Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (100)
- (-) Neutron Science (36)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (39)
- (-) Supercomputing (85)
- Advanced Manufacturing (5)
- Biology and Environment (114)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (2)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (2)
- Computer Science (3)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (3)
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (1)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (1)
- Fusion and Fission (30)
- Fusion Energy (13)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (4)
- Materials (100)
- Materials for Computing (10)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (23)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (2)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (16)
- (-) Biology (22)
- (-) Climate Change (35)
- (-) Composites (18)
- (-) Grid (42)
- (-) Nanotechnology (23)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (45)
- (-) Physics (18)
- (-) Summit (44)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (85)
- Artificial Intelligence (44)
- Big Data (26)
- Bioenergy (33)
- Biomedical (32)
- Biotechnology (6)
- Buildings (39)
- Chemical Sciences (17)
- Clean Water (10)
- Computer Science (110)
- Coronavirus (28)
- Critical Materials (12)
- Cybersecurity (16)
- Decarbonization (36)
- Energy Storage (78)
- Environment (73)
- Exascale Computing (25)
- Fossil Energy (3)
- Frontier (30)
- Fusion (11)
- High-Performance Computing (42)
- Hydropower (2)
- Isotopes (7)
- Machine Learning (21)
- Materials (56)
- Materials Science (60)
- Mathematics (3)
- Mercury (3)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (15)
- Molten Salt (5)
- National Security (11)
- Net Zero (4)
- Neutron Science (104)
- Partnerships (12)
- Polymers (14)
- Quantum Computing (19)
- Quantum Science (30)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (10)
- Simulation (17)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (12)
- Statistics (1)
- Sustainable Energy (71)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (5)
- Transportation (71)
Media Contacts
Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Northeastern University modeled how extreme conditions in a changing climate affect the land’s ability to absorb atmospheric carbon — a key process for mitigating human-caused emissions. They found that 88% of Earth’s regions could become carbon emitters by the end of the 21st century.
The Exascale Small Modular Reactor effort, or ExaSMR, is a software stack developed over seven years under the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project to produce the highest-resolution simulations of nuclear reactor systems to date. Now, ExaSMR has been nominated for a 2023 Gordon Bell Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery and is one of six finalists for the annual award, which honors outstanding achievements in high-performance computing from a variety of scientific domains.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three ORNL research teams to receive funding through DOE’s new Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment initiative.
A new nanoscience study led by a researcher at ORNL takes a big-picture look at how scientists study materials at the smallest scales.
After being stabilized in an ambulance as he struggled to breathe, Jonathan Harter hit a low point. It was 2020, he was very sick with COVID-19, and his job as a lab technician at ORNL was ending along with his research funding.
Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth’s climate by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with a mission to better understand and predict environmental change.
Over the past decade, teams of engineers, chemists and biologists have analyzed the physical and chemical properties of cicada wings, hoping to unlock the secret of their ability to kill microbes on contact. If this function of nature can be replicated by science, it may lead to products with inherently antibacterial surfaces that are more effective than current chemical treatments.
As extreme weather devastates communities worldwide, scientists are using modeling and simulation to understand how climate change impacts the frequency and intensity of these events. Although long-term climate projections and models are important, they are less helpful for short-term prediction of extreme weather that may rapidly displace thousands of people or require emergency aid.
JungHyun Bae is a nuclear scientist studying applications of particles that have some beneficial properties: They are everywhere, they are unlimited, they are safe.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are supporting the grid by improving its smallest building blocks: power modules that act as digital switches.