Oak Ridge Lab

@ORNL · Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA · joined 05 Sep 2008

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.

69 397Followers

244Following

19 320Posts total

71.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL22 Sep

Congratulations to ORNL researchers Deeksha Rastogi and Sudershan Gangrade on being featured in this year’s 40 Under 40 roundup from @knoxnews! Both use high-performance computing to better understand water, weather and infrastructure risks here in East Tennessee. https://t.co/

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Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL21 Sep

Radium needles, seen here, once helped treat cancer. Now, these obsolete medical devices could help fight it again. ORNL researchers are recovering scarce radium-226 from the needles to help produce in-demand radioisotopes for modern cancer treatments 👉 https://t.co/CCKenhi7qh h

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Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL19 Sep

📸 ORNL in Focus: This cryogenic robot at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source retrieves frozen protein crystal samples, positions them for neutron scattering experiments, and returns them to storage, helping researchers study more samples with speed and precision. https://t.co/4P9noA

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Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL18 Sep

ORNL researchers developed an AI framework that uses realistic synthetic data to identify nanoscale features in atomic force microscope images. It can guide microscopes toward the most informative areas of a sample for closer study. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/YihH7mJ7xR 1.7K views · 26 likes · 8 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL4 Sep

@ORNL The Singularity is coming together 569 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL4 Sep

@ORNL Wait... is this the first step to an ACTUAL replicator? Not 3D printing. Molecular formation. Replicator, Gene Roddenberry style 925 views · 23 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL3 Sep

@ORNL Musk claimed AI would be superhuman at essentially anything digital that “doesn’t require shaping atoms” by the end of next year. And then ORNL dropped the mic. 🎤 872 views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL3 Sep

ORNL researchers developed an AI-guided system that can arrange molecules to build functional materials atom by atom, opening new possibilities for electronics and quantum materials. Read more 👇 https://t.co/MtIOXoWH8N 43.7K views · 365 likes · 75 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL2 Sep

Exciting news: ORNL earned a new lab record with 22 R&D 100 Awards this year for technologies that advance energy, manufacturing, computing, biotechnology and other fields. Read more: https://t.co/yzsHAoBiE2 https://t.co/GlzIP5It50 2.3K views · 47 likes · 9 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL31 Aug

One of the nation’s most powerful research reactors is prepared to enable the future of nuclear fuel. Here's how ⬇️ https://t.co/JUpt6ln719 2.5K views · 48 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL29 Aug

At the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, researchers measure how cutting tools wear over time. These measurements train AI models that can predict tool life and optimize machining before problems occur, helping reduce waste, lower costs, and improve productivity. https://t. 3.1K views · 64 likes · 13 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL22 Jun

@ORNL @ENERGY Follow and read bench tests of LLMs and AI hybrids I wrote Here help you ! Even though I am canceled by the radical left-Wing Age discriminating racist criminals but oak ridge never did anything to me gain some power concept to help you speed up your research more p 83 views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL22 Jun

@skdh After reviewing my H2O2 I then took time to run more simulations which we should use to recycle H2O2 from Nuclear facilities then using same system build a combined radioactive and chemical reaction and cold fusion all in one reactor this could help with power needs when re 147 views · 1 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL16 Jan

@ORNL @ENERGY Do you have a place to drop public comment for ideas? 19 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Oak Ridge Lab@ORNL24 Nov 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 ➡️ https://t.co/ul6ZYxGuYu

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Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views1 955this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.82%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.24%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 955	924	2.12×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.82%	3.62%	0.78×
Engagement rate	2.24%	1.52%	1.47×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1916 Jan

14722 Jun

3.1K29 Aug

2.5K31 Aug

2.3K2 Sep

43.7K3 Sep

872

9254 Sep

569

1.7K18 Sep

2.3K19 Sep

2K21 Sep

1.2K22 Sep

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

5.26%16 Jan

2.72%22 Jun

4.82%

2.59%29 Aug

2.24%31 Aug

2.63%2 Sep

1.13%3 Sep

1.72%

2.70%4 Sep

0.88%

2.17%18 Sep

2.36%19 Sep

2.05%21 Sep

2.32%22 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes62.1%760 in total

Reposts13.0%159 in total

Replies5.8%71 in total

Quotes2.7%33 in total

Bookmarks16.4%200 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.