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Q&A with Brian Davison: 40 years of discovery, impact and mentorship coffmanke@ornl.gov Tue, 08/12/2025 – 15:55 Brian Davison has spent 40 years at ORNL driving discoveries in lignin chemistry and […]

Innovation Crossroads supports composite entrepreneur-Fellow Vinit Chaudhary coffmanke@ornl.gov Mon, 08/11/2025 – 11:12 Innovation Crossroads supports entrepreneur Vinit Chaudhary of Elemental Composites in developing strong, lightweight, and biodegradable natural fiber composites

Maria Mahbub wins dual awards at Your Science in a Nutshell with AI-powered lung cancer detection talk carsonal@ornl.gov Fri, 08/08/2025 – 15:23 Maria Mahbub, a staff scientist in the Cyber

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a meticulous analysis of the compounds released by plant roots into their surrounding environment. The analysis yielded an abundance

When these factors are taken together, a DC-only system wastes less power – increasing power grid capacity and reducing energy costs – while better supporting the multi-directional power flows of

A key innovation lies in integrating machine learning with the imaging process. “The large-area AFM provides researchers with large-scale, high-resolution views of biofilms,” said Sita Sirisha Madugula, a postdoctoral researcher in

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have overcome a barrier to using a more affordable, dry process for manufacturing the lithium-ion batteries used in vehicles and electronic devices. The resulting batteries

Richard Mayes, senior R&D staff member and group leader of the Fuel Cycle Chemical Technology Group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow

Andrew Petzold has been named Chief Financial Officer for UT-Battelle, LLC and Director of the Business Services Directorate for the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  Petzold brings nearly

Quantum mechanics turns 100 this year, with 2025 declared the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in honor of Werner Heisenberg’s reinterpretation of quantum theory. As a field with

His startup, AtomQ, is revolutionizing atomic manipulation in solid materials, a field with profound implications for semiconductors, quantum computing and materials engineering. In the realm of quantum computing, atomic manipulation

4. Entrepreneurship While ORNL has worked in quantum science for decades, it also supports scientists to become entrepreneurs of early-stage companies like AtomQ. AtomQ, a member of Innovation Crossroads, began

Besides its own research, ORNL leads two major collaborations in quantum computing and technology. The first, the Quantum Computing User Program, was created in 2017 and connects researchers from national laboratories,

“We’ve had a relationship with MDF since Kairos Power’s formation,” said Edward Blandford, co-founder and chief technology officer of Kairos Power. “They move fast, they think creatively, and they’ve demonstrated

“Although the expo had a lot of focus on uses of AI for national security, there was less of a focus on the security of AI models themselves,” said Sadovnik,