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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 9-Jun-2026 08:15 ET (9-Jun-2026 12:15 GMT/UTC)

Pore choices: A new twist on gas capture

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Food scraps, manure and sewage are natural byproducts of the U.S. agricultural industry. They are also rich in biogas, a mixture that contains methane and other valuable chemicals. A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing chemistry that could help capture methane from biogas and separate it from other gases so it can be put to good use.

First-of-its-kind automated root imaging platform speeds plant discoveries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development of stress-tolerant crops for new fuels, chemicals and materials.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Frontier simulations test turbulence theories at record 35 trillion grid points

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have performed the largest direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulence in three dimensions, attaining a record resolution of 35 trillion grid points.

Journal: Journal of Fluid Dynamics

Smith elected to National Academy of Engineering

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Scott Smith, section head in the Manufacturing Science Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his national leadership in manufacturing and his contributions to improving machine tool system performance and the manufacturing of thin monolithic structures.

HIRE Vets ranks Sandia Labs at top for employing military veterans

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

For the fifth consecutive year, Sandia National Laboratories has earned the HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award — the U.S. Department of Labor’s highest designation — for its commitment to attracting, hiring and retaining veterans.

Scientists empower an AI foundation model to accelerate plant research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new method that more than doubles computer processing speeds while using 75 percent less memory to analyze plant imaging data. The advance removes a major computational bottleneck and accelerates AI-guided discoveries for the development of high-performing crops.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

ORNL and Kyoto Fusioneering partner to build critical fusion infrastructure

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ORNL and Kyoto Fusioneering are partnering to develop critical fusion technologies that will accelerate the deployment of commercial fusion energy. The collaboration will leverage ORNL's expertise in supercomputing, advanced manufacturing, materials science, and fusion research, and complement KF's UNITY test facilities. The partnership will focus on developing a fusion blanket test facility, fulfilling a critical need identified in DOE's Fusion Science & Technology Roadmap.

Innovation Crossroads startup revolutionizes wildfire prevention through grid hardening

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Witching Hour, a hard tech startup and member of Cohort 2025 of Innovation Crossroads, is wielding the support of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop technology that reduces wildfire risk by retrofitting powerlines with insulation in fire-prone areas. ORNL is the site of the Powerline Conductor Accelerated Testing Facility, one of the only facilities in the country where companies can try out new transmission line technologies for long time periods in a real-world environment.

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