Q&A with Larry York: APPL lab uses robotics, AI to advance plant science
Q: What does APPL enable that we can’t do now? A: The current state-of-the-art in plant science for measuring plants can be as simple as growing...
Traveling science fair sparks interest in STEM and aviation for local schools
Students explored a series of interactive exhibits showcasing various aspects of ORNL’s research, from supercomputing to engineering principles. Amid the sounds of helicopters and planes...
ORNL projects included in $67 million from DOE for AI in science research
The Department of Energy took a major step in establishing artificial intelligence as a priority in the coming decades.Specifically, DOE announced a $67 million investment...
Standing up the nation’s supercomputing pipeline for streaming big data in real time
Big science generates big data. But what happens when researchers produce more data than they can process? It’s actually becoming a problem for research facilities...
Jordan Cannon: Engineering enzymes to enable sustainable bioplastics
Plastic pollution negatively impacts human and animal health as well as the stability of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Also, petroleum-based plastics degrade slowly, breaking into...
Three ORNL researchers named 2024 American Physical Society Fellows
Jiaqiang Yan, a leading scientist in ORNL’s Correlated Electron Materials group, Materials Science and Technology Division, was acknowledged for his pioneering work in the synthesis...
Wind blade composite project from ORNL wins green design innovation award
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recently honored with a prestigious ACE Award for Composites Excellence by the American Composites...
Startup Day 2024 celebrates entrepreneur ecosystem
Entrepreneurs, city leaders and community members gathered Oct. 1 at the Mill and Mine in downtown Knoxville for Startup Day 2024, the flagship event of Innov865...
New technique could unlock potential of quantum materials
A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has devised a unique method to observe changes in materials at the atomic level. The technique opens new...
Balaprakash discusses AI’s role in advancing climate and weather research at senate panel
Trish Damkroger from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dr. Dorothy Koch from the Department of Energy, Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dr....