PPPL Researcher Lan Gao Wins a DOE $2.75 Million Early Career Award to Develop Innovative Diagnostic Tools for Future Fusion Energy Devices
PPPL research scientist Lan Gao received a $2.75 million Early Career Research Program Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for her research on innovative X-ray diagnostics to develop fusion energy. Gao recently became head of PPPL's High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas Division of the Discovery Plasma Science Department.
What Role Does a Tailwind Play in Cycling's 'Everesting'?
Within the cycling realm, "to Everest" involves riding up and down the same mountain until your ascents total the elevation of Mt. Everest. A new record was set a few years ago, but a debate ensued about the strong tailwind the cyclist had on climbs. To what extent do the tailwind help a cyclist as they climb?
Elam Named as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
The article provides an overview of Elam's career and achievements on the occasion of his having been named as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society.
California Streamin': Jefferson Lab, ESnet Achieve Coast-to-Coast Feed of Real-Time Physics Data
The test represented the culmination of nearly three years of collaboration between Jefferson Lab and ESnet to develop a novel networking hardware prototype that can connect scientific instruments to computing clusters over a wide-area network such as ESnet's in real time.
UAH Researcher Wins $608k SHINE Grant to Study Joule Heating in the Sun's Atmosphere for Clues to the Biggest Mystery in Heliophysics
Dr. Mehmet Sarp Yalim, a research scientist in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won a $608,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Solar, Heliospheric and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) grant to study a process known as Joule, or Cowling, heating.
Department of Energy Announces $5.65 Million for Research on High Energy Density Plasmas
Funding of $5.65 million for 11 research projects in high energy density laboratory plasmas to better understand extreme environments was announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) today.
New Physics Needed? Maybe
An unexpected finding about how our universe formed is again raising the question: do we need new physics? The answer could fundamentally change what physics students are taught in classes around the world.
Magnifying Deep Space Through the "Carousel Lens"
A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity to study cosmology.
Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together
Her father was a renowned physicist who studied black holes, and her mother is a prominent molecular biophysicist. You could say that physics is in her DNA. But physics isn't the only thing in Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Smitha Vishveshwara's blood; so are the arts.
Beneath the Brushstrokes, van Gogh's Sky is Alive with Real-World Physics
Van Gogh's brushstrokes in "The Starry Night" create an illusion of sky movement so convincing it led researchers to wonder how closely it aligns with the physics of real skies. Marine sciences and fluid dynamics specialists analyzed the painting to uncover what they call the hidden turbulence in the artwork.
New Results From the CMS Experiment Put W Boson Mass Mystery to Rest
Physicists on the CMS experiment announce the most elaborate mass measurement of a particle that is notoriously difficult to study and has captivated the physics community for decades.
Trailblazers in Plasma Turbulence Computer Simulations Win 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize
Greg Hammett and Bill Dorland have been awarded the 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for their pioneering work on turbulence in plasma, a key challenge in the quest for fusion energy.
Unraveling the mystery surrounding the creation of heavy elements in stars
Scientists uncover new experimental data that will help them better understand how heavy elements are created in stars and the processes that shape the chemical makeup of the universe.
Physics has misled neuroscience for over two decades
How the brain works is a question that has intrigued scientists for centuries, raising multiple hypotheses and theories. In 1996, statistical physicists attempted to explain how the brain uses a combination of excitatory and inhibitory connections to reach a balanced network similarly to magnetic models.
Loyd Earns DOE Early Career Research Award for Neutron Detector Proposal
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Matthew Loyd for an Early Career Research Program award.Loyd, an R&D staff scientist in the Neutron Technologies Division, was selected by the Basic Energy Sciences program for his proposal, "Development of a Novel High-Count-Rate, High-Resolution Neutron Camera with Advanced Gamma Discrimination Capabilities.
Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams
Scientists have developed a blueprint for producing ultrabright and ultrashort pulses of electron beams for the next generation of particle accelerators, plasma wakefield accelerators (PWFA). This could enable new scientific tools such as X-ray free-electron-lasers (XFELs) that can see matter at smaller scales and faster speeds than now possible.
Scientists Turn On Powerful New Machine for Study of Fundamental Physics
After nearly a decade of preparation, scientists - including researchers from Rutgers University - have turned on a new apparatus capable of detecting a host of mysterious tiny particles. Researchers working on the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill., have started up the new machine and begun detecting the neutrinos produced by Fermilab's particle accelerator beams.
First Neutrinos Detected at Fermilab Short-Baseline Detector
After years of preparation, the first neutrinos have been observed by the Short-Baseline Near Detector collaboration. The data SBND collects will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of new physics.
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $138 Million to 91 Early Career Scientists
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 91 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $138 million in funding for research covering a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence, fusion energy, and quantum.
Adaptive-Optical 3D Microscopy For Microfluidic Multiphase Flows
A real-time adaptive optics system was developed, characterised and applied to measure the 3D flow field through an oscillating surface of a water drop on an opaque Gas Diffusion Layer. A case study shows that the system corrects successfully measurement errors of the flow field that are caused by the refraction of light at the time-varying water-air interface.
Verified superb condition of the KSTAR Superconducting Magnet
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) announced that they have experimentally verified that KSTAR's superconducting magnets maintain maximum performance even after 16 years of continuous operation.
Thin Film Ferroelectric Photonic-Electronic Memory
An international team led by Professor Gong Xiao from the National University of Singapore has developed a groundbreaking non-volatile photonic-electronic memory chip, published in Light: Science & Applications.
Laser-Sharp Look at Spinning Electrons Sets the Stage for New Physics Discoveries
Spin is an intrinsic property of the electron. When electrons spin in the same direction at a given time, the quantity is called polarization. Understanding polarization helps examine the structure of nuclei of heavy elements. Now, nuclear physicists have measured the polarization of an electron beam more precisely than ever before.
