ORNL-developed recycling technologies help recover rare earth materials from old hard drives and spent lithium-ion batteries.
ORNL researchers have developed an orchestrator to automate management of interconnected microgrids powered by renewable energy, allowing them to support each other if one part becomes compromised.
ORNL researchers developed a Smart Smoke Alarm that used sophisticated algorithms to more accurately identify fires, offering much faster detection of smoldering fires than conventional technology at the time.
ORNL researchers developed a retinal scanning analysis software in the early 2000’s that was an early precursor to the modern technology used in telemedicine to recognize eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy.
ORNL researchers developed and now operate the first North American power grid frequency monitoring network to cover the entire grid.
ORNL researchers created a digital model of the energy use of almost every building in America, called the Model America dataset. This data is now being used by dozens of companies in industries from building design to city planning and real estate risk assessment.
ORNL scientists developed a novel micro-X-ray computed tomography (micro-CT) system for studying mouse phenotypes – traits determined by both genes and environmental factors – which led to some of the first broadly studied publications on micro-CT imaging in preclinical research.