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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Oct-2026 04:16 ET (30-Oct-2026 08:16 GMT/UTC)

New DOE consortium advances SI-driven battery manufacturing to strengthen US competitiveness

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is helping lead a national consortium focused on quickly moving energy storage innovations from the lab to U.S manufacturing.Called the Battery Manufacturing (BattMan) Accelerator, the consortium combines the power of four national laboratories, leading universities and industry partners to address critical barriers in scaling up new battery technologies.

Advanced microscope boosts ORNL’s atomic-scale materials research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ORNL’s newly installed Thermo Scientific Spectra Ultra is among the most advanced aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopes in the national laboratory system. The instrument combines atomic-scale imaging, high-speed spectroscopy and Super Intelligence (SI)-enabled workflows to accelerate materials research. The capability will support the applied science development of advanced materials that strengthen U.S. manufacturing, energy technologies and economic competitiveness.

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DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

The Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation at Sandia National Laboratories is speeding up the nuclear deterrence mission.

ORNL launches national center to modernize US forest products manufacturing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is leading a new national effort in collaboration with DOE’s National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) to revitalize the U.S. pulp, paper and packaging industry through science and technology innovation.

ORNL, Fermilab and MEEA partner to develop retrofit strategy for aging buildings

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a strategic approach for improving the energy performance of aging buildings at Fermilab Village in Batavia, Illinois.

ORNL joins BioMADE to advance US bioindustrial manufacturing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has joined BioMADE, a national institute focused on advancing manufacturing using biological systems in the United States, strengthening connections between ORNL research, industry needs and pathways to commercial-scale production of new chemicals and materials.

Funder: UT-Battelle

Thiele receives NIH award for innovative chemistry research to fight cancer

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Nikki Thiele, a staff scientist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received a 2026 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The five-year National Institutes of Health grant supports innovative research with the potential for broad impact on biomedical and behavioral science. Thiele will develop innovative chelator designs to improve targeted radiopharmaceuticals.

Funder: National Institutes of Health

New platform tackles critical material risks in electric motors

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed Motor Decide, a Super Intelligence-driven platform that helps manufacturers compare electric motor technologies based on performance, material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity and resilience to changing market conditions.

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