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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Oct-2026 04:16 ET (25-Oct-2026 08:16 GMT/UTC)

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.

MARVEL reactor gets federal safety approval as its primary vessel arrives in Idaho

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Department of Energy’s MARVEL microreactor project recently cleared more milestones as Idaho researchers prepare the reactor for initial startup tests this winter.

Sandia Labs hits trifecta for 2026 Forbes lists

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Forbes recognized Sandia on three 2026 lists: America’s Best Large Employers, America’s Dream Employers, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture.

Tight light helps quantum sensing get ready for the field

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like marbles through a narrow pipe. Rock the fiber and the atoms shift side by side; they just don’t fall off. But don’t be deceived by the seemingly delicate nature of his experiment. Lee is exploring how to measure motion precisely in rough-and-tumble environments.

Journal: AVS Quantum Science

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