“The Beast” (IMAGE) DOE/Ames National Laboratory Caption Graduate Student Mingyu Xu and Associate Professor Raquel Ribeiro load “The Beast,” a high-pressure, high temperature furnace at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, nick-named for its exacting requirements for experimental success. Samples of materials are subjected to extremely high pressures and temperatures to produce single crystal samples of superconducting and magnetic materials for research. Credit U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Usage Restrictions No restrictions. License Public Domain Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.