Where the Lab Stands Now As scientific knowledge expands, the dynamic process of discovering nature's secrets evolves.
New knowledge leads to new scientific questions.
Answering them requires new or upgraded research tools - and new relationships with vital constituencies outside the lab. This takes planning. That's the challenge for Jefferson Lab's Institutional Plan. So some experiments yield even better research data, since higher energy means sharper views into nuclei. And some experiments take less time, making way sooner for others.