David Radford has built his career on helping his fellow scientists see what would otherwise remain invisible. A nuclear ...

Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials are made of coated ceramic fibers surrounded by a ceramic matrix. They are tough, lightweight and capable of withstanding temperatures 300–400 degrees F hotter ...

A team of scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Cleveland Clinic and IBM (NYSE: IBM), has calculated nine molecular configurations of a promising material to produce fuel for fusion ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science’s Isotope R&D and Production (IRP) program has re-established and revolutionized its domestic stable isotope enrichment capabilities. Led by ...

Energy storage is becoming critical to grid resilience and electricity affordability because battery systems can help balance supply and demand and stabilize power. Long battery l ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s National (ORNL) Transportation Research Center have developed a novel electric motor drive desig ...

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Dr. Manley received his PhD in Materials Science from Caltech in 2001 and was awarded the 18th Louis Rosen Prize for his thesis. He was a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National ...

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Dr. Zhao obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Biosystems and Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota State University, a M.S. in Materials Science, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. After obtaining ...

From emerging technologies and cyber-physical attacks to nuclear proliferation and supply chain vulnerabilities, the threats to America’s national security continue to evolve at a rapid pace. We face ...

Dr. Budhendra “Budhu’ Bhaduri is the Chief Data Officer (CDO) for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He provides executive leadership for an enterprise-wide data and AI strategy that accelerates ...