national lab
Federal research center
A national lab (short for national laboratory) is a large research facility funded and overseen by a federal government, typically conducting scientific work in areas like energy, defense, or fundamental physics.
In the United States, national labs include Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Fermilab: She got a postdoc position at a national lab.
The term implies substantial resources and projects too large or sensitive for universities or private industry.
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- basic researchStudy seeking knowledge, not products
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- big scienceExpensive, large-scale coordinated research
- scientistOne who studies nature
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- research facilitieslab, laboratories, laboratory, research center, research institute
- Research Institutionsresearch institute, research university, learned society, research hospital, NIH
- Research OrganizationsNIH, NASA, NSF, DARPA, Max Planck
- Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project, Los Alamos, Trinity test, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer
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