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A photograph taken by a visitor in 2014 of the interior of Wilson Hall, the iconic main building on Fermilab's campus in Batavia, Illinois.

Scientists and the Public Petition to Roll Back Fermilab Access Restrictions

More than 2,500 scientists and community members have signed a petition calling on Fermilab to loosen cumbersome visitor access procedures. Lab management says safety and security concerns are driving access policies, but also that improvements are on the way.

A Montana State University graduate student works with a specialty microscope at the MonArk Quantum Foundry

Regional Innovation Initiatives Spring Into Motion

This month, the National Science Foundation’s new Regional Innovation Engines program issued its first development grants and the Economic Development Administration opened its first call for applications to its new Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program.

INL Materials and Fuels Complex

Idaho Reactor Project Plans to Use Bomb-Grade Uranium

The six-month Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment that TerraPower and Southern Company plan to conduct at Idaho National Lab would be a rare case in which highly enriched uranium is used for new domestic civilian purposes.

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu

Technology Strategies Stake Out Policies to Bolster US Position

The Biden administration has released two major science and technology policy documents this month: a National Defense Science and Technology Strategy and a National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology.