Bryan Maldonado: Fast-tracking energy efficiency improvements for building envelopes
PATH forwardWhen ORNL’s buildings researchers were presented with the task of helping the U.S. rapidly decarbonize buildings, Maldonado was offered the opportunity to help figure...
Novel ORNL-led manufacturing effort focuses on large parts for clean energy in hydropower
The third Francis runner will be manufactured for potential installation in the TVA’s Wilson Dam that has 21 generating units producing 653 megawatts of electricity....
ORNL researcher Ghosh awarded by American Ceramics Society
A research scientist with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ayana Ghosh was named the 2024 Early Discovery Award winner by the American...
Coatings manufacturer and ORNL partner Flexcon licenses self-healing film technology
Saito, a researcher in ORNL’s Chemical Sciences Division, leads the work for ORNL with support from Natasha Ghezawi, a Bredesen Center student. The Bredesen Center...
Frontier simulations provide new insights into calcium-48’s controversial nuclear magnetic excitation
The decade-old disagreementIn the early 1980s, scientists studied calcium-48’s magnetic dipole transition by bombarding the isotope with different beams of protons and electrons. The beams...
Assorted, distinctive behavior of molten uranium salt revealed by neutrons
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world leader in molten salt reactor technology development — and its researchers additionally perform the...
High school student looks to biology to explore new cybersecurity pathways at ORNL
Humans can learn a lot from the environment around them, particularly from the study of animals and their biology. Their primal instincts, ways of living...
Automating construction
A digital construction platform in development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is boosting the retrofitting of building envelopes and giving builders the tools to automate...
ORNL’s New named Researcher of the Year by R&D World
ORNL’s Joshua New was celebrating his birthday and preparing to ice climb Alaska’s Godwin Glacier when he received his highest career honor to date.The computer...
Zineddin receives distinguished award for career in nuclear security
Mohamad Zineddin, a distinguished researcher in nuclear and radiological engineering, recently received the Roger Howsley Award for Excellence in Nuclear Security. This distinction, bestowed by...