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Researchers Use Molten Salts to Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Technology

Graphite, the carbon center of your humble #2 pencil, is also an essential component in technologies such as batteries, smartphones, laptops, and industrial power equipment. Today, nearly all of this critical mineral has to be mined and processed and, in the United States, imported.

31 Jul 2026

PNNL Utilizes Neuro-Symbolic AI to Manage Rapid Data Center Loads

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has partnered with Amazon Web Services to explore and validate some of the most advanced artificial intelligence tools that could help operators of the nation's electric grid respond more effectively to severe weather, rising electricity demand and cyber or physical threats.

31 Jul 2026

AI Transformers Revolutionize Complex Fluid Dynamics in Next-Gen Reactors

If you've used a large language model such as ChatGPT, you've interacted with a transformer, the neural network architecture that powers many generative artificial intelligence (AI) models.

29 Jul 2026

New Machine Learning Method Optimizes Production of Atom-Thin Filters

Ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) materials are only one atom thick. They can act as powerful filters at the tiniest scales, even approaching sub-atomic dimensions. In this work, scientists used machine learning to develop a scalable method to grow high-quality (almost defect-free), atom-thin layers of boron and nitrogen.

24 Jul 2026

Smart Laboratories Use Autonomous Technology to Uncover New Scientific Material

The future of scientific discovery will use all the technological tools at humanity's disposal, and no scientific field is better equipped to do so than autonomous discovery, which combines robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).

17 Jul 2026

ORNL Selects Delaware Team to Stress Test Discovery Supercomputer

Imagine a computer so powerful it can perform more calculations in a second than a billion people could complete working nonstop for decades.

10 Jul 2026

Automated Biofoundry Robotics Overcomes Low Efficiency Bottlenecks in Protein Design

A team of researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) created a fast, user-friendly process to improve industrial enzymes.

9 Jul 2026

Oak Ridge Framework Simulates Megawatt Battery Aging Processes

Energy storage is becoming critical to grid resilience and electricity affordability because battery systems can help balance supply and demand and stabilize power.

9 Jul 2026

Open Source AutoLabs Tool Speeds Battery Science Innovation at PNNL

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use a slew of autonomous robots for designing and implementing experiments.

3 Jul 2026

Primal and Amorim Cork Solutions Challenge Hospitality's Disposable Slipper Culture

Every year, billions of disposable hotel slippers are manufactured, used briefly and discarded, generating significant volumes of waste across the hospitality industry.

30 Jun 2026

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