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In the News

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Nearly $30 Million for 13 Projects to Enable Commercial Fusion Energy

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Ames National Laboratory to combine the power of AI and exascale computing in new research center

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Ames National Laboratory Scientist Marek Kolmer named to DOE’s prestigious Early Career Research Program

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DOE Office of Science announces renewed funding for plastics upcycling research

In the News

This rare earth metal shows us the future of our planet’s resources

Research Divisions

Ames Lab organolead mixed-halide perovskites

Chemical and Biological Sciences

Metal powder particles formed by high-pressure gas atomization

Materials Sciences and Engineering

Simulation, Modeling and Decision Science

Critical Materials

Research Programs

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Critical Materials Innovation Hub

Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics

Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals

Machine Learning Accelerated Materials Discovery Center

Services & Resources

Materials Preparation Center

Purification, preparation, and characterization of metals, alloys, and single crystals for research and industry

Sensitive Instrument Facility

Houses state-of-the-art electron microscopes in a vibration- and static-free environment for the highest possible resolution

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Through multi-institutional collaborations, industry partnerships, and technology licensing, we transition basic energy science through early-stage research to commercialization.

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