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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 9-Sep-2025 12:11 ET (9-Sep-2025 16:11 GMT/UTC)

New technique could unlock potential of quantum materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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 avenues for understanding and developing advanced materials for quantum computing and electronics.

Journal: Science Advances

‘Neutron Nexus’ brings universities, ORNL together to advance science

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ORNL has launched the Neutron Nexus pilot program with Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Florida State University. The first-of-its-kind program aims to expand outreach with key universities, colleges and minority-serving institutions to advance science through neutron scattering research.

International clean energy initiative launches global biomass resource assessment

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

A multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Neutrons settle 40-year debate on enzyme for cancer drug design

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at ORNL used neutrons to end a decades-long debate about an enzyme cancer uses. Their findings can support the design of an inhibitor that can target aggressive cancers.

Journal: Chemical Science
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Office of Science

Kowalski, Salonvaara receive ASHRAE Distinguished Service Awards

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Building equipment and envelope scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were recognized for research excellence during the ASHRAE 2024 summer conference held in Indianapolis.

U2opia signs license to commercialize anomaly-detection technology for cybersecurity

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

U2opia Technology has licensed Situ and Heartbeat, a package of technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that offers a new method for advanced cybersecurity monitoring in real time.

Nawaz named ASME Fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Kashif Nawaz, distinguished researcher and section head for Building Technologies Research at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME. The Fellow grade recognizes outstanding engineering achievements for members with 10 or more years of active practice.

ORNL kicks off technical collaboration program for electric grid research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new technical collaboration program at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help businesses develop and launch electric grid innovations. The initiative will provide companies with access to national laboratory resources, enabling them to capture market opportunities. Even startup and small businesses can now easily submit specific proposals for cost-shared research in ORNL’s Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center, or GRID-C.

Wang, Cook and Uddin elevated to IEEE senior members

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Three transportation researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elevated to senior member grade of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Group leader Ross Wang and R&D staff member Adian Cook, both in Applied Research for Mobility Systems, received the honor along with Majbah Uddin, R&D staff member in Transportation Analytics and Decision Sciences.

ORNL debuts convergent manufacturing platform at IMTS 2024

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new convergent manufacturing platform, developed in only five months at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is debuting at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, or IMTS, in Chicago, Sept. 9–12, 2024.

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