Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (28)
- (-) Neutron Science (7)
- (-) Supercomputing (13)
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (10)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (4)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (2)
- Isotopes (7)
- Materials (35)
- Materials for Computing (7)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (4)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (4)
- Quantum information Science (4)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Clean Water (4)
- (-) Composites (11)
- (-) Cybersecurity (3)
- (-) Isotopes (1)
- (-) Machine Learning (5)
- (-) Microscopy (6)
- (-) Physics (3)
- (-) Polymers (9)
- (-) Quantum Science (6)
- (-) Space Exploration (5)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (35)
- Advanced Reactors (3)
- Artificial Intelligence (7)
- Big Data (8)
- Bioenergy (6)
- Biology (7)
- Biomedical (9)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Buildings (16)
- Chemical Sciences (8)
- Climate Change (10)
- Computer Science (31)
- Coronavirus (6)
- Critical Materials (8)
- Decarbonization (6)
- Energy Storage (36)
- Environment (26)
- Exascale Computing (4)
- Frontier (4)
- Fusion (3)
- Grid (17)
- High-Performance Computing (10)
- Hydropower (2)
- Materials (27)
- Materials Science (24)
- Mathematics (1)
- Mercury (1)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (9)
- National Security (1)
- Net Zero (1)
- Neutron Science (33)
- Nuclear Energy (5)
- Partnerships (1)
- Quantum Computing (5)
- Security (1)
- Simulation (5)
- Software (1)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (7)
- Sustainable Energy (35)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (33)
Media Contacts
![self-healing elastomers](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-01/Buildings%20-%20Unbreakable%20bond-%20small.png?h=5ded6b27&itok=Du9vTz_5)
![Distinguished Inventors](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-12/inventors.jpg?h=4631f1c1&itok=xhAGY0kv)
Six scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory entrance sign](/themes/custom/ornl/images/default-thumbnail.jpg)
Geoffrey L. Greene, a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who holds a joint appointment with ORNL, will be awarded the 2021 Tom Bonner Prize for Nuclear Physics from the American Physical Society.
![ORNL researchers and energy storage startup Sparkz have developed a cobalt-free cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries Credit: Ilias Belharouak/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-10/cobalt-sparkz_0.jpg?h=cd715a88&itok=vTU2FKUY)
Four research teams from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards.
![Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-09/yeter.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=hfxJWutl)
Kübra Yeter-Aydeniz, a postdoctoral researcher, was recently named the Turkish Women in Science group’s “Scientist of the Week.”
![Simulation of short polymer chains](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/Screen%20Shot%202020-07-27%20at%202.46.08%20PM_0.png?h=fc4031ca&itok=DVcIeNaW)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have discovered a cost-effective way to significantly improve the mechanical performance of common polymer nanocomposite materials.
![Cars and coronavirus](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-08/Transportation-Gauging_pandemic_impact_ORNL_0.jpg?h=4a7d1ed4&itok=Xqx4kknO)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a machine learning model that could help predict the impact pandemics such as COVID-19 have on fuel demand in the United States.
![Map with focus on sub-saharan Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/firms3-Africa-NASA_0.jpg?h=27f1d52b&itok=G8uUS5cH)
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method that uses machine learning to predict seasonal fire risk in Africa, where half of the world’s wildfire-related carbon emissions originate.
![Colorized micrograph of lily pollen](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-07/Lily_CH%20and%20CO_1.png?h=436b82d4&itok=lntoWKVr)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have built a novel microscope that provides a “chemical lens” for viewing biological systems including cell membranes and biofilms.
![Matthew R. Ryder](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-06/Ryder_Headshot%5B1%5D.jpg?h=5c245560&itok=LrhlzkyS)
Matthew R. Ryder, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the 2020 Foresight Fellow in Molecular-Scale Engineering.