Ames Laboratory

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News & Highlights

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News Release

Iowa Regional Middle School Science Bowl to be held in February

Diagram of the first wall of a fusion reactor.

Feature Story

Researchers address material challenges to make commercial fusion power a reality

In the News

U.S. Department of Energy Invests $17 Million to Shore Up America's Energy Security with Robust Supply Chain for Critical Materials

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News Release

The future of more sustainable cooling and heating technology could be just around the corner

In the News

Des Moines Register: Iowa company wins prize for recycling rare earth materials from wind turbines, electronics

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

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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