Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Energy Frontier Research Centers (1)
- (-) Materials for Computing (3)
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (18)
- Clean Energy (43)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Fusion and Fission (14)
- Fusion Energy (2)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials (33)
- National Security (7)
- Neutron Science (13)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (8)
- Supercomputing (18)
News Topics
- (-) Nanotechnology (2)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biomedical (1)
- Chemical Sciences (2)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Energy Storage (2)
- Environment (1)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials (2)
- Materials Science (5)
- Microscopy (1)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (2)
- Polymers (4)
- Quantum Science (1)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Summit (1)
- Transportation (2)
Media Contacts
![ORNL scientists used an electron beam for precision machining of nanoscale materials. Cubes were milled to change their shape and could also be removed from an array. Credit: Kevin Roccapriore/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2022-01/ORNL_15nm_allmodes_oneper_01.jpg?h=6f770d0b&itok=o5CcrpFN)
Drilling with the beam of an electron microscope, scientists at ORNL precisely machined tiny electrically conductive cubes that can interact with light and organized them in patterned structures that confine and relay light’s electromagnetic signal.
![ORNL researchers have developed a new class of cobalt-free cathodes called NFA that are being investigated for making lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-12/NFA_cathode02%5B2%5D_0.jpg?h=806bf84c&itok=WeaSPrlf)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a new family of cathodes with the potential to replace the costly cobalt-based cathodes typically found in today’s lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and consumer electronics.
![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.
![After a monolayer MXene is heated, functional groups are removed from both surfaces. Titanium and carbon atoms migrate from one area to both surfaces, creating a pore and forming new structures. Credit: ORNL, USDOE; image by Xiahan Sang and Andy Sproles. After a monolayer MXene is heated, functional groups are removed from both surfaces. Titanium and carbon atoms migrate from one area to both surfaces, creating a pore and forming new structures. Credit: ORNL, USDOE; image by Xiahan Sang and Andy Sproles.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/hTiC04_v2.jpg?itok=GeDQD6xS)
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic “building blocks” from which stable structures formed. The findings, reported in Nature Communications, provide insights that ...