Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Fusion and Fission (3)
- (-) Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biology and Environment (54)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (43)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Isotopes (26)
- Materials (27)
- Materials for Computing (3)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (33)
- Neutron Science (8)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (9)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Sensors and Controls (1)
- Supercomputing (32)
News Topics
- (-) Isotopes (1)
- (-) Security (2)
- (-) Space Exploration (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (3)
- Advanced Reactors (6)
- Artificial Intelligence (1)
- Bioenergy (1)
- Biology (1)
- Biomedical (1)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Critical Materials (1)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (4)
- Environment (2)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Fusion (22)
- Grid (2)
- High-Performance Computing (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- ITER (6)
- Materials (1)
- Materials Science (5)
- Microscopy (1)
- Nanotechnology (1)
- Net Zero (1)
- Neutron Science (1)
- Nuclear Energy (27)
- Partnerships (3)
- Physics (1)
- Simulation (3)
- Sustainable Energy (4)
- Transportation (2)
Media Contacts
![Debjani Pal’s photo “Three-Dimensional Breast Cancer Spheroids” won the Director’s Choice Award in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Art of Science photo competition. It will be displayed at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Credit: Debjani Pal/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-12/ArtofSci23_1700166411096.png?h=a06d9019&itok=lbq0KEuH)
![Mars Rover 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-03/Mars_0.jpg?h=c44fcfa1&itok=gSstQOJO)
More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system. The annual awards recognized 21 teams and three individuals for service and contributions to DOE’s mission and to the benefit of the nation.
![Verónica Melesse Vergara speaks with third and fourth graders at East Side Intermediate School in Brownsville. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-02/EWeek_vergara_0.jpg?h=c44fcfa1&itok=-FdYpHed)
Twenty-seven ORNL researchers Zoomed into 11 middle schools across Tennessee during the annual Engineers Week in February. East Tennessee schools throughout Oak Ridge and Roane, Sevier, Blount and Loudon counties participated, with three West Tennessee schools joining in.
![By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions. By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/front_page_slide_assets/2015-P07524.jpg?itok=MEy22Na3)
With the production of 50 grams of plutonium-238, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have restored a U.S. capability dormant for nearly 30 years and set the course to provide power for NASA and other missions.