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ORNL leads three INFUSE projects solving fusion challenges

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

ORNL has been selected to lead three research collaborations with fusion industry partners as part of the 2025 cohort of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program. The awarded projects will tap ORNL’s deep expertise in fusion materials, plasma diagnostics and advanced modeling and simulation to solve practical challenges and develop new technologies to accelerate the development of fusion energy.

Funder: Fusion Energy Sciences

AI, molecular simulations get to the root of better plants

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

By combining AI with molecular dynamics simulations, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new tool to more accurately predict how plants and helpful microbes communicate and form partnerships at the most fundamental level.

Journal: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Neutron detector mobilizes muons for nuclear, quantum material

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In a collaboration showing the power of innovation and teamwork, physicists and engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a mobile muon detector that promises to enhance monitoring for spent nuclear fuel and help address a critical challenge for quantum computing.

ORNL receives 2025 SAMPE Organizational Excellence Award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering has named the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the recipient of the 2025 SAMPE Organizational Excellence Award.

Tiley wins TMS Distinguished Scientist award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Jay Tiley, head of the Materials Structures and Processing Section in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2026 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Distinguished Scientist award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.

Innovation Crossroads companies join forces, awarded U.S. Air Force contract

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The U.S. Air Force awarded startup SkyNano, led by Innovation Crossroads alumna Anna Douglas, a $1.25 million contract to advance its CO2-to-carbon nanotube technology as part of a project to develop low-cost, battery-grade graphite. SkyNano’s partners include American Energy Technologies Company and Eonix, led by Innovation Crossroads alumnus Don DeRosa.

Quantum Brilliance, ORNL pioneer quantum-classical hybrid computing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.

Journal: Future Generation Computer Systems

Christi Johnson puts physics at the wheel

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

When Christi Johnson finishes clocking an eighth of a mile in 4.7 seconds, she jumps out of the dagger-shaped drag racer while its wheels are still smoking, pulls off her helmet… and the next morning, pulls on her lab coat.

As a technical professional at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Johnson has developed, built and tested hardware and software for innovations including a jet blast deflector, an ultrasonic dryer, a sensor system for driver recognition and waveguide inspection tubes for the world’s largest magnetic fusion device. But Johnson, who works in the Multimodal Sensor Analytics Group, said her scientific career really began when she was a little girl eager for her turn in a fast car.

ORNL’s pellet injector enables world record performance in W7-X

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Germany recently sustained a plasma with a record high triple product for 43 seconds – far surpassing previous performance – in part due to a novel fuel pellet injection system developed by researchers at ORNL.

New DuAlumin-3D alloy enhances high-performance automotive parts

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have advanced the use of DuAlumin-3D, an innovative aluminum alloy, in high-temperature automotive components, significantly expanding the possibilities of additive manufacturing.

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