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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Jun-2026 16:15 ET (27-Jun-2026 20:15 GMT/UTC)

15-May-2024

 

Spooky states and figure eights: Stepping into the quantum computing ‘ring’

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Jefferson Lab, Old Dominion University and the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a conceptual device for quantum computing that could rival – or even outperform – other systems being developed. The “core” of this computer would be based on a compact, spin-transparent storage ring, which can maintain the entangled states of ions as they travel along a figure-eight path.

15-May-2024

 

Seven Argonne National Laboratory mentees win gold at DuPage County ACT-SO competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Seven African American high school students won gold medals in a science competition hosted by DuPage County ACT-SO, a community organization.

14-May-2024

 

University students tackle Adventure in CyberForce — Conquer the Hill competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The DOE’s CyberForce Adventure Competition 2024 awarded [NAME] from [UNIVERSITY] as the winner, one of [0] students who competed in this event, as part of the CyberForce program aiming to bridge the growing cybersecurity workforce gap in the United States.

13-May-2024

 

New analysis platform shines light on utilities’ solar energy future

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities’ confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, protecting reliable delivery of electricity while supporting U.S. efforts to slow climate change.

13-May-2024

 

Argonne’s Aurora supercomputer breaks exascale barrier

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s Aurora system has officially entered the exascale era with its latest submission to the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

13-May-2024

 

From massive structures to nanometers: ORNL’s scanning vibrometer used in quantum research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A specialized piece of equipment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is used for measurements varying from extremely large structures to quantum. The equipment is available for projects within the national lab as well as outside.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

13-May-2024

 

The true cost: Deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure nationwide

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, he announced a goal to install 500,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the nation by 2030. The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has tasked the experts at Idaho National Laboratory to answer big questions surrounding this goal.

8-May-2024

 

Giving local business a ‘boost’ with national lab technology

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab has teamed up with New Mexico’s Sandia National Laboratories to bring the BoostPlatform to Hampton Roads, kicking off the partnership with a well-attended workshop in Newport News. The DOE initiative, led by Sandia Labs, brings national labs, startups, academia and entrepreneurs together to find solutions to big, community-based energy and technology challenges.

7-May-2024

 

Radar is advancing at historic speed. How engineers are setting the pace

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars aimed at detecting evolving threats. Many of these tests take place in a simulated research environment created at Sandia National Laboratories.

7-May-2024

 

ORNL, SLAC team up for breakthrough biology projects

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Under DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure initiative, a team from ORNL and SLAC is establishing a data portal that will enable Frontier to process the results from experiments conducted by LCLS-II. Scientists and users at LCLS will leverage ORNL’s computing power to study their data, conduct simulations and more quickly inform their ongoing experiments, all within a seamless framework. 

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Current Opinion in Structural Biology