Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Isotopes (1)
- (-) Materials (13)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (10)
- (-) Sensors and Controls (1)
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biology and Environment (4)
- Clean Energy (21)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (6)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Fusion and Fission (2)
- Fusion Energy (7)
- Materials for Computing (5)
- National Security (4)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Quantum information Science (3)
- Supercomputing (8)
News Topics
- (-) Coronavirus (1)
- (-) Fusion (3)
- (-) Grid (1)
- (-) Nanotechnology (8)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (13)
- (-) Physics (2)
- (-) Quantum Science (1)
- (-) Space Exploration (4)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Advanced Reactors (5)
- Bioenergy (1)
- Biomedical (3)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (4)
- Computer Science (1)
- Critical Materials (5)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Energy Storage (7)
- Environment (1)
- Irradiation (1)
- Isotopes (5)
- Materials (12)
- Materials Science (19)
- Microscopy (6)
- Molten Salt (4)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Polymers (6)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Sustainable Energy (3)
- Transportation (6)
Media Contacts
An advance in a topological insulator material — whose interior behaves like an electrical insulator but whose surface behaves like a conductor — could revolutionize the fields of next-generation electronics and quantum computing, according to scientists at ORNL.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers serendipitously discovered when they automated the beam of an electron microscope to precisely drill holes in the atomically thin lattice of graphene, the drilled holes closed up.
Researchers from ORNL, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Tuskegee University used mathematics to predict which areas of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are most likely to mutate.
A method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to print high-fidelity, passive sensors for energy applications can reduce the cost of monitoring critical power grid assets.
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.
A developing method to gauge the occurrence of a nuclear reactor anomaly has the potential to save millions of dollars.
An all-in-one experimental platform developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences accelerates research on promising materials for future technologies.
In the 1960s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's four-year Molten Salt Reactor Experiment tested the viability of liquid fuel reactors for commercial power generation. Results from that historic experiment recently became the basis for the first-ever molten salt reactor benchmark.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers working on neutron imaging capabilities for nuclear materials have developed a process for seeing the inside of uranium particles – without cutting them open.
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a super-hot plasma, when needed, to protect the reactor’s interior wall from high-energy runaway electrons.