Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Materials (19)
- (-) National Security (2)
- Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Biology and Environment (19)
- Building Technologies (2)
- Clean Energy (48)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (6)
- Energy Sciences (2)
- Fusion and Fission (2)
- Fusion Energy (8)
- Materials for Computing (3)
- Mathematics (1)
- Neutron Science (24)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (11)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (2)
- Supercomputing (9)
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (1)
- (-) Climate Change (1)
- (-) Energy Storage (8)
- (-) Neutron Science (4)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (3)
- (-) Polymers (6)
- (-) Security (1)
- (-) Space Exploration (2)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (4)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Big Data (2)
- Bioenergy (1)
- Biology (1)
- Biomedical (2)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (4)
- Computer Science (4)
- Coronavirus (2)
- Critical Materials (5)
- Cybersecurity (1)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Environment (5)
- Fusion (2)
- Grid (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- Isotopes (4)
- Materials (12)
- Materials Science (19)
- Microscopy (6)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (8)
- Physics (2)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Quantum Science (1)
- Summit (1)
- Transportation (7)
Media Contacts
Electric vehicles can drive longer distances if their lithium-ion batteries deliver more energy in a lighter package. A prime weight-loss candidate is the current collector, a component that often adds 10% to the weight of a battery cell without contributing energy.
ORNL scientists found that a small tweak created big performance improvements in a type of solid-state battery, a technology considered vital to broader electric vehicle adoption.
Scientists at ORNL developed a competitive, eco-friendly alternative made without harmful blowing agents.
Warming a crystal of the mineral fresnoite, ORNL scientists discovered that excitations called phasons carried heat three times farther and faster than phonons, the excitations that usually carry heat through a material.
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.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists recently demonstrated a low-temperature, safe route to purifying molten chloride salts that minimizes their ability to corrode metals. This method could make the salts useful for storing energy generated from the sun’s heat.
A better way of welding targets for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s plutonium-238 production has sped up the process and improved consistency and efficiency. This advancement will ultimately benefit the lab’s goal to make enough Pu-238 – the isotope that powers NASA’s deep space missions – to yield 1.5 kilograms of plutonium oxide annually by 2026.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have discovered a cost-effective way to significantly improve the mechanical performance of common polymer nanocomposite materials.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists seeking the source of charge loss in lithium-ion batteries demonstrated that coupling a thin-film cathode with a solid electrolyte is a rapid way to determine the root cause.