ALT Illustration of two thin layers of graphene stacked on top of each other and then twisted. There is a light coming through the bottom of the stacks used to study the interactions.

ALT A photograph from the late 1970s showing Paul Markovich and Gene Clifft working at a computer attached to a large, messy cluster of electronics around a large tube.

ALT Photograph of a landscape of mountains covered in green trees, with an American chestnut tree in the foreground.

ALT Three diagrams of RNA molecules, which look like multicolored balls of tangled curled ribbon

ALT A map of the Dept. of Energy Office of Science National Laboratories

ALT Eva Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and Allan H. MacDonald (all wearing dark suits) accepting the Kavli Prize for nanoscience on stage from a presenter shaking Jarillo-Herrero's hand. There is a screen that says "The Kavli Prize" with patterns of lights around it behind them.

ALT Text: Thank you to America's National Laboratories' Workers; image: A collage of 14 photos of scientific research being conducted at the Department of Energy National Laboratories

ALT Looking up into the LZ outer detector, which is used to veto radioactivity that can mimic a dark matter signal. It has a white cylinder, surrounded by a clear cylinder, surrounded by knob-like objects with yellow domes in a giant dome shape around the cylinders.

ALT Two women in lab coats, one of which is looking through a microscope; text: Graduate Student Research Program - Accepting Applications

ALT Francesco Crisa (a man in a full clean room outfit) holds a series of superconducting qubits in a small plastic box

ALT SULI / CCI - A man supervising a young woman in a lab, both with safety glasses on

ALT Mary Danielson, who is wearing a lab coat, goggles, and gloves, is holding two pieces of glass attached together with the yellow adhesive. She is leaning on a reflective lab bench with samples of the adhesive in small glass bottles in front of her. Anisur Rahman (who is also in lab equipment) is standing next to her, watching.

ALT A map of the Dept. of Energy Office of Science National Laboratories

ALT Two women in lab coats, one of which is looking through a microscope; text: Graduate Student Research Program - Accepting Applications

ALT Hyperspectral images of plants in three rows of five. The flowers are visible and vary in bright colors - including yellow, dark orange, purple, and blue - against a black background

ALT An illustration of different ages of the universe. There are three panels, with one showing the universe 3.8 billion years ago, one 5.5 billion years ago, and one 13.7 billion years ago as the cosmic microwave background. The newest one has a dense blob showing a galaxy, the second oldest has a more diffuse blob, and the oldest shows how that blob evolved from a much more diffuse spread of matter.

ALT Illustration showing how nanodiamonds evolve into different forms under extreme thermodynamic conditions. It shows honeycombed structured spheres at the bottom and background, disks with layers like onions in the middle, and yellow dots surrounded by teal fog throughout.

ALT Illustration with symbols for each of the six different types of neutrinos. Text: U.S. Department of Energy; DOE has contributed to research investigating the types of neutrinos and their characteristics.

ALT Genesis Mission - Accelerating American Science through AI Innovation

ALT A computer chip being held by a pair of tweezers with a blue lighted background

ALT Text: U.S. Dept. of Energy, The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is one of the most ambitious experiments ever to study neutrinos. Image: Three people in safety gear walking along the floor of a huge cavern.

ALT Energy Department Announces the First Genesis Mission Awardees

ALT Community College Internship Program, US Department of Energy Office of Science. Picture show an intern working in a laboratory with microscope. She is wearing a lab coat and glasses.

ALT Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, US Department of Energy Office of Science. Picture shows a group of three undergraduate interns looking at a white board, while a fourth intern writes something.

ALT Historical black and white photo of a group of men standing around a table with a disk that says Project Poltergeist. Text: U.S. Department of Energy - Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that they had proved the existence of the neutrino on July 20, 1956.

ALT A portion of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus palimpsest - an ancient document - in the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource for analysis. The document is mounted on a vertical surface and an instrument to the left is scanning it.

ALT A machine responsible for Thermal Diffusion Isotopic Separation (TDIS). The image shows a computer workstation on the left side with large metallic cabinets with visible wiring in the center. Rows of vertical tubes connect to electronic equipment in a controlled environment for laboratory operations.

ALT Illustration of the sPHENIX time projection chamber, which is cylinder-shaped. In the center where the particle collisions happen, there is a bright star-like shape with numerous particle tracks radiating out from it.

ALT An illustration of a black hole pulling light into itself

ALT The High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the highest flux reactor-based source of neutrons for research in the United States, and it provides one of the highest steady-state neutron fluxes of any research reactor in the world. Operating at 85 MW, an average fuel cycle for the HFIR generally runs for approximately 26 days—depending on the experiment loading for that cycle—followed by a refueling and maintenance outage for various scheduled calibrations, modifications, repairs, and inspections. The reactor underwent routine refueling in July 2015, as seen in these photos. While submersed in water, the spent fuel emits a luminescent blue glow due to Cherenkov radiation, in which shedding electrons move through the water faster than the speed of light. Once removed from the reactor, spent fuel is then relocated into an adjacent holding pool for interim storage. Image Courtesy Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ALT A gold-colored box with two cylinders coming off of the top on a gold-colored surface

ALT Illustration showing that when light hits the eye, it induces an electric charge that is trapped by cells. The cells interpret the energy, amplitude, and duration of that charge to create an image in the mind. Second illustration showing how vanadium pentoxide goes through a similar process: It entraps the charge, which can be read to reconstruct the image.

ALT Amy Bergman (an adult woman) is talking to Pragya Sharma (a middle school girl). Pragya is next to a table with a poster for her project, which is about early detection of chronic diseases. They are standing in a large ballroom decorated with gold accents and a red, white and blue projection.

ALT Secretary Chris Wright turns around in his seat to address the students behind him.

ALT A group of students in white polo shirts and badges in red holders standing next to each other with their arms around each other in the White House Rose Garden.

ALT Text: Freedom 250; Ensuring America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Image: Historical photo of a woman welding during the Manhattan Project

ALT A researcher working at a large lab bench with a quantum set-up on it glowing with green laser light

ALT An ocean of stars in the constellation Lupus spreads across the image. In addition to the many pinpoints of white and orange stars and galaxies, there are also faint, glowing clouds of interstellar gas and dust across the image.

ALT An arial photo of SLAC Lab, which has the shape of a rocket, with a long, thin top that has a fan-like bottom.

ALT John Hill speaking to an audience with the Department of Energy and U.S. flags behind him

ALT Illustration of a molecular structure of germanium semiconductor with dilute silicon and tin atoms. It looks like a twisted rope made of silver balls with a few red and blue ones spread throughout. There are clumps of balls representing groups of atoms above it.

ALT A group of people in suits, including Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil, with shovels in their hands behind a banner that says Jefferson Lab Data Center

ALT The long tube of the International Space Station runs from left to right across the photo. On the left side, further away from the viewer, large solar panels run from top to bottom. There is a white box-shaped machine just in front of the solar panels, which is the AMS-02. The blackness of space and Earth’s horizon are in the background.

ALT Text: Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship; background of a colorful computer simulation

ALT Overhead view of the NSTX-U, which has a large number of complex electronics and support beams. There is a circular opening in the middle where the magnets at the center of the device will be placed.

ALT Photos of Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero & Allan H. MacDonald

ALT Cover of the Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap, which has a ball of plasma on it with a black background

ALT "This partnership brings together the best of U.S. and Japanese innovation to accelerate scientific discovery." - Genesis Mission Director, Dr. Darío Gil; photo of Darío Gil

ALT DOE Office of Science SCAC Quantum Subcommittee Community Town Hall - Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science; Date: June 12, 2026; Time: 10 AM - 5 PM EDT

ALT Jamin Trevino practicing the steps for handling the special form capsule that holds the radium-226. He has a metal cylinder in his left hand and various equipment for handling radioactive material behind him.

ALT Shudipto Dishari leaning against a lab counter. She is in a lab coat and goggles, with vials of liquid in front of her and a computer behind her.