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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2026 01:16 ET (28-Oct-2026 05:16 GMT/UTC)

First-of-a-kind technology: INL demonstrates mobile hot cell for radioactive source recovery

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

A crowd gathers around a black wooden box that resembles a short refrigerator, waiting for the motion of a pair of robotic arms sitting just outside the box. When the arms move, a wave of excited energy in the room at Idaho National Laboratory conveys how this simple action may alter the future of international radioactive source removal and disposal.

An unlikely plan is helping the U.S. fast-track hypersonic conventional weapons

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories has piloted a new way to transfer technical designs to defense contractors for the common hypersonic glide body, which detaches from a rocket and soars at speeds above Mach 5.

Argonne’s new Sunspot testbed provides on-ramp for Aurora exascale supercomputer

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The test and development system for the Aurora exascale computer is up and running, allowing researchers to prepare their code while the supercomputer is still being built.

Empowering women entrepreneurs in East Africa with energy efficiency

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers are helping women entrepreneurs in Uganda grow small businesses by investing in energy-efficient technology. Helping the women invest in energy-efficient equipment and appliances could not only benefit the women and their communities but could also reduce their business’s carbon footprint.

Yue Yuan, Weinberg Research Fellow, uses nature to create sustainable materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Profile of Yue Yuan, Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellow at ORNL, who is researching ways to create new materials to help the environment.

PNNL scientist inspires next generation at the National Science Bowl

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Physicist Emily Mace will share her science journey and an interactive presentation about her current research with middle school and high school students from across the country at the National Science Bowl.

Laboratory experts help states learn more about advanced nuclear deployment

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory is poised to lend its deep bench of experts to a new resource for states wanting to learn more about advanced nuclear energy deployment.

How Argonne makes the power grid more reliable and resilient

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory helps secure the nation’s energy future through innovative methods of deeply understanding the complexities of the electric power system.

Promising medical isotope made and processed at Brookhaven Lab

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Thanks to a recent upgrade to the medical isotope facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory, actinium-225 (Ac-225), an isotope that shows great promise for treating cancer, can now be produced, purified, and shipped ready for use directly from the Lab. The first shipment left Brookhaven in mid-March. This upgrade will streamline the overall production and distribution of Ac-225 to research centers.

Argonne tests gaming technology to train nuclear workforce

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Can the nuclear industry use extended reality tools to improve digital operations and maintenance? Engineers at Argonne’s Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) facility investigate.

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