national laboratories
Federal science centers
National laboratories are government-funded research facilities, typically focused on science, technology, and national security.
In the United States, the term usually refers to the network of federally funded centers overseen by the Department of Energy, including Los Alamos and Oak Ridge—institutions originally established for nuclear weapons development that now conduct broader scientific research.
She spent her career at a national laboratory studying fusion energy.
- federal fundingMoney allocated by central government
- classified researchInvestigation with restricted access
- nuclear weaponsExplosive devices using fission
- supercomputersExtremely powerful computing machines
- physicsScience of matter and energy
Department of Energy · research grants · biology · climate science · chemistry · environmental science · Los Alamos · international agreements · materials science · nuclear science · particle accelerators · big science · engineering · Oak Ridge · nanotechnology · basic research · cutting edge · energy research
- federal facilitiesfederal buildings, federal courthouses, federal prisons, post offices, VA hospitals
- Federal LabsLos Alamos, Oak Ridge, Argonne, Brookhaven, Livermore
national laboratoriesuniversity departments
Institutional academic units
national laboratoriesmakerspaces
Shared creative workshop facilities
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