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Oak Ridge Lab
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest multi-program #science & #energy research lab in the U.S. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle for @ENERGY.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Nov 24, 2025
    Through the Genesis Mission, @ENERGY is investing in the future of AI for national priorities. ORNL’s Discovery and Lux systems will strengthen America’s scientific capabilities and help drive breakthroughs in energy, security and technology. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4ribKij
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Jul 20, 2024
    ORNL's Frontier supercomputer set a new record by running the first quantum chemistry simulation to exceed an exaflop, modeling over 2 million electrons. This breakthrough advances drug discovery and material science. #Supercomputing #QuantumChemistry
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    Game-changing quantum chemistry calculations push new boundaries of exascale Frontier | ORNL
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Mar 17, 2020
    #ICYMI: ORNL researchers enlist #supercomputer Summit to help combat the new strain of #coronavirus. ➡️ bit.ly/3azixfn #COVID_19
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    May 30, 2022
    Meet Frontier — the world's first #exascale computer! At 1.1 exaflops, Frontier is also the world's fastest #supercomputer and can solve more than a quintillion calculations per second. 🤯 #DiscoverFrontier ➡️ bit.ly/3lSgGKn
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Jun 25, 2018
    It's official — Summit is the fastest #supercomputer in the world! ORNL's new machine is No. 1 on @top500supercomp's latest rankings 👉ornl.gov/news/ornl-s-su… #Summit2018 #HPC @ENERGY @doescience @OLCFGOV @IBM @nvidia @mellanoxtech @RedHat
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Jun 8, 2018
    ORNL's new 200-petaflops system debuts as America’s top #supercomputer for #science ➡️ ornl.gov/news/ornl-laun… #HPC #Summit2018
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Oct 24, 2020
    ORNL's #3Dprinted nuclear reactor promises a faster, more economical path to #nuclear energy. ⚛️ bit.ly/2WmOtPJ
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Nov 30, 2016
    It’s official! #Tennessine has been accepted by @IUPAC as the official name of #periodictable element 117. ornl.gov/news/tennessin…
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Nov 4, 2020
    The Graphite Reactor achieved criticality at 5 a.m. on Nov. 4, 1943. It was the world's first continuously operated nuclear reactor. Take a virtual tour of this historic facility. ➡️ bit.ly/3kXYigZ
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Mar 5, 2020
    ORNL researchers enlist #supercomputer Summit to help combat #coronavirus. ➡️ bit.ly/3azixfn
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Nov 12, 2018
    Summit is the most powerful #supercomputer in the world. Two high school seniors break down how the machine works with a demo they call “Simple Summit.” @ENERGY @OLCFGOV @IBM @nvidia #HPC #Summit2018
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Nov 18, 2021
    Scientists at ORNL have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries. A successful solid-state commercial battery system would enable #electricvehicles to have vastly improved driving range. 🔋
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    New scalable method resolves materials joining in solid-state batteries | ORNL
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Feb 28, 2025
    ORNL welcomes @ENERGY Secretary Chris Wright! 👋 @SecretaryWright will be visiting ORNL to meet with staff and tour lab facilities. Follow this 🧵 for updates throughout the day 👇
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    Oak Ridge Lab
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    Dec 13, 2022
    Congratulations to @Livermore_Lab on this historic milestone! Want to learn more about the basics of #fusion? Check out this episode of The Sound of Science #podcast ➡️
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    U.S. Department of Energy
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    Dec 13, 2022
    BREAKING NEWS: This is an announcement that has been decades in the making.   On December 5, 2022 a team from DOE's @Livermore_Lab made history by achieving fusion ignition.   This breakthrough will change the future of clean power and America’s national defense forever.
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    Fusion: Energy at the Extreme
    Podcast Episode · The Sound of Science · December 6, 2021 · 30m