Feature Articles

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

.

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Jun-2026 15:16 ET (3-Jun-2026 19:16 GMT/UTC)

Why arctic soil can go slip-sliding away

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Slow-moving arctic soils form patterns that, from a distance, resemble those found in common fluids such as drips in paint and birthday cake icing.

DOE announces $1 million in funding for privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research

DOE/US Department of Energy

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1 million for collaborations in privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research. The aim of this funding is to bring together researchers from the DOE National Laboratories and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly develop new flagship datasets and privacy-preserving methods and algorithms to improve healthcare.

CIGAR 'smokes out' attacks on solar electrical power equipment

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

While the need for security in the power grid is clear, cybersecurity has typically been "bolted on" after the fact rather than designed in from the outset. Enter the Cybersecurity via Inverter-Grid Automatic Reconfiguration (CIGAR) project, designed to provide security protections for emerging power systems.

Argonne demonstrates benefits of restoring native vegetation at solar facilities

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Modeling different land use types, Argonne researchers demonstrate that the growth of native grasslands on large solar utility sites can help restore biodiversity, maintain ecosystem services and aid agriculture.

SLAC's Panofsky fellows talk about what makes their research so exciting

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Among the many scientists who push the frontiers of knowledge at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Panofsky fellows stand out.

Single gene boosts climate resilience, yield and carbon capture in crops

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered a single gene that simultaneously boosts plant growth and tolerance for stresses such as drought and salt, all while tackling the root cause of climate change by enabling plants to pull more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

After 40 years, Sandia's Combustion Research Facility still driving toward the future

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

There isn't a single modern vehicle on the road today that hasn't benefitted from the work done at the CRF.