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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 18-Jun-2026 19:15 ET (18-Jun-2026 23:15 GMT/UTC)

17-Jul-2024

Ushering in a brilliant future at the Advanced Photon Source

Dignitaries and luminaries attended a dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility will open new doors to discovery.

17-Jul-2024

Second “You Belong in Quantum” series highlights unconventional career pathways

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The "You Belong in Quantum" series, hosted by the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), highlights non-traditional career paths in quantum information science (QIS). The second virtual session on April 30 featured diverse speakers discussing their unique journeys into QIS.

17-Jul-2024

In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems.

17-Jul-2024

Game-changing quantum chemistry calculations push new boundaries of exascale Frontier

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers conduct largest, most accurate molecular dynamics simulations to date of two million correlated electrons using Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer. The simulation, which exceed an exaflop using full double precision, is 1,000 times greater in size and speed than any quantum chemistry simulation of it's kind.

Funder: Advanced Scientific Computing Research

16-Jul-2024

Champion emerges in US Department of Energy’s 2024 CyberForce® Conquer the Hill® — Reign Edition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Students from 77 colleges and universities raced to escape a five-level virtual escape room filled with cyber and energy-based challenges.

12-Jul-2024

Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In the wet, muddy places where America’s rivers and lands meet the sea, scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are unearthing clues to better understand how these vital landscapes are evolving under climate change.

Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

11-Jul-2024

Oxygen tweaking may be key to accelerator optimization

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are exploring how adding oxygen to the surfaces of particle accelerator cavities, one of the most critical parts of an accelerator, can help scientists custom-tailor their properties for maximum efficiency and minimum cost.

Journal: Journal of Applied Physics

10-Jul-2024

Argonne’s Renaissance man accelerates innovation as a scientist and engineer

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Sergey Chemerisov drives innovation at Argonne by managing accelerator operations while also conducting research across radiation chemistry, nuclear medicine, semiconductor materials and more.

10-Jul-2024

ARPA-E IGNIITE award launches new initiatives of ORNL researchers Yang and Westover

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Guang Yang and Andrew Westover, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been selected to join the first cohort of DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024, or IGNIITE 2024, program. IGNIITE supports early career scientists and engineers in their work to convert innovative ideas into impactful energy technologies.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

9-Jul-2024

Laura Boon’s accelerator experience moves beyond the Advanced Photon Source

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) recently went through a year’s long shut down and upgrade. Technical facilities and systems specialist Laura Boon is applying the skills from her experience working on the APS Upgrade Project to other accelerators across Argonne’s campus.