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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Jun-2026 19:16 ET (25-Jun-2026 23:16 GMT/UTC)

Start-up of 22nd run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Particle smashups have begun for Run 22 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), which serves up data from particle collisions to nuclear physicists all around the world. On the menu this run: collisions between beams of polarized protons interspersed with tests of innovative accelerator techniques while RHIC's recently upgraded STAR detector tracks particles emerging from collisions at a wider range of angles than ever before.

SLAC’s Tony Johnson remembers the WWW Wizards and the birth of North America’s first website

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

This month marks the 30-year anniversary of the first website in North America, launched at SLAC. In this Q&A, one of the Wizards recalls the motivation that spawned the development and how it has changed the work of scientists.

National school on neutron and X-ray scattering brings students together with two national labs

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The NXS program aims to build connections with graduate students early in their career, so they can see the value of becoming a user of DOE facilities.

Climate Cycles Create California Precipitation Uncertainty

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

What’s at the heart of California’s uncertain future precipitation? New study finds natural cycles are likely cause.

Journal: Nature Communications
Meeting: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021

It’s phase 2 for the Battery500 consortium

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The Battery500 Consortium, led by PNNL, has been awarded $75 million for advancing battery technologies over the next five years.

Superheavy science: ORNL’s actinide abilities enable the discovery of new elements

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This feature provides an overview of the science behind the discovery of superheavy elements and outlines ORNL's crucial role in supplying actinide target materials.

Brookhaven Lab awarded $8 million for electric vehicle battery research

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles (EV), advanced batteries, and connected vehicles. Scientists from Brookhaven Lab will play key roles in two EV battery projects: one aimed at understanding and improving materials for battery anodes and cathodes and another to guide the design of safer electrolytes.

Twelve labor unions and Triad National Security sign collective bargaining agreements

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Twelve labor unions signed their collective bargaining agreements on Dec. 2, completing their negotiations with Triad National Security, which operates Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Peering at the universe from the bottom of the Earth

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists Lindsey Bleem and Clarence Chang talk about what it’s like to look for signals from the early universe from the South Pole Telescope.

Daniel Sinars: Then and Now / 2011 Early Career Award Winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Supported by his 2011 Early Career award, physicist Daniel Sinars created the first platforms and images of the X-ray sources created on the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories.