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22-Sep-2025

EPB Quantum℠ adds hybrid computing to comprehensive quantum development platform

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

At the 2025 Quantum World Congress, EPB Quantum℠ announced that it is enhancing its quantum computing resources by adding hybrid computing capabilities. Through an agreement with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), an NVIDIA DGX system has been installed at the EPB Quantum Center℠ in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is already home to America's first commercially available quantum network and lonQ's Forte Enterprise Quantum Computer scheduled for commissioning in early 2026.

16-Sep-2025

ORNL to lead, partner on FIRE Collaboratives in critical fusion energy technologies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

ORNL will lead two collaborations under the Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) program and partner on two more to close critical gaps in fusion technology and bridge basic research with growing fusion companies.

Funder: Fusion Energy Sciences

29-Jul-2025

Idaho National Laboratory accelerates nuclear energy projects with Amazon Web Services cloud and AI technologies

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will collaborate to use AWS’s advanced capabilities and cloud infrastructure to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools for nuclear energy projects.

16-Jul-2025

Idaho National Laboratory collaborates with Microsoft to streamline nuclear licensing

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) have announced a collaboration to use Microsoft’s Azure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to streamline the nuclear permitting and licensing application process.

9-Jul-2025

JuggerBot 3D, ORNL to expand possibilities for pellet-fed 3D printing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and JuggerBot 3D, an industrial 3D printer equipment manufacturer, have launched their second research and development collaboration through the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, Technical Collaboration Program.