billing Latest news from Oak Ridge National Laboratory on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/aaas-elects-five-ornl-scientists-as-fellows/?sc=rsin /articles/aaas-elects-five-ornl-scientists-as-fellows/?sc=rsin Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:15:52 EST Five scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- Ho Nyung Lee, David Graham, Andrew Sutton, Roger Rousseau and Troy Carter -- have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/solving-a-molecular-mystery-for-better-bioproducts/?sc=rsin /articles/solving-a-molecular-mystery-for-better-bioproducts/?sc=rsin Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:30:31 EST Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the butanol they produce during fermentation of plant biomass. The discovery could pave the way for more efficient production of domestic fuels, chemicals and materials. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/chi-advincula-named-materials-research-society-fellows/?sc=rsin /articles/chi-advincula-named-materials-research-society-fellows/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:10:54 EST Miaofang Chi and Rigoberto "Gobet" Advincula, both researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been elected as Class of 2025 Fellows of the Materials Research Society, or MRS. Chi also holds a joint appointment at Duke University, and Advincula is jointly appointed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/energy-secretary-focuses-on-american-leadership-during-ornl-visit/?sc=rsin /articles/energy-secretary-focuses-on-american-leadership-during-ornl-visit/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:50:40 EST During his first visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Energy Secretary Chris Wright compared the urgency of the lab's World War II beginnings to today's global race to lead in artificial intelligence, calling for a "Manhattan Project 2." Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/single-qubit-sensing-puts-new-spin-on-quantum-materials-discovery/?sc=rsin /articles/single-qubit-sensing-puts-new-spin-on-quantum-materials-discovery/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:00:06 EST Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/scientists-lay-out-vision-for-ai-based-labs-of-the-future2/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-lay-out-vision-for-ai-based-labs-of-the-future2/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:55:34 EST ORNL scientists recently sketched a road map for autonomous research laboratories. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/scientists-lay-out-vision-for-ai-based-labs-of-the-future/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-lay-out-vision-for-ai-based-labs-of-the-future/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:30:53 EST A workshop led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory sketched a road map toward a longtime goal: development of autonomous, or self-driving, next-generation research laboratories.Scientists have dreamed for generations of high-tech laboratories operated via robotics at the push of a button. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/supercomputing-illuminates-detailed-nuclear-structure/?sc=rsin /articles/supercomputing-illuminates-detailed-nuclear-structure/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:35:27 EST Using the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers have developed a new technique that predicts nuclear properties in record detail. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/ornl-entanglement-study-connects-quantum-essentials-on-new-chip/?sc=rsin /articles/ornl-entanglement-study-connects-quantum-essentials-on-new-chip/?sc=rsin Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:45:41 EST Quantum information scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory successfully demonstrated a device that combines key quantum photonic capabilities on a single chip for the first time.The study published in Optica Quantum focused on a type of quantum computing that relies on light particles, or photons, to build qubits and to store and transmit information. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/germanium-detectors-help-ornl-physicists-unlock-the-mysteries-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin /articles/germanium-detectors-help-ornl-physicists-unlock-the-mysteries-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:30:23 EST Relying on leading-edge germanium detectors developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the scientific community pursues elusive nuclear processes to unlock persistent mysteries. Answers to questions they hope to resolve hold the potential to redefine the universe itself. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/from-innovation-to-industry-researchers-complete-energy-i-corps-program/?sc=rsin /articles/from-innovation-to-industry-researchers-complete-energy-i-corps-program/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:00:33 EST Nick Gregorich and Syed Islam, ORNL researchers, recently completed Cohort 19 of the Energy I-Corps program, an initiative of DOE's Office of Technology Transitions, or OTT, that provides teams of researchers and industry mentors with an immersive two-month training to develop commercialization pathways for laboratory-developed technologies. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/employee-led-giving-at-ornl-nets-over-1-1m-for-area-nonprofits-disaster-relief-in-2024/?sc=rsin /articles/employee-led-giving-at-ornl-nets-over-1-1m-for-area-nonprofits-disaster-relief-in-2024/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:50:21 EST Employees of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its managing contractor, UT-Battelle, donated $1,104,866 in the 2024 ORNL Gives campaign, an annual employee-led effort to address needs throughout East Tennessee. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/polymer-editing-can-upcycle-waste-into-higher-performance-plastics/?sc=rsin /articles/polymer-editing-can-upcycle-waste-into-higher-performance-plastics/?sc=rsin Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:15:49 EST By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/next-level-semiconductor-testing-available/?sc=rsin /articles/next-level-semiconductor-testing-available/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:10:30 EST Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new automated testing capability for semiconductor devices, which is newly available to researchers and industry partners in the Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center, or GRID-C.Semiconductors are considered the heart of the power electronics that shift current and voltage levels as electricity travels from sources like the electric grid and solar panels to where it's used, such as homes, businesses and vehicle charging stations. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/ornl-partnership-with-epb-tests-new-method-for-protecting-quantum-networks/?sc=rsin /articles/ornl-partnership-with-epb-tests-new-method-for-protecting-quantum-networks/?sc=rsin Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:00:48 EST Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory joined forces with EPB of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to demonstrate the first transmission of an entangled quantum signal using multiple wavelength channels and automatic polarization stabilization over a commercial network with no downtime. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/sujan-elected-national-academy-of-inventors-fellow/?sc=rsin /articles/sujan-elected-national-academy-of-inventors-fellow/?sc=rsin Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:25:20 EST Vivek Sujan, a distinguished R&D scientist in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, Fellow. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/nick-sokol-growing-a-sustainable-future/?sc=rsin /articles/nick-sokol-growing-a-sustainable-future/?sc=rsin Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:40:35 EST A healthy global food supply requires healthy soil, which requires fertilizer to replace and or enhance the nutrients found in the soil. Synthetic fertilizers have been historically cheap, but events in recent years have driven the price up and the supply down. Nick Sokol, a member of the Innovation Crossroads cohort at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working to make the entire experience of farming easier and less labor intensive while also producing healthy and good-quality food. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/aydin-elevated-to-ieee-senior-membership/?sc=rsin /articles/aydin-elevated-to-ieee-senior-membership/?sc=rsin Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:10:11 EST Emrullah Aydin, an R&D staff associate in the Vehicle Power Electronics Research group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/gleason-named-director-of-partnerships/?sc=rsin /articles/gleason-named-director-of-partnerships/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:20:13 EST Shaun Gleason has been named director of the Partnerships Office at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective January 6.The Partnerships Office advances and connects several critical elements within and beyond the laboratory, including entrepreneurship, commercialization and intellectual property management; technology transfer; strategic partnership programs; economic development and regional innovation; institutional industrial partnerships; and research security. Oak Ridge National Laboratory /articles/national-lab-collaboration-enables-faster-safer-inspection-of-nuclear-reactor-components-materials/?sc=rsin /articles/national-lab-collaboration-enables-faster-safer-inspection-of-nuclear-reactor-components-materials/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:50:06 EST A research partnership between two Department of Energy national laboratories has accelerated inspection of additively manufactured nuclear components, and the effort is now expanding to inspect nuclear fuels. Oak Ridge National Laboratory