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New recycling method fights plastic waste

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Almost 80% of plastic in the waste stream ends up in landfills or accumulates in the environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a technology that converts a conventionally unrecyclable mixture of plastic waste into useful chemicals, presenting a new strategy in the toolkit to combat global plastic waste.

Journal: Materials Horizons

From atomic nuclei to astrophysics, collaborative program builds basis for scientific discoveries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading two nuclear physics research projects within the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, or SciDAC, program from the Department of Energy Office of Science. One of the projects is called Nuclear Computational Low-Energy Initiative, or NUCLEI. The other is Exascale Nuclear Astrophysics for FRIB, or ENAF. FRIB refers to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a DOE-supported research, teaching and training center located at Michigan State University.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Scientists uncovered mystery of important material for semiconductors at the surface

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has investigated the behavior of hafnium oxide, or hafnia, because of its potential for use in novel semiconductor applications.

Journal: Nature Materials
Funder: DOE’s Office of Science

Modeling climate extremes

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Northeastern University modeled how extreme conditions in a changing climate affect the land’s ability to absorb atmospheric carbon — a key process for mitigating human-caused emissions. They found that 88% of Earth’s regions could become carbon emitters by the end of the 21st century.

Journal: Biogeosciences

Life in boiling water

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists studied hot springs on different continents and found similarities in how some microbes adapted despite their geographic diversity. The findings yield clues to the evolution of life and whether some of the hardiest microbes may be harnessed for biotechnology.

Journal: Environmental Microbiology

Charging ahead: New electrolyte goes extra mile for faster EV charging

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are taking fast charging for electric vehicles, or EVs, to new extremes.

ORNL teams receive funding through DOE BRaVE initiative to study biopreparedness

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three Oak Ridge National Laboratory research teams to receive funding through DOE’s new Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment, or BRaVE, initiative. BRaVE, announced earlier this year, aims to build on biopreparedness research that delivered high-impact results in the fight against COVID-19.

New program to connect entrepreneurs with national laboratory-developed technologies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a new entrepreneurial start-up program, Safari, as an addition to the Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions Practices to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies, or PACT, program. Safari seeks to connect post-exit entrepreneurs with commercially relevant technologies developed by world-leading scientific experts, which could provide the basis for a new business.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

With automated treatment, affordable water from nontraditional sources can flow to underserved communities

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced automation techniques for desalination and water treatment plants, enabling them to save while providing affordable drinking water to small, parched communities without high-quality water supplies.

Mukherjee elevated to senior member of IEEE

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Subho Mukherjee, an R&D associate in the Vehicle Power Electronics Research group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to the grade of senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Senior IEEE members have made significant contributions to the profession and worked in the engineering field for 10 years or more.

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