Four scientists receive Battelle Distinguished Inventor recognition
Since UT-Battelle began managing ORNL in 2000, 97 ORNL researchers have reached this milestone
2-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
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ORNL supports executive order for safe, secure and trustworthy AI
In October, President Biden signed an executive order outlining how the United States will promote safe, secure and trustworthy AI.
30-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
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ORNL joins consortium to tackle scientific AI’s next great milestone
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has joined a global consortium of scientists from federal laboratories, research institutes, academia and industry to address the challenges of building large-scale artificial intelligence...
29-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
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Owner of US heavy rare earth mine licenses ORNL separation technology
Caldera Holding has licensed ORNL's membrane solvent extraction technique to separate rare earth elements in mined ore.
The company also owns the Pea Ridge iron mine in Missouri.
The mine is among the first in America shown to have relatively high...
29-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
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Greener solution powers new method for lithium-ion battery recycling
Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited mostly to burning or chemically dissolving shredded batteries.
29-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
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Manard named recipient of 2023 JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected for the 2023 Emerging Investigator Lectureship from the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.
28-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
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New carbon material sets energy-storage record, likely to advance supercapacitors
Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material that stores four times more energy than the best commercial material.
21-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
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ORNL scientists contribute Earth system expertise to Fifth National Climate Assessment
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used their knowledge of complex ecosystem processes, energy systems, human dynamics, computational science and Earth-scale modeling to inform the nation’s latest National...
20-Nov-2023 10:25 AM EST
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Q&A with Xiaohan Yang: Transforming plants for a cleaner future
Scientist Xiaohan Yang’s research at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory focuses on transforming plants to make them better sources of renewable energy and carbon storage.
27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
ORNL experts help measure new world record for fusion energy
Lab experts help measure this month's fusion milestone at Joint European Torus (JET) with cutting-edge diagnostics.
18-Feb-2022 9:25 AM EST
Chuck Kessel: Forging Paths for Fusion’s Future
Chuck Kessel leads the national Blanket and Fuel Cycle program, the national Fusion Energy Systems Studies program and the Virtual Laboratory of Technology and co-leads the Liquid-Metal Plasma-Facing Components program. He's devoted his career to...
16-Nov-2020 10:05 AM EST
Ethan Coon: Capturing Natural Processes Through Math
As a computational hydrologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ethan Coon combines his talent for math with his love of coding to solve big science questions about water quality, water availability for energy production, climate change, and the...
19-Sep-2019 3:40 PM EDT
Nina Balke: Fine-tuned science
As a researcher at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, a DOE Nanoscience User Facility, Nina Balke explores avenues for fine-tuning materials’ physical properties to solve energy challenges and expands fundamental research...
26-Aug-2019 2:05 PM EDT
The Pressure Is on
Researchers with Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) have developed technology to squeeze materials with a million times the pressure of the earth’s atmosphere while studying them with neutrons. When they...
13-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Yonath Discusses Visualizing Ribosomes and Antibiotic Resistance
Ada Yonath, a pioneer in using crystallographic techniques to visualize ribosome structure, was the most recent Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Lecturer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her work continues to contribute to...
12-Feb-2015 10:00 AM EST
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