Lab Spotlight

The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center exists to meet the nation's need for scientific information for restoring, enhancing, managing, and protecting living resources and their habitats in the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Centerhas...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that usually affects the lungs, but it can also impact the brain, kidneys, or spine. In most cases, TB is curable—but without proper treatment, it can kill. When a person with TB coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings, TB bacteria are spread in the air, and others who...

The Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) conducts applied research on the physiochemical properties of explosives and other volatile elements, including characterizing the sensitivity of materials such as homemade explosives to shocks and impacts. The laboratory has adapted state-of-the-art...

Every year, more than a million cardiac, cancer, and other patients are helped by isotopes produced by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Isotope Program . Isotopes from Los Alamos are used to diagnose cardiac disease; for the calibration of PET scanners, which in turn diagnose cancer,...

High levels of ammonia in water, from either natural or agricultural sources, may be problematic. Ammonia interferes with chlorine disinfection and other treatment processes to remove contaminants. Researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed technology to oxidize...

Scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have been working to develop a platform to work with fuel cells. This platform will be useful to analyze nanomaterials that work as catalysts. Brookhaven National Laboratory...

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is a leader in superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) accelerator technology with the capability to design, develop, test and produce advanced accelerator structures. These advanced SRF accelerator components form the basis for our...

Silence, please! Kyle Byers, Honeywell Electrical Engineer, uses an anechoic chamber to isolate radio frequency (RF) signals at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Kansas City National Security Campus. The Kansas City National Security Campus is moving national security innovation forward at its multi...

In the Swarmathon competition at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), students developed computer code for “Swarmies”—small robotic vehicles equipped with sensors, a webcam, GPS system, and Wi-Fi antenna—programming them to look for "resources" in the form of small barcode...

This week’s lab spotlight shines on the Y-12 National Security Complex for its recently completed infrastructure upgrades to the plant’s Analytical Chemistry facility. These significant upgrades were a year-long effort implemented to improve the facility’s mission capability and...