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Argonne's Paul Dickman honored with nuclear waste management achievement award

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Paul Dickman has been named a Waste Management Symposium Fellow for 2020.

Argonne and CERN weigh in on the origin of heavy elements

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nuclear physicists from Argonne National Laboratory led an international physics experiment conducted at CERN that utilizes novel techniques developed at Argonne to study the nature and origin of heavy elements in the universe.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics, European Research Council, United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council

Argonne's researchers and facilities playing a key role in the fight against COVID-19

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Argonne scientists are working around the clock to analyze the virus to find new treatments and cures, predict how it will propagate through the population, and make sure that our supply chains remain intact.

Fermilab presents: March Magnets

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Missing March Madness? Let Fermilab fill a small part of the void created in these times of social distancing and shelter-in-place. Participate in Fermilab's sendup of the NCAA tournament: March Magnets. Learn about eight different types of magnets used in particle physics, each with an example from a project or experiment in which Fermilab is a player. Then head over to the Fermilab Twitter feed to participate in our March Magnets playoffs.

Teamwork triumphs at 2020 Illinois Regional Middle School Science Bowl

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The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory Educational Programs and Outreach hosted the 2020 Illinois Regional Science Bowl Competition, where 15 different schools competed in trivia across a wide range of STEM topics.

Argonne uses artificial intelligence to improve the safety and design of advanced nuclear reactors

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Argonne scientists and engineers are looking toward AI -- specifically, machine learning -- to help us better understand the mechanics that govern nuclear reactors.

Argonne scientists lead push to strengthen cybersecurity in sports stadiums

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To combat the cyber threat in sports, Argonne scientists built an assessment tool for team and stadium owners to fix vulnerabilities.

Argonne experts help Department of Energy strengthen energy security in Moldova

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In the fall of 2019, Moldova needed to identify viable alternative routes and sources of natural gas in the event of a disruption in natural gas supply to the country during the 2019-2020 winter. Through the U.S. Department of Energy-led Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC), experts from Argonne and the U.S. Government provided assistance to Moldova in developing a plan to prepare and respond to the potential supply disruptions.

The power of attraction: magnets in particle accelerators

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Accelerator magnets — how do they work? Depending on the number of poles a magnet has, it bends, shapes or shores up the stability of particle beams as they shoot at velocities close to the speed of light. Experts design magnets so they can wield the beam in just the right way to yield the physics they're after. Here's your primer on particle accelerator magnets.

Three national laboratories achieve record magnetic field for accelerator focusing magnet

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Fermilab, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have achieved a milestone in magnet technology. Earlier this year, their new magnet reached the highest field strength ever recorded for an accelerator focusing magnet. It will also be the first niobium-tin quadrupole magnet to operate in a particle accelerator -- in this case, the future High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider at CERN.