Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Biology and Environment (8)
- (-) National Security (9)
- (-) Quantum information Science (4)
- Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Clean Energy (37)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (8)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Fusion and Fission (9)
- Fusion Energy (6)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials (20)
- Materials for Computing (2)
- Neutron Science (7)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (17)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (22)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Grid (7)
- (-) Machine Learning (7)
- (-) Mercury (1)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (3)
- (-) Quantum Science (4)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (10)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (10)
- Big Data (4)
- Bioenergy (20)
- Biology (31)
- Biomedical (7)
- Biotechnology (7)
- Buildings (2)
- Chemical Sciences (9)
- Clean Water (3)
- Climate Change (17)
- Composites (4)
- Computer Science (22)
- Coronavirus (9)
- Critical Materials (1)
- Cybersecurity (12)
- Decarbonization (4)
- Energy Storage (6)
- Environment (31)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Fusion (2)
- High-Performance Computing (9)
- Hydropower (3)
- Isotopes (2)
- Materials (11)
- Materials Science (5)
- Microscopy (3)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (5)
- National Security (11)
- Net Zero (1)
- Neutron Science (4)
- Partnerships (8)
- Physics (3)
- Polymers (1)
- Security (6)
- Simulation (5)
- Summit (4)
- Sustainable Energy (15)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (1)
- Transportation (5)
Media Contacts
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced the establishment of the Center for AI Security Research, or CAISER, to address threats already present as governments and industries around the world adopt artificial intelligence and take advantage of the benefits it promises in data processing, operational efficiencies and decision-making.
In the search for ways to fight methylmercury in global waterways, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that some forms of phytoplankton are good at degrading the potent neurotoxin.
Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate. At ORNL, scientists are working on several fronts to better understand and predict these events and what they mean for the carbon cycle and biodiversity.
Like most scientists, Chengping Chai is not content with the surface of things: He wants to probe beyond to learn what’s really going on. But in his case, he is literally building a map of the world beneath, using seismic and acoustic data that reveal when and where the earth moves.
A new report published by ORNL assessed how advanced manufacturing and materials, such as 3D printing and novel component coatings, could offer solutions to modernize the existing fleet and design new approaches to hydropower.
U2opia Technology, a consortium of technology and administrative executives with extensive experience in both industry and defense, has exclusively licensed two technologies from ORNL that offer a new method for advanced cybersecurity monitoring in real time.
A partnership of ORNL, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee and TVA that aims to attract nuclear energy-related firms to Oak Ridge has been recognized with a state and local economic development award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium.
Although blockchain is best known for securing digital currency payments, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using it to track a different kind of exchange: It’s the first time blockchain has ever been used to validate communication among devices on the electric grid.
Over the past seven years, researchers in ORNL’s Geospatial Science and Human Security Division have mapped and characterized all structures within the United States and its territories to aid FEMA in its response to disasters. This dataset provides a consistent, nationwide accounting of the buildings where people reside and work.
When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico in 2017, winds snapped trees and destroyed homes, while heavy rains transformed streets into rivers. But after the storm passed, the human toll continued to grow as residents struggled without electricity for months. Five years later, power outages remain long and frequent.