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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-May-2026 12:15 ET (16-May-2026 16:15 GMT/UTC)

Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source prepares for its renewal

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The Advanced Photon Source is about to undergo a comprehensive upgrade, one that will require a one-year pause in operations. When the APS returns to operation in 2024, its brighter X-ray beams will lead to new breakthroughs in many different areas for decades to come.

Meet the autonomous lab of the future

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

To accelerate development of useful new materials, researchers at Berkeley Lab are building a new kind of automated lab that uses robots guided by artificial intelligence. A-Lab will rapidly test whether materials that have been computationally predicted can be made in reality. The lab’s vision is to use AI to discover materials of the future, starting with a focus on materials for batteries and energy storage.

Testing coatings to conserve canisters against corrosion

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

To shield steel from the corrosive threats posed by sea air, Sandia National Laboratories researchers tested a variety of nickel mixtures as protective coatings on stainless steel. The researchers found that the specific material applied, and the specific application process used, impacted the properties of the coating, including how protective it was against corrosion.

Journal: Frontiers in Metals and Alloys

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

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