Quantum Systems Accelerator Leads First "You Belong in Quantum" Webinar
The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), recently launched the "You Belong in Quantum Series!" in collaboration with the four other U.S. Department of Energy National QIS Research Centers. The initiative's January 2024 webinar featured distinguished leaders in the field.
Cosmic ray detectors, built by Utah refugee teens, installed on Refugee Services Center
The detectors, which measure echoes of cosmic particles bombarding Earth's atmosphere, were built by participants in a program called "Investigating the Development of STEM-Positive Identities of Refugee Teens in a Physics Out of School Time Experience."
Joao Barata Awarded CERN Fellowship
Joao Barata, a physicist in the Nuclear Theory Group at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has received a fellowship at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. In October 2024, Barata will begin the three-year-long appointment in CERN's Department of Theoretical Physics.
Problems with 3 Body Problem? Experts discuss physics, mathematics behind hit Netflix show
Adapted from the novels by Cixin Liu, the science fiction television series 3 Body Problem, the latest from the creators of HBO's Game of Thrones, has become the most watched show on Netflix since its debut last month.
Chris Anderson combining materials science, physics and electrical engineering to advance quantum technologies
Chris Anderson is the newest addition to the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) faculty, and he is ready to make a quantum leap into the world of materials science.
A return to roots: PPPL builds its first stellarator in 50 years and opens the door for research into new plasma physics
For the first time, scientists have built a fusion experiment using permanent magnets, a technique that could show a simple way to build future devices for less cost and allow researchers to test new concepts for future fusion power plants.
FAU Experts Available to Discuss Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Experts from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science are available to discuss various aspects related to the upcoming solar eclipse.
Utilizing Physics to Understand Social Systems
Early in Hertz Fellow Alex Siegenfeld's PhD program, he found himself unmotivated by his research and knew something had to change. His turning point overlapped with the 2016 Hertz Summer Workshop, where he discussed his concerns with other fellows.
A Dark Matter Detective
Hertz Fellow Katelin Schutz thinks existing experimental data across many fields of physics and cosmology can be re-analyzed through a "dark matter lens."
How Scientists' Ability to Adapt Led to New Insights into Magnetism
With time scheduled to use a certain beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II), scientists from NSLS-II and their partner institutions faced a challenge. They planned on researching a special type of region in magnetic materials that could be useful for next-generation computers. Regions in magnetic materials - called magnetic domains - determine a material's magnetic properties. The scientists wanted to study how these magnetic domains changed over time under the influence of an outside magnetic field.
Testing the Evolution of the Universe with Galaxy Clusters
100 billion - there are at least that many stars in our Milky Way. It seems like an unimaginable number. Yet astrophysicists study structures in our universe that are far bigger than galaxies alone.
SNO+ Reveals the Power of Neutrinos
It may be snowy outside, but the water in the SNO+ experiment isn't for building snowmen. SNO+ is short for the Sudbury Neutrino Observation+, a neutrino experiment 2 kilometers underground in a mine in Ontario, Canada.
New space for building ultra-powerful magnets launches at national laboratory
Under the direction of principal engineer Yuhu Zhai, PPPL is building its new High-Field Magnet Test Facility, which will provide powerful magnets for scientific experiments to researchers at both PPPL and Princeton University, as well as private companies along the mid-Atlantic coast.
Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Argonne provides graduate students with high-level mentorship and first-hand experience on their theses and STEM journeys
10 researchers receive Argonne Postdoctoral Performance Awards
10 postdoctoral researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory were recently recognized at the laboratory's 2023 Postdoctoral Performance Awards, which were presented in a ceremony on Nov. 9.
Radioactivity not invited! Argonne uses heavy ions to quickly and safely produce degradation in nuclear materials
ATLAS -- the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System -- can do even more ​"heavy lifting" for physics and nuclear science than previously thought.
Merging computer science and robotic technology to modernize processing of radioisotopes
Argonne is leading a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to safely speed up medical isotope production through a remotely-operated "hot box."
Brookhaven Lab Sets Sights on Particle Physics Goals
As the particle physics community releases its strategic plan for the next 10 years and overall vision for the next 20, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have started planning how the Lab is positioned to contribute to a range of the plan's science goals, new experiments, proposed research facilities, and ongoing projects.
A day in the life of a mountaintop telescope builder
Margaux Lopez is one of a team of engineers preparing the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile for the arrival of the largest digital camera ever built for astrophysics and cosmology.
Even far below freezing, ice's surface begins melting as temperatures rise
An imaging method for sensitive materials conducted at Argonne National Laboratory reveals previously unseen changes in ice even when the temperatures are well below zero degrees Celsius.
Year in review: Argonne highlights from 2023
Some of the work happening today at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory can already be felt in the form of new vaccines, accessible climate models and big steps toward quantum computing.
Argonne and Prairie View A&M University hosted International Atomic Energy Agency workshops for African educators
Nuclear science and technology (NST) impact our daily lives in a myriad of ways. From nuclear power to radiation cancer treatments and agriculture protection, NST is critical to improving the standard of living in countries with growing energy requirements.
Soham Saha is developing the next generation of X-ray tools
Soham Saha, a Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, discusses his work to develop small, adjustable X-ray sources.
Teaching Physics from the Din of Flying Discs #Acoustics23
The sound a disc makes while soaring through the air is full of information about how fast the disc is flying and how quickly it spins.
New Way to Determine Arrow of Time
One of the annoying side effects of being absorbed in a gripping novel is that the cup of tea on the table becomes cold! Unfortunately, the tea would not heat itself by absorbing the heat around it, just as pieces of a broken egg would not put themselves together or milk mixed in coffee would not separate by itself.