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Simulating a more detailed universe with Frontier
A trio of new and improved cosmological simulation codes was unveiled in a series of presentations at the annual April Meeting of the American Physical Society in Minneapolis.
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A reminder to “look after our planet” as PPPL celebrates Earth Day
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Earth Day celebration included rides on an electric bus from Princeton University’s Tiger Transit, recognizing PPPL’s sustainable achievements, honoring PPPL’s greenest employees with Green Machine Awards, and a talk on environmental justice.
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Argonne aids in the fight against one of the world’s most ubiquitous human viruses
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the most common human viruses in the world. It is the major cause of infectious mononucleosis and is associated with approximately 200,000 new cases of cancer every year.
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Particle trio exceeds expectations at LHC
The ATLAS experiment has confirmed that a trio of particles – a top-antitop quark pair and a W boson –occurs more frequently than expected in the wake of proton-proton collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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PNNL Scientist Inspires Next Generation at the National Science Bowl
Physicist Emily Mace will share her science journey and an interactive presentation about her current research with middle school and high school students from across the country at the National Science Bowl (NSB), April 27 through May 1 in Washington, DC.
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Teasing Strange Matter From The Ordinary
In a unique analysis of experimental data, nuclear physicists have made the first-ever observations of how lambda particles, so-called “strange matter,” are produced by a specific process called semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS).
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Visit Jefferson Lab On A Self-guided Virtual Adventure
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a world-renowned research center for nuclear physics, now’s your chance to find out! With an interactive map, viewers can now virtually visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
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X-rays Reveal Electronic Details of Nickel-based Superconductors
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered new details about the electrons in a nickel-based family of superconducting materials.
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Dixit receives 2023 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
Marm Dixit, a Weinberg Distinguished Staff Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was named the 2023 recipient of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.
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Meet the Autonomous Lab of the Future
To accelerate development of useful new materials, researchers are building a new kind of automated lab that uses robots guided by artificial intelligence.
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Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source prepares for its renewal
The facility’s ultrabright X-ray beams will turn off for a year to enable a comprehensive upgrade, one that will light the way to new breakthroughs
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DOE Deputy Secretary Turk, Gov. Pritzker, local legislators unveil new buildings to advance science at Fermilab
Gov. Pritzker and other local legislators joined DOE officials at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, for the opening of two new buildings and the groundbreaking of another to usher in a new era of science.
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Cai wins 2023 Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award
Cai from Argonne’s X-ray Science division recognized for his commitment and advances in beamline science, most notably X-ray diffraction.
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Deep learning–based data analysis software by ORNL promises to accelerate materials research
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a machine-learning inspired software package that provides end-to-end image analysis of electron and scanning probe microscopy images.
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Fermilab’s baby bison season begins
Bison have been living on the natural areas of Fermilab since 1969 when the lab’s first director, Robert Wilson, established the herd to connect the lab with the Midwestern prairie on which it’s built.
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Argonne fellow Katherine Harmon explores how to optimize defects in silicon carbide
Katherine Harmon, a fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, studies the atomic and nanoscale structure of silicon carbide, a material used in car brakes, light-emitting diodes, steel production, semiconductor electronic devices and in nascent quantum information science applications.
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PPPL hosts workshop on fusion energy and nonproliferation
Public and private organizations around the world are developing fusion energy devices that could serve as models for fusion power plants.
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New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks to a sustainable energy transition
The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University today announced the launch of a new joint battery center at SLAC.
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Quantum evolution
World Quantum Day is April 14. ASCR Discovery checks in with Berkeley Lab’s Bert de Jong, one of quantum computing’s leading experts.
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CABBI/GLBRC Team Explores Leaf Microbiome in Perennial Bioenergy Crops
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) researcher Ashley Shade asks a simple question, but it’s one well worth investigation.