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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jun-2026 19:16 ET (16-Jun-2026 23:16 GMT/UTC)

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.

Argonne honors 11 postdoctoral appointees

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

New generation of postdocs make important contributions to research in science and technology while solving problems for society.

Argonne research scientist Riccardo Scarcelli named a 2021 SAE Fellow

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Riccardo Scarcelli named a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Sandia engineer elected fellow of two prestigious national societies

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Babu Chalamala, an engineer and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage group, was recently elected fellow of two prestigious national societies. On Jan. 26, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On Dec. 7, he became a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Green rare-earth recycling goes commercial in the US

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

An innovative method of recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste has gone commercial. A team of researchers from the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, developed a novel way to extract rare earth elements (rare earths) from the high-powered magnets in electronic waste (e-waste).

Lessons learned from intense study of COVID-19 help researchers prepare for future viral threats

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Medical research has benefitted from the intense scale, speed and efficiency of COVID-19 studies. Increased funding as well as applied methodologies, proven tools and advanced techniques help scientists stay prepared for emerging diseases and future virus threats.

Journal: Science

Safely studying dangerous infections just got a lot easier

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Soft X-ray tomography – a way to take gorgeously high-resolution, 3D images of cells – can help us study infections without risk of contamination. And now, the whole process takes just a fraction of the time and preparation required by other imaging methods.