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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-May-2026 11:15 ET (13-May-2026 15:15 GMT/UTC)
7-May-2024
X-ray study offers first look at a quantum version of the liquid-crystal phase
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A team of scientists, with help from Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, have demonstrated the existence of an elusive state of matter known as quantum spin nematic.
- Journal
- Nature
6-May-2024
Quietly making noise: Measuring differential privacy could balance meaningful analytics and healthcare data security
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL researchers Vandy Tombs and Robert Bridges have developed a new method that improves on the standard method of differential privacy to allow healthcare data sharing while maintaining high levels of privacy.
6-May-2024
Fusion record set for tungsten tokamak WEST
DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory researchers measured a new record for a fusion device internally clad in tungsten. The device sustained a fusion reaction for a record six minutes and four seconds with 1.15 gigajoules of power injected, 15% more energy and twice the density than before. PPPL researchers used their own novel approach to measure several aspects of the reaction using a specially adapted device for detecting X-rays called the multi-energy soft X-ray camera (ME-SXR).
6-May-2024
Argonne hosts 2024 Science Careers in Search of Women event
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
The annual Science Careers in Search of Women event is dedicated to increasing diversity in science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM).
2-May-2024
A deep dive into plutonium chemistry
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne researchers seek to expedite the cleanup of the Hanford site by influencing the chemical properties of plutonium particles in 54 million gallons of waste.
2-May-2024
New process tackles pollution on two fronts: plastic waste and fuel emissions
DOE/Ames National LaboratoryA team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory recently developed a chemical conversion process that makes diesel out of plastic waste.
2-May-2024
The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is your guide to climate science
DOE/US Department of Energy
Thunderstorms in the American Midwest. Tiny particles in the cloud cover of the Amazon rainforest. Heat waves in Baltimore. What do these very different places have in common? They’re all areas where the Department of Energy Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program is supporting climate research. You can also find information about all of them on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL).
1-May-2024
First steps toward a whole-body map of molecular responses to exercise
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training.
- Journal
- Nature
1-May-2024
At the Climate READi workshop: Resilient power systems in the context of climate change
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions joined industry stakeholders in exploring solutions for power grid climate resilience at the Climate READi Southeast workshop co-hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and ORNL’s Water Power Program on April 10-11.
- Funder
- Electric Power Research Institute, ORNL Water Power Program