Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Biology and Environment (142)
- (-) Materials (101)
- Advanced Manufacturing (9)
- Biological Systems (2)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Building Technologies (2)
- Clean Energy (192)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (5)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (3)
- Computer Science (8)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Energy Sciences (2)
- Functional Materials for Energy (2)
- Fusion and Fission (10)
- Fusion Energy (2)
- Isotopes (7)
- Materials for Computing (16)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (23)
- Neutron Science (108)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (8)
- Quantum information Science (1)
- Supercomputing (94)
News Topics
- (-) Big Data (10)
- (-) Bioenergy (51)
- (-) Biomedical (20)
- (-) Composites (11)
- (-) Coronavirus (14)
- (-) Energy Storage (37)
- (-) Environment (100)
- (-) Frontier (6)
- (-) Neutron Science (36)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (42)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (27)
- Advanced Reactors (4)
- Artificial Intelligence (15)
- Biology (73)
- Biotechnology (13)
- Buildings (5)
- Chemical Sciences (35)
- Clean Water (14)
- Climate Change (43)
- Computer Science (34)
- Critical Materials (13)
- Cybersecurity (5)
- Decarbonization (25)
- Exascale Computing (6)
- Fusion (8)
- Grid (8)
- High-Performance Computing (24)
- Hydropower (8)
- Irradiation (1)
- Isotopes (13)
- ITER (1)
- Machine Learning (11)
- Materials (78)
- Materials Science (82)
- Mathematics (3)
- Mercury (7)
- Microscopy (34)
- Molten Salt (3)
- Nanotechnology (42)
- National Security (5)
- Net Zero (3)
- Nuclear Energy (16)
- Partnerships (12)
- Physics (30)
- Polymers (18)
- Quantum Computing (3)
- Quantum Science (11)
- Renewable Energy (2)
- Security (3)
- Simulation (15)
- Space Exploration (2)
- Summit (11)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (3)
- Transportation (15)
Media Contacts
Electric vehicles can drive longer distances if their lithium-ion batteries deliver more energy in a lighter package. A prime weight-loss candidate is the current collector, a component that often adds 10% to the weight of a battery cell without contributing energy.
ORNL Environmental Sciences Division Director Eric Pierce presented the division’s 2023 Distinguished Achievement Awards at the organization’s December all-hands meeting.
Four scientists affiliated with ORNL were named Battelle Distinguished Inventors during the lab’s annual Innovation Awards on Dec. 1 in recognition of being granted 14 or more United States patents.
Guided by machine learning, chemists at ORNL designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material that stores four times more energy than the best commercial material.
Scientists at ORNL used their knowledge of complex ecosystem processes, energy systems, human dynamics, computational science and Earth-scale modeling to inform the nation’s latest National Climate Assessment, which draws attention to vulnerabilities and resilience opportunities in every region of the country.
While completing his undergraduate studies in the Philippines, atmospheric chemist Christian Salvador caught a glimpse of the horizon. What he saw concerned him: a thin, black line hovering above the city.
Scientists at ORNL used their expertise in quantum biology, artificial intelligence and bioengineering to improve how CRISPR Cas9 genome editing tools work on organisms like microbes that can be modified to produce renewable fuels and chemicals.
In response to a renewed international interest in molten salt reactors, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a novel technique to visualize molten salt intrusion in graphite.
In fiscal year 2023 — Oct. 1–Sept. 30, 2023 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded more than $8 million in technology maturation funding through the Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund, or TCF.
Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled. Nearly 90% is buried in landfills or incinerated at commercial facilities that generate greenhouse gases and airborne toxins. Neither outcome is ideal for the environment.