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Automated disassembly line aims to make battery recycling safer, faster

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a robotic disassembly system for spent electric vehicle battery packs to safely and efficiently recycle and reuse critical materials while reducing toxic waste.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Katie Sautter: building materials for a quantum future

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Katie Sautter, a postdoctoral scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, is building new, exquisite, atomically engineered materials that will be used for quantum communication. Her work is part of Q-NEXT, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center.

Argonne study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The laboratory’s analyses offer the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge.

Argonne supercomputing resources power energy savings analysis

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

As part of a larger goal to model the energy use of every building in the nation, researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have analyzed 178,000 buildings using the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.

James Kneller: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

At North Carolina State University, associate professor James Kneller studies neutrinos emitted from exploding stars.

Nuclear reactor components 3D printed by ORNL now installed at TVA Browns Ferry nuclear plant

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating conditions at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Athens, Alabama.

A call to rethink electricity measurement

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researcher's proposed overhaul of outdated electricity measurements could mean fewer blackouts, better automation, and more clean energy resources.

Green diesel for the road ahead

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new report led by PNNL identifies the top 13 most promising waste- and biomass-derived diesel blendstocks for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, other pollutants, and overall system costs.

Bringing discoveries to light: X-ray science at Argonne

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The Advanced Photon Source allows an intricate view of everything from proteins to nuclear fuel. With a planned upgrade, it will become even more powerful.

Waste to energy: Biofuel from kelp harvesting and fish

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Using existing fish processing plants, kelp and fish waste can be converted to a diesel-like fuel to power generators or fishing boats in remote, coastal Alaska.