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The US Department of Energy announces Xander Newlun as the 2025 Conquer the Hill Command Competition winner

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory announced Xander Newlun from the University of Texas at San Antonio won the 2025 Conquer the Hill® Command competition.

Scientists lay out vision for AI-based ‘labs of the future’

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A workshop led by scientists at ORNL sketched a road map toward a longtime goal: development of autonomous, or self-driving, next-generation research laboratories.

Quantum career fair celebrates 100 years of quantum mechanics

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers hosted the fourth annual QIS Career Fair on Jan. 22, 2025.

Dialing in scientific and operational performance

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning professionals ensure optimal operation of operational and scientific facilities through their technical expertise.

Germanium detectors help ORNL physicists unlock the mysteries of the universe

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Relying on leading-edge germanium detectors developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the scientific community pursues elusive nuclear processes to unlock persistent mysteries. Answers to questions they hope to resolve hold the potential to redefine the universe itself.

Funder: US Department of Energy Office of Science (Office of Nuclear Physics)

What is quantum coherence?

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

What is of quantum coherence and how it is used for quantum sensing and quantum computing applications?

Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma duration!

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

On 12 February, the CEA’s WEST machine was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. In doing so, it smashed the previous record for plasma duration achieved with a tokamak. This leap forward demonstrates how our knowledge of plasmas and technological control of them over longer periods is becoming more mature, and offers hope that fusion plasmas can be stabilised for greater amounts of time in machines such as ITER.

INL’s enduring mission: How high-flux thermal irradiation testing became a foundation for US nuclear leadership

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock. Today, the desert site facilities of Idaho National Laboratory are still home to sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock but also to of some of the world’s most cutting-edge nuclear fuel research and reactor prototype development.

Self-driving lab transforms materials discovery

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed an AI-driven automated material laboratory, Polybot, an autonomous discovery platform that explores processing pathways to produce high-quality electronic polymer films with optimized conductivity and low-defect coatings, offering practical guidance for scalable production.

Journal: Nature Communications

Photographing DUNE

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Documenting the work of building the world’s largest neutrino experiment presents photographers with a unique set of challenges.

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