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Saturday Morning Physics goes virtual

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Fermilab's popular outreach program for high school students, started in 1980, takes full advantage of modern technology to reach a broader audience. Recordings now are available online.

High-throughput X-ray diffraction instrument comes to Argonne's Advanced Photon Source

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A collaboration between Argonne and several universities has led to the creation of a new high-throughput X-ray diffraction instrument that will enable materials research and clear the way for improvements in advance of the APS Upgrade.

Argonne to advance energy security and safety with funds from US-Israel Energy Center

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at Argonne will share advances in offshore drilling safety and technology in the Eastern Mediterranean with a new five-year grant from the US-Israel Energy Center.

CMS collaboration publishes 1,000th paper

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

On June 19, scientists at the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider published their 1,000th paper. The monumental achievement reflects an incomparable contribution to humanity's understanding of the universe — and it's just the beginning.

Crews create a blast to take the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to the next stage

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Construction workers have carried out the first underground blasting for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, which will provide the space, infrastructure and particle beam for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. This prep work paves the way for removing more than 800,000 tons of rock to make space for the gigantic DUNE detectors a mile underground.

Beneath the surface of our galaxy's water worlds

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets to learn more about their geological composition, and found a new transition state between rock and water.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Three Fermilab scientists receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has selected three Fermilab scientists to receive the 2020 DOE Early Career Research Award, now in its 11th year. The prestigious award is designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early years, when many scientists do their most formative work.

Six Argonne researchers receive DOE Early Career Research Program awards

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne scientists Michael Bishof, Maria Chan, Marco Govini, Alessandro Lovato, Bogdan Nicolae and Stefan Wild have received funding for their research as part of DOE's Early Career Research Program.

ReCell Center could save costly nickel and cobalt, transform battery recycling worldwide

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne's ReCell Center has already made pivotal discoveries as scientists create and test new recycling processes and battery designs. These discoveries will help grow a globally competitive U.S. recycling industry.

Neutrino 2020 kicks off June 22

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

The 29th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics brings together thousands of researchers for the latest developments in the field.