Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (42)
- (-) Materials (71)
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biology and Environment (57)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (3)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Fusion and Fission (4)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (26)
- Materials for Computing (7)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (25)
- Neutron Science (16)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (11)
- Quantum information Science (4)
- Supercomputing (41)
News Topics
- (-) Climate Change (23)
- (-) Cybersecurity (10)
- (-) Isotopes (13)
- (-) Mercury (3)
- (-) Microscopy (29)
- (-) Physics (29)
- (-) Space Exploration (5)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (89)
- Advanced Reactors (9)
- Artificial Intelligence (13)
- Big Data (7)
- Bioenergy (30)
- Biology (12)
- Biomedical (10)
- Biotechnology (4)
- Buildings (36)
- Chemical Sciences (33)
- Clean Water (10)
- Composites (19)
- Computer Science (36)
- Coronavirus (14)
- Critical Materials (19)
- Decarbonization (34)
- Energy Storage (86)
- Environment (64)
- Exascale Computing (3)
- Fossil Energy (2)
- Frontier (3)
- Fusion (7)
- Grid (41)
- High-Performance Computing (9)
- Hydropower (2)
- Irradiation (1)
- ITER (1)
- Machine Learning (10)
- Materials (94)
- Materials Science (90)
- Mathematics (3)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Molten Salt (3)
- Nanotechnology (41)
- National Security (6)
- Net Zero (3)
- Neutron Science (42)
- Nuclear Energy (22)
- Partnerships (16)
- Polymers (21)
- Quantum Computing (3)
- Quantum Science (12)
- Renewable Energy (1)
- Security (7)
- Simulation (4)
- Statistics (1)
- Summit (6)
- Sustainable Energy (71)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (5)
- Transportation (69)
Media Contacts
![ORNL’s Xiahan Sang unambiguously resolved the atomic structure of MXene, a 2D material promising for energy storage, catalysis and electronic conductivity. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Carlos Jones ORNL’s Xiahan Sang unambiguously resolved the atomic structure of MXene, a 2D material promising for energy storage, catalysis and electronic conductivity. Image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; photographer Carlos Jones](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/Sang_2016-P07680_0.jpg?itok=w0e5eR_U)
Researchers have long sought electrically conductive materials for economical energy-storage devices. Two-dimensional (2D) ceramics called MXenes are contenders. Unlike most 2D ceramics, MXenes have inherently good conductivity because they are molecular sheets made from the carbides ...
![Default image of ORNL entry sign](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-09/default-thumbnail.jpg?h=553c93cc&itok=N_Kd1DVR)
Scientists of the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments are blogging from the Arctic this summer. Follow their adventures at http://ngee-arctic.blogspot.com/. Participants share troubles and triumphs from the field in entries with headings like "Flying Wild Alaska" and "Hitting the Tundra." "The b...