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Science and Research Highlights
December 14, 2009
Researchers using the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne have carried out experiments at high temperature and pressure on compositions representative of the Earth’s mantle, shedding new light on the phase transition thought to be responsible for a seismic discontinuity observed above the Earth’s core–mantle boundary.
December 14, 2009
A new class of layered oxide materials discovered thanks to research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory offers scientists unprecedented opportunities for creating the next generation of electronic devices.
December 4, 2009
The full structure of a fiendishly complicated and important brain protein has been determined by researchers using two U.S. Department of Energy x-ray light sources, potentially enabling the development of new treatments for a wealth of neurological disorders.
December 4, 2009
Research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon could help engineer crops that thrive in harsh environments around the world and combat global food shortages, and could also have implications for stress disorders in humans.
November 2, 2009
Scientists have completed studies that confirm the elegant and unique structure of the silken egg stalk of the green lacewing (Chrysopidae), thanks to high-brightness x-rays from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne. The information they obtained suggests that lacewing silk has both reasonable tensile strength and very high extensibility and may have potential value as a biomaterial.APS News
January 25, 2010
Physicist Antonino Miceli of the X-ray Science Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne will use the $2.5 million funding from the DOE to develop high-resolution spectroscopic x-ray detectors using superconducting sensors.
January 20, 2010
Alexander Zholents has been named Director of the Argonne Accelerator Systems Division of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), and Chris Jacobsen has been named an Associate Division Director of the Argonne X-ray Science Division, also of the APS.
APS Science 2008, featuring articles on Advanced Photon Source research and engineering highlights, is now available.
