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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Jun-2026 03:15 ET (1-Jun-2026 07:15 GMT/UTC)

How artificial intelligence could lower nuclear energy costs

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists are building artificial intelligence systems to streamline operations and maintenance at advanced nuclear reactors.

Get more from your lunch break with bite-size science

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Take a break for lunch and nourish your brain with the latest in scientific discussions, presented by experts at Jefferson Lab. The second season of the lab’s summer series, Bite-Size Science, is now underway. The Bite-Size Science lunchtime lecture series features half-hour, live-streamed presentations on lab-related science, engineering and technology topics and presented by leaders in their fields. The presentations are tailored to non-scientists and are brief, free, and feature a chat feature for Q&A with the presenters.

“We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid.

Cameron Whitehead wins again, taking top honors in the CyberForce Program’s Conquer the Hill – Reign Edition Competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce Program hosts competitions such as Conquer the Hill – Reign Edition to help the energy sector develop a pipeline of skilled cyber defenders who can counteract ever-evolving cyber threats.

Jaime Marian: Then and now / 2012 Early Career Award winner

DOE/US Department of Energy

Jaime Marian is a professor at UCLA in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, studying irradiation to develop materials and improve fusion reactor designs.

Artificial intelligence edges closer to the clinic

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

TransMED analyzes patient data from similar diseases across multiple sources to understand COVID-19 patient outcome risk factors.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Simons Foundation announces new collaboration on confinement and QCD strings

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Simons Foundation has announced a new research collaboration to explore the “glue” that holds the visible matter of the universe together. This team of theorists will delve into the details of quantum chromodynamics (QCD)—the theory that describes the interactions among the most fundamental building blocks of visible matter.

Funder: Simons Foundation

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A computing facility at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is doubling in size, preparing the lab for new scientific endeavors that promise to revolutionize our understanding of the world from atomic to cosmic scales but also require handling unprecedented data streams.

Funder: Office of Science

Greener air-conditioning for a warmer world

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Air-conditioning needs an energy overhaul—PNNL research provides a roadmap to get there using energy efficient adsorption cooling.

Journal: Accounts of Chemical Research

Adsorbent material filters toxic chromium, arsenic from water supplies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are tackling a global water challenge with a unique material designed to target not one, but two toxic, heavy metal pollutants for simultaneous removal.