The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

Deep Run High School’s teammates react during a round questions during the Virginia Regional Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl is open to teams of five students. Teams face-off in a fast-paced, question-and-

answer format, and will be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy,

and math. Winner advances to represent Virginia at the National Science Bowl.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 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 from are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These 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.

Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Cryo/RF Test Technician Roland Overton prepares the niobium cavities inside the Cavity Tuning room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Lab Director Stuart Henderson, left, shakes hands with Science Writer Kandice Carter, right, in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Aug. 2, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

A catered event is held honoring employees with 15 and 20 years of service at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Details of the key bank on the personnel safety system—which is used during a controlled access of radiologically controlled areas—at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday April, 13, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Deputy Cryogenics Operations Group Leader Sasa Radovic speaks to students apart of the Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) program. The students visited the Central Helium Liquifier during their tour of Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Parish Thompson | Jefferson Lab)

Seen is a large collection magnets which will be repurposed at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Argonne National Laboratory shipped the 30-year-old Advanced Photon Source (APS) magnets to Brookhaven and Jefferson Lab, where they will be re-purposed for use as part of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider being led by those other two labs and that will be built at Brookhaven.

Contestants Cameron Clarke, Tyler Hague, Gloria Montana-Faiget, Pia Jones Petrak and Alimohammed Kachwala pose for a group photo after participating in the annual Quark Tank event held inside the CEBAF Center auditorium at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Dec., 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

During the Quark Tank event, Jefferson Lab’s research stars deliver inspiring pitches aimed at captivating the hearts and minds of the national lab community!

Jefferson Lab’s local National Lab Research SLAM competition is a short-talk competition in which postdocs and early-career scientists are challenged to present a compelling one-slide, three-minute presentation on their research that a non-specialist can understand.

The winner will compete in the national event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in spring 2025, when contestants from the 17 national labs will educate U.S. government policymakers and their staff about the key role our labs play in the nation’s innovation ecosystem and their impact on the nation.

A large selection of quadrupole magnets are seen lined up in a orderly fashion inside a storage building owned by Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

These magnets came from Argonne National Laboratory, which shipped the 30-year-old Advanced Photon Source (APS) magnets to Brookhaven and Jefferson Lab, where they will be re-purposed for use as part of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider being led by those other two labs and that will be built at Brookhaven.

A large selection of quadrupole magnets are seen lined up in a orderly fashion inside a storage building owned by Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

These magnets came from Argonne National Laboratory, which shipped the 30-year-old Advanced Photon Source (APS) magnets to Brookhaven and Jefferson Lab, where they will be re-purposed for use as part of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider being led by those other two labs and that will be built at Brookhaven.

Artificial light illuminates details of spare photomultiplier tubes for the electron calorimeter (ECal) located inside Experimental Hall A at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Calorimeter modules are placed on a table to show the scale inside Experimental Hall D located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday. Sept. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Physicist Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano works to unload multi-layer samples after removal from the UHV multi-technique deposition system inside the R&D Thin Film Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

Virginia Regional Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl is open to teams of five students. Teams face-off in a fast-paced, question-and-

answer format, and will be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy,

and math. Winner advances to represent Virginia at the National Science Bowl.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 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 from are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These 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.

Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.

Panelists include Kerem Camsari (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Sabrina Hong (Quantum Google AI), Matt McEwen (PhD student, Quantum Foundry), Seamus O'Hara (PhD Student, Quantum Foundry).

Erik Lucero (Quantum Google AI) will moderate.

SRF S&T Department Head Rongli Geng, left, chats with Hampton University leadership team, including HU President Darrell K. Williams, left, and HU School of Science Dean Dr. Isi Ero-Johnson, right while visiting the Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, May 26, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Injector Scientist Riad Suleiman and talks about the rules during the Science Bowl Meeting at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday Jan. 26, 2024. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab).

Jefferson Lab Employees have a mockup meeting for the Science Bowl to discuss the rules and regulations for the competition.

First International School of Hadron Femtography attendees listen as a speaker gives a tour of the Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 19, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Closing remarks and graduation ceremony for the interns of the Technology Commercialization Internship Program held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Technology Commercialization Internship Program (TCIP) is a unique paid opportunity for undergraduate STEM and business students to experience the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) world-class National Lab system, boost their entrepreneurial thinking, and explore energy technology markets.

Interns have the opportunity to engage with National Laboratory mentors and learn about technologies at their partnered Laboratories. This internship focuses on the business side of technology commercialization where interns will learn skills such as customer discovery, value propositions development, and market sizing. Interns apply these skills to their assigned technologies at their host lab.

Hall A/C Staff Scientist Donald Jones poses next to the backside of the electron calorimeter (ECal) inside Experimental Hall A at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

A group of lab scientists, technicians, mechanical designers, engineers, scientific users and students are building a new electron calorimeter in Hall A. Known as ECal, the apparatus is a detector for a nuclear physics experiment that will allow scientists to better understand the internal structure of the proton.

Melissa Cohen, center, reacts after winning a raffle prize during the Region II Physical Science Teacher Night held at Jefferson Lab on Newport News, Va., on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Teachers from the JSAT (Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers) shared science-themed classroom activities geared toward upper elementary and middle school students.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.

Jefferson Lab employees volunteer their time to help maintain the grounds of the Sarfan Food Forest located in downtown Newport News, Va., on Monday, April 22, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Sarfan Food Forest is a 5-acre parcel of land located in Downtown Newport News that is currently being transformed into a food forest intended to address food scarcity in the area as well as promote native species and pollinators and enhance wetlands. Sarfan is located within a disadvantaged community and will not only promote environmental benefits but community connection as well.

The interior of a niobium cavity is photographed inside the Cavity Tuning room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hampton University leadership team, including HU School of Science Dean Dr. Isi Ero-Johnson, center, visits Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, May 26, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Project Leadership Institute attendees pose for a group photo in the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Mar. 17, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Oscar F. Smith High School students participate in the High School Science bowl in CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Feb. 1, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

2024 Workshop On Polarized Sources, Targets, and Polarimetry (PSTP24) attendees pose for a group photo in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep 24., 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

George P. Phenix Elementary school students participate in the Middle School Science Bowl in CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Mar. 1, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | 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.

Veterans at Jefferson Lab pose for a group photo in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Nov. 11, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Lock out Tag out (LOTO) system for various areas of safety at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, left, and Lab Director Kim Sawyer, center, listen as Director of Accelerator Operations Eduard Pozdeyev, right, gives a tour of the Accelerator Tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 5, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

From left to right, Vardan Gyurjyan, Raiqa Rasool, David Lawrence, Nathan Brei, Michael Goodrich, Torri Jeske, and Thomas Britton, a portion of the Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group, pose for a group photo outside of the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 25, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab’s Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group develops centralized computing software that can be shared by any of the lab’s experimental halls and used for future projects.

EPSCI Computer Scientist Raiqa Rasool, left, and Lead Scientific Software Scientist David Lawrence, right, from the Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group, talk about equipment in the Data Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 25, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab’s Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group develops centralized computing software that can be shared by any of the lab’s experimental halls and used for future projects.

Chief Operating Officer Johnathon Huff, center, speaks to attendees as they gather to say farewell during Stuart Henderson’s farewell celebration held in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall B 12 GeV Staff Scientist Veronique Ziegler chats with the French National Center for Scientific Research’s (CNRS) Director of the Washington Office Sylvette Tourmente, right, during a tour of Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, April 10, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Various science educators network together during the annual Virginia Region II Teacher Night held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local teachers from the Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers (JSAT) share science-themed classroom activities geared toward upper elementary and middle school students. Local teachers are invited to learn new lesson plans for their classroom.

Employees from Barnhart Crane begin to install the newest liquid nitrogen dewar during a delivery at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Several years in the making, the liquid nitrogen dewar for the End Station Refrigeration 2 (ESR 2) arrived on the lab campus. The ESR 2 system will feed cryogens to Halls A, B, and C, and it will replace ESR 1 by adding additional capacity to support the MOLLER Experiment.