Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Biology and Environment (18)
- (-) Materials (8)
- (-) Supercomputing (2)
- Clean Energy (12)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computational Biology (1)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (3)
- Isotopes (3)
- Materials for Computing (1)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (23)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (3)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Topics
- (-) Biology (15)
- (-) Clean Water (4)
- (-) Decarbonization (3)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Machine Learning (2)
- (-) Neutron Science (4)
- (-) Physics (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (7)
- Advanced Reactors (2)
- Artificial Intelligence (2)
- Big Data (5)
- Bioenergy (10)
- Biomedical (7)
- Biotechnology (2)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Climate Change (10)
- Composites (4)
- Computer Science (18)
- Coronavirus (4)
- Critical Materials (7)
- Energy Storage (8)
- Environment (21)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Fusion (3)
- Grid (2)
- High-Performance Computing (6)
- Hydropower (3)
- Materials (13)
- Materials Science (19)
- Mercury (1)
- Microscopy (6)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (8)
- Nuclear Energy (4)
- Polymers (7)
- Quantum Computing (4)
- Quantum Science (4)
- Simulation (2)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (6)
- Sustainable Energy (13)
- Transportation (8)
Media Contacts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists studied hot springs on different continents and found similarities in how some microbes adapted despite their geographic diversity.
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.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists led the development of a supply chain model revealing the optimal places to site farms, biorefineries, pipelines and other infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel production.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists exploring bioenergy plant genetics have made a surprising discovery: a protein domain that could lead to new COVID-19 treatments.
ORNL researchers have identified specific proteins and amino acids that could control bioenergy plants’ ability to identify beneficial microbes that can enhance plant growth and storage of carbon in soils.
A DNA editing tool adapted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists makes engineering microbes for everything from bioenergy production to plastics recycling easier and faster.
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.
A team of scientists led by ORNL discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production
ORNL researchers discovered genetic mutations that underlie autism using a new approach that could lead to better diagnostics and drug therapies.
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.