Helium ions create tiny defects in aluminum nitride’s hexagonal crystal, helping its electric polarization switch with less energy. The effect could cut power use and heat in future devices. Credit: ...

At UT and ORNL, Rojas will help lead efforts to advance research aligned with UT-ORII’s Circular Bioeconomy Systems Convergent Research Initiative, which focuses on developing high-performance ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are charting a new course in water ...

Hydrology experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used artificial intelligence and a physics-based understanding of streamflow to create a model that ...

Scott DeNeale is a water resources engineer whose work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Water Power Program centers on how hydropower research can be applied to water-energy systems. His specialty ...

On a clear April day in 2006, a team of engineers and scientists erupted with excitement from the control room of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a newly built user facility at Oak Ridge National ...

Call for User Proposals Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites ...

A user agreement, which can be nonproprietary or proprietary, serves as the "master" agreement which establishes the general terms and conditions, including disposition of intellectual property, for ...

Edgar Lara-Curzio is a Distinguished Scientist in the Energy Science & Technology Directorate. He currently directs ORNL's Energy Resources and Infrastructure Programs. He received a B.Sc. degree in ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are seeking participants for short-term collaborative projects to ...

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I am a physicist by training who approaches problems through the lens of materials science. I am driven by a deep curiosity to figure out why materials behave the way they do. I want to understand how ...