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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 5-Jun-2026 22:15 ET (6-Jun-2026 02:15 GMT/UTC)

Bright lights, big data: how Argonne is bringing supercomputing and X-rays together for scientific breakthroughs

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s newest supercomputer, Polaris, is up and running, and scientists using the Advanced Photon Source are already seeing faster data analysis. While the combination is paying dividends now, it points toward an upgraded APS and an even better supercomputer called Aurora.

New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks to a sustainable energy transition

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University today announced the launch of a new joint battery center at SLAC. It will bring together the resources and expertise of the national lab, the university and Silicon Valley to accelerate the deployment of batteries and other energy storage solutions as part of the energy transition that’s essential for addressing climate change.

Expertise in 3D printing — and a little sabotage — reveal new heights and less waste

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In ideal manufacturing, 3D printing reduces waste, uses less energy and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions. An entrepreneur and scientist at Argonne National Laboratory are working together to make this future ideal a reality.

Andrew Ullman, Wigner Fellow, gets a charge out of batteries

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As a Distinguished Staff Fellow in the Chemical Sciences Division focused on energy storage and conversion, Andrew Ullman of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using chemistry to devise a better battery.

Funder: Distinguished Staff Fellowship program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

How Argonne is pushing the boundaries of quantum technology research

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

With its Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Center (Q-NEXT) and its quantum research team, Argonne is a hub for research that could change the way we process and transmit information.

Kirstin Alberi: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Kirstin Alberi is Director of the Materials Science Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Her research into semiconductor materials shows that scientists can use light as a tool while depositing materials as a vapor and controlling the substrate’s temperature.

Andrea Delgado unites fundamental, high energy physics with quantum computing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Andrea Delgado, a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is using quantum computing to help investigate the fundamental building blocks of the universe and to see whether there are particles yet to be found.

Funder: Distinguished Staff Fellowship program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

50 years after NASA’s Apollo mission, moon rocks still have secrets to reveal

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

NASA scientists are using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study moon rocks collected from the Apollo space missions. The samples are made of dust and rock fragments that combined and struck the moon's surface possibly billions of years ago. As plans to travel to Mars progress, insights into the rocks could reveal more about the formation of the solar system and where water might be found on the moon.

Funder: Basic Energy Sciences

The flightpath from a groundbreaking catalyst to jets that soar on renewable fuel from waste

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL-developed catalytic process and catalyst to upgrade ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel wins American Chemical Society award.

Xuan Zhang: Why spin gold when you can spin steel, and more?

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory draws on strengths of principal materials scientist Xuan Zhang to develop unique facilities and research capabilities.

Journal: Acta Materialia

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