Ames Laboratory

We Create Materials and Energy Solutions

Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory dedicated to creating materials, inspiring minds to solve problems, and addressing global challenges.

News & Highlights

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Dan Culhane, President, Ames Regional Economic Alliance; ISU President David J. Cook; Karl Mueller, Director, Ames National Laboratory; Audrey Robertson, Assistant Secretary of Energy (EERE), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI)

News Release

Ames National Laboratory opens Advanced Magnet Facility

Bharat Bhattarai with this two students who participated in the VFP program.

Feature Story

National labs provide opportunities for faculty to collaborate on research

In the News

Ames Lab researchers receive Outstanding Small Research Team Award from Federal Laboratory Consortium

Students from a HS Science Bowl team during the event

News Release

Iowa Regional High School Science Bowl to be held Saturday

News Release

Congratulations to the 2026 Iowa Regional Middle School Science Bowl winners!

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

image of metal letters C M I on a brown background

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

Partner with Ames National Laboratory

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

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