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ORNL, Solid Power sign exclusive license for lithium-sulfur battery tech

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Solid Power Inc. of Louisville, Colo., have signed an exclusive agreement licensing lithium-sulfur materials for next-generation batteries.

ORNL microscopy captures real-time view of evolving fuel cell catalysts

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Atomic-level imaging of catalysts by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help manufacturers lower the cost and improve the performance of emission-free fuel cell technologies.

Journal: Nature Communications

Four ORNL researchers elected fellows of American Physical Society

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Four researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society, one of the nation's top professional organizations for scientists.

Tracking freight flows

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A new freight database will help transportation officials improve highways, railroads and other trade routes across the country.

ORNL wins 6 R&D 100 awards

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 awards, increasing the lab's total to 193 since the award's inception in 1963.

INCITE grants awarded to 56 computational research projects

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The US Department of Energy's Office of Science announced 56 projects aimed at accelerating discovery and innovation to address some of the world's most challenging scientific questions. The projects will share 5.8 billion core hours on America's two most powerful supercomputers dedicated to open science.

Titan takes on the big one

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Thomas Jordan of the Southern California Earthquake Center, headquartered at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, is using the Titan supercomputer to develop physics-based earthquake simulations to better understand earthquake systems, including the potential seismic hazards from known faults and the impact of strong ground motions on urban areas.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, US Deparment of Energy
Meeting: SC15

Atoms to engines

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and the foundry giant, Nemak of Mexico, are combining their strengths to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry speed past the technological roadblocks to its target of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

New electron microscopy method sculpts 3-D structures at atomic level

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Electron microscopy researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a unique way to build 3-D structures with finely controlled shapes as small as one to two billionths of a meter.

Journal: Small
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

New ORNL device combines power of mass spectrometry, microscopy

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL device is a potentially huge help for studying chemical interactions, disease, drugs.

Journal: Analytical Chemistry