Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Materials (33)
- (-) Neutron Science (38)
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (11)
- Clean Energy (28)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (3)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (14)
- Fusion Energy (5)
- Isotopes (14)
- Materials for Computing (3)
- National Security (10)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (18)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Supercomputing (11)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Composites (5)
- (-) Critical Materials (6)
- (-) Isotopes (4)
- (-) Machine Learning (2)
- (-) Neutron Science (40)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (8)
- (-) Security (1)
- (-) Space Exploration (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (12)
- Advanced Reactors (4)
- Artificial Intelligence (4)
- Bioenergy (7)
- Biology (4)
- Biomedical (4)
- Buildings (2)
- Chemical Sciences (13)
- Clean Water (1)
- Climate Change (3)
- Computer Science (6)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Cybersecurity (3)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (19)
- Environment (7)
- Frontier (2)
- Fusion (6)
- Grid (1)
- High-Performance Computing (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- ITER (1)
- Materials (41)
- Materials Science (41)
- Microscopy (17)
- Molten Salt (2)
- Nanotechnology (23)
- National Security (1)
- Partnerships (2)
- Physics (13)
- Polymers (10)
- Quantum Computing (3)
- Quantum Science (4)
- Simulation (1)
- Sustainable Energy (6)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (11)
Media Contacts
Researchers from Yale University and ORNL collaborated on neutron scattering experiments to study hydrogen atom locations and their effects on iron in a compound similar to those commonly used in industrial catalysts.
Three scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.
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 truth is neutron scattering is not important, according to Steve Nagler. The knowledge gained from using it is what’s important
Seven scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of their obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
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 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.
Neutron scattering techniques were used as part of a study of a novel nanoreactor material that grows crystalline hydrogen clathrates, or HCs, capable of storing hydrogen.
Researchers at ORNL explored radium’s chemistry to advance cancer treatments using ionizing radiation.