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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Apr-2025 11:08 ET (25-Apr-2025 15:08 GMT/UTC)

Energy Secretary explores the nature of matter at Jefferson Lab

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On Oct. 25, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and honored guests for a short tour of the lab and briefing on its research mission and plans for the future. The delegation interacted with several members of the lab’s community, including CEBAF operations staff, nuclear physicists, engineers, accelerator research scientists and students. Congressional Representatives Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria, Newport News Mayor McKinley Price, and a representative from Senator Mark Warner’s office joined Granholm on her visit to the lab.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Accelerators may get a boost from oxygen

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Accelerator scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have developed a model for a cheaper and easier preparation method for getting better performance from particle accelerators. Preliminary tests show the model may soon provide scientists the ability to predict the best material preparation method for specific performance goals. The results were recently published in Applied Physics Letters.

Journal: Applied Physics Letters
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Classic magic trick may enable quantum computing

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Quantum computing could solve problems that are difficult for traditional computer systems. It may seem like magic. One step toward achieving quantum computing even resembles a magician's trick: levitation. A new project at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will attempt this trick by levitating a microscopic particle in a superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavity to observe quantum phenomena.

Quantum computing tackles calculations of collisions

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A new project at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will use a quantum simulator to model experiments at the Electron-Ion Collider. This device uses quantum computing to simulate carefully crafted models of experiments that are being proposed for the collider.

Research fellow turns to accelerator power for wastewater cleanup

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In honor of Hermann Grunder, the founding director of Jefferson Lab, and his contributions to accelerator science, the lab recently established the Hermann Grunder Postdoctoral Fellowship in Accelerator Science. Now, the first Hermann Grunder fellow, John Vennekate, has started work. He said he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his fellowship's namesake to continue blazing a new trail for practical applications of superconducting accelerators.

Remote-working team to tame electron beams

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A major injector upgrade at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility was well underway early last year when the pandemic hit, throwing scientists and their long-anticipated project for a loop. Literally overnight, they had to leave their desks, control room and colleagues behind and rapidly learn how to work together from the confines of their own homes.

Jefferson Lab launches virtual AI Winter School for physicists

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Artificial intelligence is a game-changer in nuclear physics, able to enhance and accelerate fundamental research and analysis by orders of magnitude. DOE's Jefferson Lab is exploring the expanding synergy between nuclear physics and computer science as it co-hosts together with The Catholic University of America and the University of Maryland a virtual weeklong series of lectures and hands-on exercises Jan. 11-15 for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and even "absolute beginners."

Remote work suits Jefferson Lab technical designer

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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned workplaces everywhere upside down, prompting countless brainstorming sessions on how to make work environments safer or whether jobs might be done just as well from home. JLab technical designer Mindy Leffel says working from home during the pandemic has been a learning process, but has only motivated her to prove herself.

Graduate student receives DOE award to conduct research at Jefferson Lab

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A graduate student who will work with theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility to better understand subatomic particles has received a supplemental research award from the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

Adapting teacher training to a digital classroom

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Every school year, the Science Education team at Jefferson Lab helps teachers amp up their classroom skills through the Jefferson Lab (JLab) Science Activities for Teachers (JSAT) program for teachers of 5th, 6th, and 8th grade science. Now, just as local students will likely begin this year learning remotely, so too will their teachers in JSAT.

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