Feature Stories
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26-Nov-2024
Benchmarking CEBAF
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Particle accelerator scientists have made the measurements, crunched the numbers and consolidated the data on the performance of the brightest electron accelerator for nuclear physics research. In a new study, more than 100 authors have detailed the original and current operating parameters, main systems and subsystems, and capabilities and limits of Jefferson Lab’s main particle accelerator, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF).
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- Physical Review
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
26-Nov-2024
An event where future STEM stars are born?
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Throughout its history, the Argonne Hispanic/Latino Employee Resource Group has regularly partnered with local schools in underserved communities, inviting students to visit the lab and inspiring them to build a sustained interest in their STEM studies.
26-Nov-2024
Behind the model: Science inspired by Lego blocks
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Walt Akers, chief systems engineer for experimental nuclear physics at Jefferson Lab was tasked with creating a 3D-printed model of a section of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a next-generation particle accelerator being built at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in partnership with Jefferson Lab. He took his inspiration from toy building blocks.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
25-Nov-2024
Data scientist fixes his sights on speeding up drug discovery
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Scientists are using artificial intelligence and powerful computing to sculpt new molecules in an effort to treat disease.
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
25-Nov-2024
Record-breaking run on frontier sets new bar for simulating the universe in the exascale era
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryRecord-Breaking Run on Frontier Sets New Bar for Simulating the Universe in the Exascale EraResearchers at Argonne National Laboratory used the Frontier supercomputer to run the largest astrophysical simulation of the universe ever conducted. The calculations set a new benchmark for cosmological hydrodynamics simulations and provide a new foundation for simulating the physics of atomic matter and dark matter simultaneously. The simulation size corresponds to surveys undertaken by large telescope observatories, a feat that until now has not been possible at this scale.
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- Advanced Scientific Computing Research
25-Nov-2024
A career of chasing particle beams
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Alex Bogacz, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility since 1997, has spent his career in accelerator physics solving problems. From studying complex particle beam dynamics in particle accelerators to designing next-generation machines, his almost four decades of work have recently been recognized by his peers by being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in October 2024.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
25-Nov-2024
Nuclear is here ... and here and here
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
East Tennessee has become the nerve center for a resurgent nuclear industry. Discover why the region, home to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is so attractive to this next generation of nuclear businesses.
22-Nov-2024
24s: A businesslike name for a ‘high-performing machine’
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
The latest addition to the computational arsenal of Jefferson Lab is an extraordinary machine with the admittedly ordinary name of “24s.” The 24s cluster at Jefferson Lab will work to unlock the mysteries of the nucleus of the atom. It was funded by the Nuclear and Particle Physics LQCD Computing Initiative of DOE’s Office of Nuclear Physics.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
22-Nov-2024
Standing guard against network invaders
DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Anyone who has flown on a commercial flight, crossed an international border, visited a government building or attended a concert knows you’re not getting inside until you pass the security guards.