Oak Ridge, TN USA

Our News on Newswise
View All >

Newswise: 6733adf97d066_2023-P09070.jpg

Power Line Test Bed Energizes Technologies for Increasing Grid Capacity

As population growth and extreme temperatures strain the United States power grid, utilities and equipment manufacturers are looking for ways to increase the amount of electricity the grid can carry. The Powerline Conductor Accelerated Testing...
12-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: 67326bad14dcc_LarrySeiber.jpg

Seiber Elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Larry Seiber, an R&D staff member in the Vehicle Power Electronics group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
11-Nov-2024 3:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: 672d2d1727698_2023-P02775.jpg

Designing Battery Success From Failure

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are developing a formula for success – by studying how a new type of battery fails. The team’s goal is the design for long-term storage of wind and solar energy, which are produced intermittently,...
7-Nov-2024 3:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: 6729078e26ea8_2024-P24343.jpg

American Physical Society Recognizes ORNL’s Historic Graphite Reactor

The American Physical Society has recognized the Graphite Reactor, located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as an APS historic site. APS President Young-Kee Kim presented a plaque commemorating the recognition on...
4-Nov-2024 12:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

Newswise: Figure4LR-with-measurements copy.jpeg

Researchers Use Summit to Track Down Nuclear Fission’s Elusive Scission Neutron

Researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle, or UW, and Los Alamos National Laboratory used the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to answer one of fission’s biggest questions: What...
25-Oct-2024 2:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Newswise: 67191a59d1d90_ScrollyNGEEArcticOpeningScreenshot2024-10-02081343.png

What Happens in the Arctic Doesn't Stay in the Arctic

The Arctic is warming faster than any other area of the planet. How environmental change affects the landscape, weather patterns and infrastructure for communities — not just here but across the world — is of keen interest to scientists...
23-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Newswise: 6716b23181903_2024-P14595.jpg

Sending Clear Signals: Cooke Bridges Academia, Industry in ORNL-Tennessee Tech Collaboration

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Corey Cooke reveals hidden communications with new methods for teasing apart digital signals from noise. But his influence extends beyond mathematical models and machine learning to shaping new engineers. He...
21-Oct-2024 3:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Newswise: 671699764b355_NGEETropicsTowerhorizontalJeffWarren.png

Plant CO2 Uptake Rises by Nearly One Third in New Global Estimates

Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment developed by scientists.
21-Oct-2024 1:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites


See All News

Our Experts on Newswise

Newswise: 66a24c564351c_Rodriguezprofilephoto2.jpg

First-generation graduate Brittany Rodriguez advances manufacturing science at ORNL

Raised in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley by hardworking parents who were not given the opportunity to obtain any type of higher degree, Brittany Rodriguez never imagined she would pursue a science career at a Department of Energy national laboratory.
25-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT

Newswise: 65fd9ec92f7b0_2024-P03340.jpg

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

Newswise: 651439f582af6_XiaohanYangGreenhouse2023-P03109.jpg

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

Newswise: 620fa8e830d13_JET transparent_reduced.png

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

Newswise: Amy_Rose_ORNL.jpg

National lab tech to help locate people & power outages during Hurricane Irma; helps prep for Jose & Katia

1-Sep-2017 2:05 PM EDT

See All Experts

Our YouTube Videos
View All >

About

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.

Experts

Twitter

Facebook

close
1.26487