News from 2023
Ashley Wayman keeps the beamlines running smoothly before, during and after the APS Upgrade
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Hundreds of people work at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
Quantum Science Center hosts first in-person all-hands meeting
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
In late May, the Quantum Science Center convened its first in-person all-hands meeting since the center was established in 2020.
When Materials Discovery Glitters
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Thomas Edison famously tried hundreds of materials and failed thousands of times before discovering that carbonized cotton thread burned long and bright in an incandescent light bulb.
Photosynthesis, Key to Life on Earth, Starts with a Single Photon
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Using a complex cast of metal-studded pigments, proteins, enzymes, and co-enzymes, photosynthetic organisms can convert the energy in light into the chemical energy for life.
Historic Advanced Photon Source magnet sees the light of day for the first time in 29 years
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
On September 8, 1994, a group of people affixed their signatures in white ink onto a long red magnet.
Summit study fathoms troubled waters of ocean turbulence
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Simulations performed on the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed new insights into the role of turbulence in mixing fluids and could open new possibilities for projecting climate change and studying fluid dynamics.
Preserving Forests to Protect Deep Soil From Warming
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
A recent study led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Zurich has revealed that the organic compounds proposed for carbon sequestration in deep soil are highly vulnerable to decomposition under global warming.
Richardson selected for DOE SCGSR program
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Glenn Richardson, graduate student in physics with Professor David Moore, and a member of Yale’s Wright Lab, has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE)
Making the structure of ‘fire ice’ with nanoparticles
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
The structure harnesses a strange physical phenomenon and could enable engineers to manipulate light in new ways
ODU Doctoral Student, Ronglong Fang, Awarded Department of Energy Graduate Fellowship
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Old Dominion University Mathematics doctoral student, Ronglong Fang, will apply his mathematics research skills to help further our understanding of the building blocks of matter in the Department of Energy.
‘Noise-cancelling’ qubits developed at UChicago to minimize errors in quantum computers
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Despite their immense promise to solve new kinds of problems, today’s quantum computers are inherently prone to error.
HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.
Resolving a Mathematical Puzzle in Quarks and Gluons in Nuclear Matter
By Alyssa Marie Dasal | Jun 24, 2023
The building blocks of atomic nuclei are protons and neutrons, which are themselves made of even more fundamental particles: quarks and gluons.
A Low-Energy ‘Off Switch’ for Quark-Gluon Plasma
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Physicists can create an exotic state of matter known as a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) by colliding gold nuclei together.
Energy Department discusses ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline on June 23
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Scientists Develop Inorganic Resins for Generating and Purifying Radium and Actinium
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Targeted alpha therapy can destroy cancerous cells without harming healthy cells.
Getting to the Bottom of When the Smallest Meson Melts
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Theorists have performed calculations to predict the temperature at which bottomonium mesons will melt.
Researchers Demonstrate First Precision Gene Editing in Miscanthus
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Adaptable and easy to grow, miscanthus (or silvergrass) shows great potential as a sustainable bioenergy crop.
Getting to the Bottom of When the Smallest Meson Melts
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Theorists have performed calculations to predict the temperature at which bottomonium mesons will melt.
To Advance Microbiome Research, the National Microbiome Data Collaborative Ambassador Program Promotes Microbiome Data Standards
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 24, 2023
Researchers have predicted that our planet may be home to one trillion species of microbes.