Jefferson Lab summer intern program members take a tour of the facility in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Chemistry Technician Greg Grose begins to move the niobium cavity into the processing furnace inside the Furnace Room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

during a visit to Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

QA/CI Staff Engineer Jacob Harris poses for a photograph inside the Vertical Test Area (VTA) of the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Scenes from the poster session during the Jefferson Lab User Organization (JLUO) Annual Meeting on Monday, Jun 26, 2023. (Lorelei Carlson | Jefferson Lab)

The recirculating electron accelerator seen inside Jefferson Lab’s Hall C located in Newport News, Va. on Monday, October, 18, 2022.

(Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Multimedia Photo & Video Specialist Aileen Devlin, right, snaps a photograph of her reflection while working inside the Production Chemistry Room at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab summer intern program members take a tour of the facility in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Kira Opalka poses for a photograph during the 2023 Teacher Night—for elementary and middle school teachers—hosted by the Science Education Department at Jefferson Lab on Apr. 19, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Often described as a "science fair for teachers,” this event allows educators to see new methods for teaching physical science concepts, win door prizes for their classrooms and earn one recertification point.

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Students taking part in the 37th Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program tour the CEBAF accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is an educational summer program designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience in these fields.

during a visit to Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

From left: U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Bobby Scott and Southeastern Universities Research Association SURA President and Chief Executive Officer Sean Hearne, after the Biomedical Research & Innovation Center (BRIC) press announcement event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Mar. 24, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Team members from Cooper Middle School Team 2 pose for a photo after coming in second during the final round of the 2025 Virginia Regional Middle School Science Bowl Competition held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. Teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.

Seen inside the Water Purification room in the SRF Test Lab located at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Seen inside the T Trench area in the SRF Test Lab located at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Winter Hall A Collaboration meeting held at Jefferson Lab on Friday, January 27, 2023. (Photo by Sadie Cherry | Jefferson Lab)

Winter Hall A Collaboration meeting session will cover presentations of the results of recent or near publications, updates on Physics analysis, theory seminars, and seminars oriented towards students' updates on the upcoming and future experiments.

Attendees of the joint DOE/NIH Workshop: Advancing Medical Care through Discovery in the Physical Sciences Workshop Series tour the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Components of a Niobium cavity are processed inside the Lapping and Barrel Polish room in the SRF Test Lab located at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Students taking part in the 37th Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program tour the CEBAF accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is an educational summer program designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience in these fields.

From left: Old Dominion University Graduate Student Mariana Tenorio Pita talks with Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, Congressman Bobby Scott, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan during a tour of Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Physicist Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano, left, talks with attendees of the joint DOE/NIH Workshop: Advancing Medical Care through Discovery in the Physical Sciences Workshop Series during a tour the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall C Physicist Liguang Tang poses for a photo in Experimental Hall C at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Feb. 25, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

GlueX Spectrometer located in Experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall D is dedicated to the operation of a large-acceptance detector for experiments with a broad-band, linearly-polarized photon beam produced by ~12 GeV electrons from CEBAF.

Large dipole magnets are seen inside the North Linac tunnel during a tour on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall B Physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri, left, chats with U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Director Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, center, as Dr. Berhe visits Hall B at Jefferson Lab on Friday, Mar. 24, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

A niobium cavity rests outside the processing furnace inside the Furnace Room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

SRF Production Chemistry Tech River Fiedler uses a light to check the acid level on the Horizontal Electropolish while working inside the Production Chemistry Room at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

From left: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, Congressman Bobby Scott, and Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, listen as Hall B Physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri, right, during a tour of Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Cryomodule components inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Students taking part in the 37th Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program tour the CEBAF accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is an educational summer program designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience in these fields.

Jefferson Lab summer intern program members take a tour of the facility in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Details of a classroom experiment during the 2023 Teacher Night—for elementary and middle school teachers—hosted by the Science Education Department at Jefferson Lab on Apr. 19, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Often described as a "science fair for teachers,” this event allows educators to see new methods for teaching physical science concepts, win door prizes for their classrooms and earn one recertification point.

Chemistry Technician Greg Grose works on the cavity processing furnace inside the Furnace Room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) provides scientists worldwide the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter by conducting research at the frontiers of nuclear physics (NP) and related disciplines.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology. Thursday, December 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

From left: Director Stuart Henderson, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, and Congressman Bobby Scott listen as Hall B Physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri talks about the work done in Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Safety Systems Engineer Gabriela Aguilar poses for a portrait in the MCC Rack Room at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Oct. 25, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Cryomodule components inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Students taking part in the 37th Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program tour the CEBAF accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is an educational summer program designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience in these fields.

SRF Crymodule Assembly Tech Mike Murphy, left, and SRF Technician Wayne Carter, right, work inside the Cryomodule Assembly area in the SRF Test Lab located at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Chemistry Technician Greg Grose looks over components before moving them into the braising furnace inside the Furnace Room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

A niobium cavity rests outside the processing furnace inside the Furnace Room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Seen inside the Water Purification room in the SRF Test Lab located at Jefferson Lab on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)