U.S.-CERN Agreement Paves Way for New Era of Scientific Discovery
Department of Energy and National Science Foundation sign agreement for U.S. participation in particle physics research.
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Scientists Tune X-rays With Tiny Mirrors
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have created a new way of manipulating high-intensity X-rays, which will allow researchers to select extremely brief but precise X-ray bursts for their experiments.
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Compact Light Source Improves CT Scans
A new study shows that the recently developed Compact Light Source (CLS) – a commercial X-ray source with roots in research and development efforts at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – enables computer tomography scans that reveal more detail than routine scans performed at hospitals today. The new technology could soon be used in preclinical studies and help researchers better understand cancer and other diseases.
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A Hot Start to the Origin of Life?
Researchers from Berkeley Lab and the University of Hawaii at Manoa map the first chemical bonds that eventually give rise to DNA.
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DOE’s Office of Science Selects 44 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
Program provides support to exceptional researchers.
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LHC Sees First Low-Energy Collisions
Today, low-energy protons met in the hearts of the four Large Hadron Collider experiments. These test collisions will help the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb collaborations calibrate their detectors in preparation for the high-energy collisions scheduled for early June.
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Modeling Self-Healing Materials to Repair Fissures in Turbines
Computational physicists from the University of Southern California use large-scale computations to design advanced materials that can heal themselves. Such materials would last longer and could reduce power plant shutdowns and repair downtime.
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Giant Electromagnet Arrives at Brookhaven Lab to Map Melted Matter
A 20-ton superconducting magnet traveled from California's SLAC Lab to New York's Brookhaven Lab as part of a proposed upgrade to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider's PHENIX detector.
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DECam’s Far-Out Forays
The Dark Energy Survey, which studies the accelerating expansion of our universe, uses one of the most sensitive observing tools that astronomers have: the Dark Energy Camera. Built at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and situated on the Victor Blanco 4-meter telescope in Chile, the camera spends 30 percent of each year collecting light from clusters of galaxies for DES.
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The Devil's in the Details
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory led implementation of a new system to represent turbulence in a multi-scale atmosphere model that improves the simulated distribution of low clouds.
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Ten Things You Might Not Know About Antimatter
Antimatter has fueled many a supernatural tale. It's also fascinating all by itself.
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Chirping Electrons: Cyclotron Radiation From Single Electrons Measured Directly For First Time
A group of almost 30 scientists and engineers from six research institutions reported the direct detection of cyclotron radiation from individual electrons April 20 in Physical Review Letters.
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