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Newswise: Economic development honor among ORNL’s 5 federal laboratory awards
Released: 14-Feb-2022 1:20 PM EST
Economic development honor among ORNL’s 5 federal laboratory awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development were recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for their impactful partnership that resulted in a record $2.3 billion investment by Ultium Cells.

Newswise: Esteemed batteries researcher Dudney named to National Academy of Engineering
Released: 10-Feb-2022 9:30 AM EST
Esteemed batteries researcher Dudney named to National Academy of Engineering
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials scientist and chemist Nancy Dudney has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for her groundbreaking research and development of high-performance solid-state rechargeable batteries.

Newswise: ORNL’s Muralidharan elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Released: 3-Feb-2022 1:40 PM EST
ORNL’s Muralidharan elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Govindarajan Muralidharan, a scientist and inventor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI.

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Released: 1-Feb-2022 12:35 PM EST
Story tips: DNA in a drop, printing in the wind, drier air, revealing hidden biology and calculating better batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: DNA in a drop, printing in the wind, drier air, revealing hidden biology and calculating better batteries

Newswise: Employee-led giving at ORNL nets $944,000 for area nonprofits
Released: 31-Jan-2022 11:40 AM EST
Employee-led giving at ORNL nets $944,000 for area nonprofits
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Employees of Oak Ridge National Laboratory gave nearly $800,000 to local nonprofits through the lab’s employee giving programs in 2021. ORNL’s managing contractor, UT-Battelle, provided an additional $144,000 in corporate contributions.

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Released: 28-Jan-2022 11:30 AM EST
Precision machining produces tiny, light-guiding cubes for advancing info tech
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Drilling with the beam of an electron microscope, scientists precisely machined tiny electrically conductive cubes that can interact with light and organized them in patterned structures that confine and relay light’s electromagnetic signal.

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Released: 27-Jan-2022 6:05 PM EST
Secretary’s Honor Awards recognize dozens of ORNL employees
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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.

Newswise: Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS fellows
Released: 27-Jan-2022 6:05 PM EST
Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS fellows
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Three scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Newswise: Supercomputing for Swift Protein Modeling
Released: 26-Jan-2022 1:30 PM EST
Supercomputing for Swift Protein Modeling
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led at Arizona State University used the nation’s fastest supercomputer, Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to model millions of structures and gain new insights into how proteins transition to different shapes.

Newswise: Supercomputing exposes potential pathways for inhibiting COVID-19
Released: 25-Jan-2022 12:40 PM EST
Supercomputing exposes potential pathways for inhibiting COVID-19
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To explore the inner workings of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a novel technique.

Newswise: Polymer upcycling of common plastic adds toughness, recyclability to structural adhesives
Released: 20-Jan-2022 3:10 PM EST
Polymer upcycling of common plastic adds toughness, recyclability to structural adhesives
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used polymer chemistry to transform a common household plastic into a reusable adhesive with a rare combination of strength and ductility, making it one of the toughest materials ever reported.

Newswise: Scientists use Summit supercomputer, deep learning to predict protein functions at genome scale
Released: 13-Jan-2022 11:05 AM EST
Scientists use Summit supercomputer, deep learning to predict protein functions at genome scale
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology is using supercomputing and revolutionary deep learning tools to predict the structures and roles of thousands of proteins with unknown functions.

Newswise: Artificially altered material could accelerate neuromorphic device development
Released: 11-Jan-2022 1:40 PM EST
Artificially altered material could accelerate neuromorphic device development
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neuromorphic devices — which emulate the decision-making processes of the human brain — show great promise for solving pressing scientific problems, but building physical systems to realize this potential presents researchers with a significant challenge. An international team has gained additional insights into a material compound called vanadium oxide, or VO2, that might be the missing ingredient needed to complete a reliable neuromorphic recipe.

Newswise: Ultra Safe Nuclear licenses ORNL method to 3D print advanced reactor components
Released: 10-Jan-2022 9:20 AM EST
Ultra Safe Nuclear licenses ORNL method to 3D print advanced reactor components
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A novel method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors, developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been licensed by Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.

   
Newswise: Story tips: Cooler vaccine transport, bioenergy boost and radiation-resistant sensors
Released: 4-Jan-2022 10:45 AM EST
Story tips: Cooler vaccine transport, bioenergy boost and radiation-resistant sensors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: Cooler vaccine transport, bioenergy boost and radiation-resistant sensors

Newswise: Closing In on Fusion
Released: 14-Dec-2021 2:35 PM EST
Closing In on Fusion
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led by Emily Belli of General Atomics used the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to model plasma turbulence in a nuclear fusion device . The simulations will help inform the design of next-generation tokamaks like ITER with optimum confinement properties.

Newswise: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Supercomputers Support Nobel Prize–Winning Research
Released: 14-Dec-2021 2:30 PM EST
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Supercomputers Support Nobel Prize–Winning Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In October, a scientist whose research was supported by modeling and simulation efforts on supercomputers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021.

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Released: 10-Dec-2021 1:00 PM EST
Microscopy innovator receives ORNL’s top science honor
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A world-leading researcher in solid electrolytes and sophisticated electron microscopy methods received Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s top science honor for her work in developing new materials for batteries.

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Released: 9-Dec-2021 5:05 PM EST
New biosensors shine a light on CRISPR gene editing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Detecting the activity of CRISPR gene editing tools in organisms with the naked eye and an ultraviolet flashlight is now possible using technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Released: 9-Dec-2021 11:20 AM EST
Superheavy science: ORNL’s actinide abilities enable the discovery of new elements
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This feature provides an overview of the science behind the discovery of superheavy elements and outlines ORNL's crucial role in supplying actinide target materials, highlighting some of the women scientists involved.

Newswise: ORNL at AGU: Making climate models smarter
Released: 9-Dec-2021 7:05 AM EST
ORNL at AGU: Making climate models smarter
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists participating in the AGU Fall Meeting 2021, talking about making climate models smarter, are available for media interviews.

Newswise: ORNL’s Mark Noakes receives Ray Goertz Award from ANS
Released: 7-Dec-2021 11:15 AM EST
ORNL’s Mark Noakes receives Ray Goertz Award from ANS
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mark Noakes, a senior researcher in advanced manufacturing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been recognized by the American Nuclear Society’s Robotics and Remote Systems Division with the 2021 Ray Goertz Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of remote technology in hazardous environments.

Released: 1-Dec-2021 3:30 PM EST
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tuskegee University collaborate on advanced bioderived materials research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tuskegee University have formed a partnership to develop new biodegradable materials for use in buildings, transportation and biomedical applications.

Released: 1-Dec-2021 1:15 PM EST
Story tips: For the birds, fresh twist on heat, upcycling plastics and probing for COVID particles
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: For the birds, fresh twist on heat, upcycling plastics and probing for COVID particles

Newswise: Game-Changing Rare-Earth Elements Separation Technology Licensed to Marshallton
Released: 30-Nov-2021 10:05 AM EST
Game-Changing Rare-Earth Elements Separation Technology Licensed to Marshallton
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Developed by scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory in the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute, the technology provides insight into how to cost-effectively separate in-demand rare-earth elements.

Released: 29-Nov-2021 1:50 PM EST
Researchers team up to get a clearer picture of molten salts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories and Stony Brook University have developed a novel approach to gain fundamental insights into molten salts, a heat transfer medium important to advanced energy technologies.

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Released: 18-Nov-2021 2:50 PM EST
Tri-Lab effort makes strides toward increasing supply of Ac-225
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

With multiple clinical trials under way, it’s likely both a drug using Ac-225 and increased demand for the radioisotope are in the near future — and the U.S. Department of Energy wants to be ready. Since 2015, DOE’s Isotope Program has sponsored the Tri-Lab Effort to Provide Accelerator-produced Ac-225 for Radiotherapy. Thorium-232 targets are irradiated in proton accelerators at Los Alamos and Brookhaven national laboratories, then sent to ORNL for processing in hot cells dedicated to alpha radiation. The purpose: producing bigger batches, faster. In June, ORNL processed the largest batch of Ac-225 ever put in inventory.

   
Released: 17-Nov-2021 2:30 PM EST
ORNL, Google and Snowflake formalize novel data stream processing concept
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of collaborators from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Google Inc., Snowflake Inc. and Ververica GmbH has tested a computing concept that could help speed up real-time processing of data that stream on mobile and other electronic devices.

Released: 17-Nov-2021 12:20 PM EST
Team Earns Gordon Bell Prize Finalist Nomination for Simulating Carbon at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team used machine-learned descriptions of interatomic interactions on the 200-petaflop Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to model more than a billion carbon atoms at quantum accuracy and observe how diamonds behave under extreme pressures and temperatures.

Released: 17-Nov-2021 10:30 AM EST
Darwin on Fast Forward: ORNL Study on COVID-19 Earns Gordon Bell Special Prize Nomination
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to streamline the search for potential treatments for COVID-19.

Released: 17-Nov-2021 10:15 AM EST
Waltzing the virus: Study on COVID-19 reproduction earns Gordon Bell Special Prize nomination
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to peer inside the intricacies of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus reproduces itself.

Released: 17-Nov-2021 10:00 AM EST
Electric vehicles dominate list of efficient cars in 2022 Fuel Economy Guide
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As the holiday road trip season approaches and more workers are headed back to offices and daily commutes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has released the federal government’s new 2022 Fuel Economy Guide. The report provides the latest fuel efficiency stats and money-saving tips for new and used vehicles. For the first time, two electric vehicles with a 500-mile driving range sit at the top of the guide’s 10 most fuel-efficient vehicles.

Released: 17-Nov-2021 5:25 AM EST
We Know #COVIDisAirborne—Now We Have the First Ever Model of an Aerosolized Viral Particle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led by Rommie Amaro of the University of California San Diego has used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to model an aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viral particle for the first time. The 1.05-billion-atom system is among the largest biochemical system ever simulated at the atomic level.

Released: 12-Nov-2021 3:35 PM EST
Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by industries for prototyping and part production.

Released: 12-Nov-2021 8:45 AM EST
Scientists at ORNL employ digital esophagus to battle Barrett’s
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team including researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a digital tool to better monitor a condition known as Barrett’s esophagus, which affects more than 3 million people in the United States.

   
Released: 11-Nov-2021 1:40 PM EST
Veterans recruitment, employment program honors UT-Battelle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The managing contractor of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT-Battelle, has received a gold medallion award from the Department of Labor’s Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans, or HIRE Vets, program.

Released: 10-Nov-2021 1:05 PM EST
New scalable method resolves materials joining in solid-state batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the big challenges in the commercial development of safe, long-lived energy storage systems.

Released: 9-Nov-2021 4:05 PM EST
ORNL's Amy Elliott receives ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Amy Elliott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's group leader for robotics and intelligent systems, has been honored with the ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Young Professional Award for her early career research in materials science and STEM leadership.

Released: 8-Nov-2021 3:55 PM EST
Key witness helps scientists detect ‘spooky’ quantum entanglement in solid materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Quantum entanglement occurs when two particles appear to communicate without a physical connection, a phenomenon Albert Einstein famously called “spooky action at a distance.” Nearly 90 years later, a team led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated the viability of a “quantum entanglement witness” capable of proving the presence of entanglement between magnetic particles, or spins, in a quantum material.

Released: 8-Nov-2021 11:15 AM EST
Neutrons take a deep dive into water networks surrounding DNA
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Using neutron experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a research team led by Vanderbilt University successfully captured the most detailed view to date of water’s hydrogen bonding patterns around DNA, opening new possibilities for studying how water impacts DNA function.

Newswise: Story tips: Predicting water quality, stronger & ‘stretchier’ alloys, RAPID reinforcement and mountainous water towers
Released: 1-Nov-2021 11:05 AM EDT
Story tips: Predicting water quality, stronger & ‘stretchier’ alloys, RAPID reinforcement and mountainous water towers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL story tips: Predicting water quality, stronger & ‘stretchier’ alloys, RAPID reinforcement and mountainous water towers

Released: 28-Oct-2021 9:55 AM EDT
Area nonprofits receive $150,000 in grants from UT-Battelle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

“The success of our community is a vital part of the lab’s mission,” said Alan Icenhour, deputy laboratory director for operations at ORNL. “We’re proud to support organizations that positively impact many lives in East Tennessee.”

Released: 25-Oct-2021 11:00 AM EDT
ORNL to partner with University of Oklahoma
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma, known as OU, recently executed a memorandum of understanding to officially recognize their partnership in pursuing shared research and development goals.

   
Released: 22-Oct-2021 9:20 AM EDT
Seven ORNL technologies win R&D 100 research awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research teams from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received seven 2021 R&D 100 Awards, plus special recognition for a COVID-19-related project.

Newswise: ORNL’s Vipin Kumar receives SAMPE 2021 Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award
Released: 19-Oct-2021 4:40 PM EDT
ORNL’s Vipin Kumar receives SAMPE 2021 Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Vipin Kumar, a composites researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been recognized by SAMPE, the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, with the 2021 Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award.

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Released: 15-Oct-2021 10:45 AM EDT
Quick detection of uranium isotopes helps safeguard nuclear materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Analytical chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a rapid way to measure isotopic ratios of uranium and plutonium collected on environmental swipes, which could help International Atomic Energy Agency analysts.

Released: 14-Oct-2021 4:15 PM EDT
ORNL fusion scientists are working to make measurements of plasma disruption mitigation methods more accurate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of fusion researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used datasets from measurements on the Joint European Torus, or JET, tokamak to model an improved method for quantifying the amount of plasma-radiated power during a disruption of normal operations.

Released: 7-Oct-2021 11:45 AM EDT
Researchers reach quantum networking milestone in real-world environment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Stanford University and Purdue University developed and demonstrated a novel, fully functional quantum local area network, or QLAN, to enable real-time adjustments to information shared with geographically isolated systems at ORNL using entangled photons passing through optical fiber.

Released: 6-Oct-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Brown takes new role with Climate Change Science Institute at ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Marilyn Brown of the Georgia Institute of Technology recently began a joint faculty appointment with the Climate Change Science Institute at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Newswise: Story tips: Carbon goes to space, cybersecurity put to the test, fusion’s power trip, cost-cutting controls and fungal infusion
Released: 4-Oct-2021 11:05 AM EDT
Story tips: Carbon goes to space, cybersecurity put to the test, fusion’s power trip, cost-cutting controls and fungal infusion
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Story tips: Carbon goes to space, cybersecurity put to the test, fusion’s power trip, cost-cutting controls and fungal infusion



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