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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 8-Jun-2026 02:16 ET (8-Jun-2026 06:16 GMT/UTC)

Promoting energy security across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne experts create e-learning modules for OSCE to support energy security stakeholders across member states.

The innovative science of Argonne to aid American small businesses

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory will be participating in three new research projects with small businesses. These projects are part of $35 million in new funding from the Department of Energy to tap into the many talents within America's small businesses.

Smithsonian exhibit honors ORNL’s Amy Elliott with life-sized statue recognizing women in STEM

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Amy Elliott is one of 120 women featured in a new exhibit, IfThenSheCan, at the Smithsonian to commemorate Women's History Month. A life-size 3D printed statue of Elliott, a manufacturing scientist, is now on display in the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C., through March 27.

Funder: Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office

Women’s History Month: Argonne leaders reflect on how mentors, education and advice helped to change their career trajectories

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne leaders mark Women’s History Month by reflecting on how the glass ceiling began to crack and they helped to boost each other up in the national lab system.

Newly released data show how fish pass through dams

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A unique data set following Chinook salmon as they negotiate hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River is now available to researchers worldwide.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy

Argonne tools helping build equitable nationwide electric vehicle charging network

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory contributed critical tools and expertise to a new federal initiative designed to help states fairly and equitably build electric vehicle charging stations across the nation.

Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory study some of the most fundamental questions about our universe: What are the properties of elementary particles? What drives the expansion of the universe? But the tools they use can lead to technologies that benefit everyday life.

Argonne’s Michael Thackeray elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Michael Thackeray recognized for long career inventing lithium-ion batteries.

Traffic-based analyses of buildings advance smart city capabilities

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To determine how these daily mobility patterns affect energy usage, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory partnered with the Smart City Division within the City of Chattanooga’s Department of Information Technology. Benefits from this work could ultimately include more efficient heating and cooling of buildings based on their populations and faster, better informed responses in emergency scenarios.

Journal: Building Simulation

How x-rays can make better batteries

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In this Q&A, ALS senior staff scientist David Shapiro and Stanford materials science professor William Chueh share how their pioneering X-ray techniques can help researchers understand how battery materials work in real time at the atomic scale.