2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

AGS Booster Celebrates a Quarter-Century of Service

Built as part of the accelerator chain that feeds ions to RHIC, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) Booster at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is still running strong and could play a significant role in the future of nuclear physics at Brookhaven Lab.

NERSC Staff and Users Readying for Delivery of Cori Phase 2 Knights Landing-Based System in July

For the past year, staff at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have been preparing users of 20 leading science applications for the arrival of the second phase of its newest supercomputer, Cori.

New Electron Microscope Method Detects Atomic-Scale Magnetism

Scientists can now detect magnetic behavior at the atomic level with a new electron microscopy technique developed by a team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Uppsala University, Sweden.

CMI Taps the Power of Supercomputing to Find Rare-Earth Refining Alternatives

A research project led by the Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub, has identified agents for the separation of rare-earth metals that are potentially much less costly and better-performing than those currently used.

Titan Shines Light on High-Temperature Superconductor Pathway

A team led by Thomas Maier of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used the Titan supercomputer at ORNL to simulate how superconductivity arises in cuprates’ pseudogap phase.

Superconducting Magnet Powers Up After Cross-Country Journey

A team of physicists and engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has just completed preliminary tests of a 20-ton cylindrical magnet that could form the heart of an upgraded particle detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).

Scientists Seek New Physics Using ORNL’s Intense Neutrino Source

Soon to be deployed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an experiment to explore new physics associated with neutrinos. The Precision Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, or PROSPECT, is led by Yale University and includes partners from 14 academic and governmental institutions.

Calorimeter Components Put to the Test

Brookhaven scientists, students, and university partners help build and test key components for a possible future RHIC detector upgrade.

New X-ray Method Allows Scientists to Probe Molecular Explosions

A team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory used the high-intensity, quick-burst X-rays provided by the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to look at how the atoms in a molecule change when the molecule is bombarded with X-rays.

With Spiraling Light, SLAC X-ray Laser Offers New Glimpses of Molecules

A new device at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allows researchers to explore the properties and dynamics of molecules with circularly polarized, or spiraling, light.

Opening Neurotransmission’s Gatekeepers

Cornell University researchers used the Titan supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce the first end-to-end simulation of a sodium ion, the fuel that powers NSS, moving from the synapse into the cell via the dopamine transporter (DAT), the gatekeeper for the neurotransmitter dopamine that is associated with reward-motivated behavior.

Introducing…sPHENIX!

A new collaboration of nuclear physicists takes aim at understanding how the ultra-hot, ultra-dense plasma that formed our early universe gets its intriguing properties.