Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy announced today Phase I Request for Application (RFA) funding awards for small interdisciplinary teams to address Genesis Mission National…
Category: Particle Physics
Air Force Test Pilot and Former RHIC Operator
Newswise — Flying combat sorties over Afghanistan, training pilots, and pushing airplanes to their limits may bear little resemblance to the science that takes place at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC),…
SRF Institute Operations Reconfirms Commitment to ISO 9001:2015 Standards
Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Members of the Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) Operations department take pride in their production processes. They follow a quality management system that ensures each project they…
Fermilab Installs First Beamline Component for New State-of-the-Art Accelerator
Newswise — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) recently achieved an important milestone by safely positioning the first major piece of equipment for the new Proton Improvement…
ORNL’s David Radford Builds Tools to Explore Deep Questions
BYLINE: Greg Cunningham, with contributions by Chris Driver and Dawn Levy Newswise — David Radford has built his career on helping his fellow scientists see what would otherwise remain invisible.…
First Procurement Contract Complete for New EIC Detector
Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The project to build the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is now underway, and it has reached its first purchasing milestone: A long-lead procurement contract has…
Science Comes to Life for Visitors
BYLINE: Amber Rose Newswise — More than 8,000 guests spent the day meeting researchers, visiting major research facilities and taking part in activities in AI, particle physics, materials, energy and more.…
ORNL’s Jason Newby Advances Neutrino Research Frontiers
Newswise — Scientist Jason Newby measures phenomena that have never been observed, including a neutrino bouncing off an atomic nucleus — a signal as subtle as the tiny recoil of…
Los Alamos Scientists Uncover New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts
Newswise — Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic events in the universe, releasing more energy in just a few seconds than the sun emits in 10 billion…
Strong Force Interactions Are Complex. This New Trick Makes Them Easier to Understand
BYLINE: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Newswise — Humans intuitively understand gravity. The closer we get to massive body, the more we feel the gravitational pull. The further away we…
