Three ORNL scientists elected AAAS Fellows
Keith Kline, Rigoberto Advincula and Takeshi Egami have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
18-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
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Inspection for Perfection
Inspection technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help deliver plasma heating to the ITER international fusion facility.
17-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
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Q&A with Erin Webb: Toward a Tennessee circular bioeconomy
The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute in February selected a circular bioeconomy project as one of its newest Convergent Research Initiatives for joint research.
16-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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Neutrons rule the roost for cage-free lithium ions
Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture. Findings could boost power and safety for lithium batteries.
16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Three ORNL researchers receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
SME recognizes Corson Cramer, Matthew Korey and Alex Roschli for exceptional impacts on technology advancements and manufacturing improvements.
16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory chemists invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields and used batteries. They demonstrated that a common mineral can adsorb at least five times more lithium...
16-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Sholl selected as UT-ORII executive director
David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, or UT-ORII, and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute’s interim leader since June 2023.
11-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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First-of-its-kind integrated dataset enables genes-to-ecosystems research
A first-ever dataset bridging molecular information about the poplar tree microbiome to ecosystem-level processes has been released by a team of Department of Energy scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
8-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Molecules in action: Canan Karakaya peers into reactor design using computational modeling
Curiosity and enthusiasm for the beauty in every molecule inspire ORNL’s Canan Karakaya, who uses computational modeling to design, improve and scale up chemical reactors that make high-value chemicals & energy-dense fuels.
22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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
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