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World’s fastest wireless EV charger unlocks 100 kW parking spots

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ORNL researchers are celebrating the fastest wireless charger ever tested with an EV. It operates at 100 kW, and 96% efficiency

A new wireless EV charging pad can fill a car’s battery as efficiently as a wired plug, at groundbreaking 100 kW power levels – unlocking the possibility of fast, efficient and super-convenient charging simply by parking in a designated spot.

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Simple tweak creates safer, more efficient solid-state batteries

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has come up with a small tweak that could have big consequences. By making a small change to how a type of solid-state battery is made, the scientists managed to eliminate defects in the electrolyte film, opening th… Continue reading Simple tweak creates safer, more efficient solid-state batteries→

Next-gen separator harvests rare stable isotopes from heavier elements

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To make the United States self-sufficient in rare exotic elements, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a latest generation electromagnetic isotope separator (EMIS) to harvest stable isotopes across the entire periodic table.Continue … Continue reading Next-gen separator harvests rare stable isotopes from heavier elements→

U2opia licenses ORNL technologies for cybersecurity monitoring in real time

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U2opia licensed two technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that offer a new method for advanced cybersecurity monitoring in real time. “Identifying and quickly responding to attempted cybersecurity attacks is an urge… Continue reading U2opia licenses ORNL technologies for cybersecurity monitoring in real time→

Frontier breaks the exascale threshold to take top supercomputer spot

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The US Department of Energy’s Frontier supercomputer has been crowned world’s fastest at the International Supercomputing Conference 2022 in Hamburg, Germany, and is the first system to enter the exascale era of computing.Continue ReadingCategory: Comp… Continue reading Frontier breaks the exascale threshold to take top supercomputer spot→

UPS delivery truck wirelessly charged over 11-inch gap

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Back in 2016, the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a 20-kW wireless charger for electric vehicles with a reported 90 percent efficiency. That was for passenger EVs, and now researchers have successfully tested a system … Continue reading UPS delivery truck wirelessly charged over 11-inch gap→

ORNL teams with EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech

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A team of researchers from ORNL (Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories) has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distributi… Continue reading ORNL teams with EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech→

Scientists Are Automating Plutonium Production So NASA Can Explore Deep Space

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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have eliminated a major bottleneck in the production of plutonium-238 for deep space exploration through automation. Continue reading Scientists Are Automating Plutonium Production So NASA Can Explore Deep Space→