In partnership with A.J. Tuck Company, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new manufacturing approach that could simplify production of critical components for advanced nuclear reactors and other energy and defense applications. The method combines 3D printing and electroforming to produce complex, leak-free hot isostatic pressi
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge and Idaho national laboratories announced a collaboration to expand the domestic supply chain of industrial pressure vessels. Together, the labs will help enable wire arc 3D printing of these large components, which are critical for energy-related industries and capable of reliably withstanding harsh service conditions. The initiative boosts the rapid exp
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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists will lead nine and contribute to an additional 32 projects of the Genesis Mission , which aims to transform science in the U.S.
Before capital is committed, components are fabricated, or a reactor enters construction, the nuclear developers, utilities and regulators need confidence that all parts will perform as expected.
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- Tetrode’s 1913 Idea Provides a Physical Basis for Cubic Equations of State - Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, President Park, Sun-Kyu) has developed a new cubic equation of state (EOS) that provides a physical justification for a mathematical structure that the chemical and petroleum industries have relied on for more than half a century without a first-princip
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M. Parans Paranthaman, an expert in solid-state chemistry and materials science at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named R&D World’s 2026 Researcher of the Year. The honor recognizes his career translating fundamental materials research into practical technologies with real-world applications.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has officially committed funding to establish UNITY-3, a world-class fusion breeding blanket test facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) relocating its U.S. headquarters to Tennessee to help build and operate it. The facility is part of the recent public-private strategic partnership established between DOE, ORNL and KF to buil
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Across political ideologies, people in the U.S. overwhelmingly gravitate toward technologies presented as natural and reject those that seem unnatural. The findings offer insight on why some proposed climate solutions fail.
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a platform that pinpoints genetic triggers that turn microbes into efficient factories for new chemicals and materials. The method enables rapid, precise reprogramming of bacteria as biotechnology tools, supporting the domestic production of valuable products and the recovery of critical minerals and materials, enhancin
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The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a suite of cryogenic pellet fueling technologies to Type One Energy, advancing a critical capability for high-performance fusion plasma operations.
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Asst Prof Zhai Wei, Research Fellow Dr Dang Chao, PhD candidates Qi Haobo and Jin Yidan (from left to right) test the performance of soft skin sensors based on the reported substrate. Soft sensors convert movement, temperature and moisture into electrical signals. Repeated bending and friction can cause their metal conductors to peel from the underlying polymer, while physical damage, such as cuts
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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with the National Laboratory of the Rockies, has launched a new national center to help strengthen the U.S. cement and concrete supply chain at a time of rising demand, increasing imports and mounting pressure on domestic infrastructure. The Center of Excellence for Advancement and Acceleration of Cement and Concrete Engineer
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and fusion energy consultancy Rutherford Energy Ventures LP (REV) have officially begun development of a new public-private partnership framework to create shared fusion testbed infrastructure at ORNL. The new consortium model, known as the Fusion Upscaled Leveraged Consortia for Rapid Acceleration (FULCRA), is designed to address key
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Internationally renowned radiopharmaceutical scientist Carolyn Anderson is joining the University of Tennessee and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to advance targeted cancer therapies and strengthen Tennessee’s growing leadership in nuclear medicine.
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With its acquisition of an on-site 20-qubit IQM Radiance quantum computer, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has taken another major stride forward in its research efforts to integrate quantum computing technology with classical high-performance computing (HPC). The new system, named Pathfinder, was launched June 16 in the Quantum Computer Deployment Lab at ORNL’s Translatio
A team of scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Cleveland Clinic and IBM (NYSE: IBM ), has calculated nine molecular configurations of a promising material to produce fuel for fusion energy – the first-known instance of such computations on quantum computers.
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new open-source software framework that significantly advances performance portability for the Julia programming language across heterogeneous high-performance computing (HPC) architectures. The framework, known as Julia for ACCelerators (JACC) enables a single Julia codebase to execute efficien
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have introduced an innovation in additive manufacturing by integrating origami-inspired 3D printing techniques with hybrid composites — materials made from mixed reinforcing components. By eliminating the need for molds to fabricate a part, this process produces lightweight, cost-ef
Lightweight, higher-temperature alloys developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and funded by DOE’s Transportation Technologies Office (TTO) have met the strength and durability operating requirements of General Motors’ (GM) new low-mass, high-efficiency (LMHE) medium-duty truck engine. This achievement enables lighter truck engines that imp
A grid cybersecurity and verification framework developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed by GridForge Energy Solutions. The startup plans to explore ways the technology could boost real-time visibility of grid behavior for energy projects, grid management companies and utilities.
For nearly a decade, a team at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been working to develop and demonstrate the next generation of gas centrifuges, technology that will restore a crucial capability the U.S. last had in 2013: to enrich uranium for defense-related missions, such as naval nuclear propulsion.
A long-running partnership between ACP Technologies and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has helped move advanced pitch materials from laboratory development to pilot-scale production — supporting new domestic capabilities in synthetic graphite and carbon fiber manufacturing.
For decades, engineers have searched for underground tunnels by sending signals from the surface downward — an approach that can miss what lies below. By reversing that approach, researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a method to reveal hidden underground structures using acoustic signals generated below ground. Tested in a field expe
