in the remote reaches of the Alaskan tundra.
![hvac_grid03.png hvac_grid03.png](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/hvac_grid03.png?itok=ysav4oYi)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have devised a method to control the heating and cooling systems of a large network of buildings for power grid stability—all while ensuring the comfort of occupants.
![Manufacturing_tailoring_performance Manufacturing_tailoring_performance](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/Manufacturing_tailoring_performance.jpg?itok=ijYcyHyE)
A new manufacturing method created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rice University combines 3D printing with traditional casting to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials. Composite components made by pouring an aluminum alloy over a printed steel lattice showed an order of magnitude greater damage tolerance than aluminum alone.
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Scientists of the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments are blogging from the Arctic this summer. Follow their adventures at http://ngee-arctic.blogspot.com/. Participants share troubles and triumphs from the field in entries with headings like "Flying Wild Alaska" and "Hitting the Tundra." "The b...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Through a network that consists of hundreds of low-cost monitors that plug into standard 110-volt outlets, GridEye can play a role in ensuring the reliability of the nation's power grids. The system, developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides real-time information about dyna...