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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Nov-2025 22:11 ET (24-Nov-2025 03:11 GMT/UTC)

Moyer earns Carl Hanson Award for excellence in solvent extraction

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Grant and Award Announcement

Chemist Bruce Moyer, a Corporate Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has won the 2025 Carl Hanson Award, the highest international recognition for achievement in solvent extraction. The International Solvent Extraction Community bestows the medal every three years based on nominations from the global community.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Four ORNL researchers named 2025 American Physical Society Fellows

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Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers Sang-Ho Kim, An-Ping Li, Bronson Messer and Zac Ward of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society in recognition of their outstanding impact in their respective fields.

ORNL composites research wins top CAMX awards

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Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory was honored with four prestigious awards at the 2025 Composites and Advanced Materials Conference, North America’s largest event dedicated to composites and advanced materials.

EPB Quantum℠ adds hybrid computing to comprehensive quantum development platform

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Business Announcement

At the 2025 Quantum World Congress, EPB Quantum℠ announced that it is enhancing its quantum computing resources by adding hybrid computing capabilities. Through an agreement with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), an NVIDIA DGX system has been installed at the EPB Quantum Center℠ in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is already home to America's first commercially available quantum network and lonQ's Forte Enterprise Quantum Computer scheduled for commissioning in early 2026.

Unlocking ceramic 3D printing for next-generation chemical reactors

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In collaboration with chemical technology and engineering company Dimensional Energy, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have integrated binder jet additive manufacturing with an advanced post-processing method to fabricate leak-tight ceramic components, overcoming a key challenge of ceramic additive manufacturing.

Journal: Ceramics International

ORNL to lead, partner on FIRE Collaboratives in critical fusion energy technologies

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Grant and Award Announcement

ORNL will lead two collaborations under the Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) program and partner on two more to close critical gaps in fusion technology and bridge basic research with growing fusion companies.

Funder: Fusion Energy Sciences

ORNL leads three INFUSE projects solving fusion challenges

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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

ORNL receives 2025 SAMPE Organizational Excellence Award

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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

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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

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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.

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