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Physicists employ AI labmates to supercharge LED light control

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A paper published in Nature Communications shows how AI at Sandia National Laboratories is advancing beyond a mere automation tool toward becoming a powerful engine for clear, comprehensible scientific discovery.

Journal: Nature Communications

Gleason chosen for Tennessee’s AI advisory council

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Shaun Gleason, director of the Partnerships Office at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to Tennessee’s Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. Council members are appointed by the governor and provide a collaborative source of knowledge, expertise and information sharing to advance the state’s use of AI technologies.

Nature-inspired computers are shockingly good at math

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.

Journal: Nature Machine Intelligence
Funder: Department of Energy

Not the largest supercomputer, but maybe the most interesting

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A new kind of supercomputer has arrived at Sandia National Laboratories, and while it’s not the largest in the world, it may be one of the most unconventional.

Funder: National Nuclear Security Administration

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Licensed ORNL technology makes magnets with fewer critical minerals

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

United Rare Earths has licensed two innovative technologies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory aimed at reducing dependence on critical rare earth elements. These technologies support the creation of high-performance magnets engineered to use significantly less rare earth content.

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