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First Particle Tracks Seen in Prototype for International Neutrino Experiment

The largest liquid-argon neutrino detector in the world has just recorded its first particle tracks, signaling the start of a new chapter in the story of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).

A Trick of the Light

Argonne researchers are using nanoparticles to make photodetectors better able to handle the ultraviolet radiation produced in high-energy physics experiments.

When Your X-Ray Subject Has Wings: Peering Inside Insects with the Advanced Photon Source

One of the world’s most powerful X-rays is making it possible for scientists to see inside insects in real-time.

LHC Scientists Detect Most Favored Higgs Decay

Today at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider collaborations ATLAS and CMS jointly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson transforming into bottom quarks as it decays.

Meet Jasmine Hatcher and Trishelle Copeland-Johnson

Graduate students reflect on launching their research careers at national laboratories.

From Great Prairie to Gigabytes: Sequencing the Genomes of a Microbial Ecosystem

Scientists are studying microbes in the Great Prairie of the American Midwest to understand the role these tiny organisms play in its ecology and productivity.

UT-ORNL Team Makes First Particle Accelerator Beam Measurement in Six Dimensions

The first full characterization measurement of an accelerator beam in six dimensions will advance the understanding and performance of current and planned accelerators around the world.

Hotter Temperatures Extend Growing Season for Peatland Plants

A futuristic experiment simulating warmer environmental conditions has shown that peatland vegetation responds to higher temperatures with an earlier and longer growth period.

In a First, Scientists Precisely Measure How Synthetic Diamonds Grow

A SLAC-Stanford study reveals exactly what it takes for diamond to crystallize around a “seed” cluster of atoms.

As Temperatures Rise, Earth's Soil is 'Breathing' More Heavily

Study suggests carbon stored in soil is entering atmosphere faster, thanks to microbes.

Quantum Computing: Learning to Speak a Whole New Technology

Before using quantum computers for scientific discovery, scientists need to first create the foundations for their computer languages.

Splitting Water: Nanoscale Imaging Yields Key Insights

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have pioneered a technique that uses nanoscale imaging to understand how local, nanoscale properties can affect a material’s macroscopic performance.