Dark SRF experiment at Fermilab demonstrates ultra-sensitivity for dark photon searches

Newswise — Scientists working on the Dark SRF experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have demonstrated unprecedented sensitivity in an experimental setup used to search…

Department of Energy Releases Draft Request for Proposals for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Management and Operating Contract Competition

Newswise — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the selection of a management and operating (M&O) contractor for the Fermi National Accelerator…

Precision Measurement of Polarization

Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – A doctoral dissertation examining the most precise measurement of electron beam polarization ever made was just awarded the prestigious 2022 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA)…

Contract awarded for acquisition of large cryogenic system for DUNE detectors in South Dakota

Newswise — A newly awarded multi-year contract for the acquisition of a large cryogenic plant to cool tens of thousands of tons of liquid argon brings the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment one…

Droplet Levitation Is a New Way To Explore Airborne Viruses and Microorganisms

Newswise — WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 – Self-sustained levitation of millimeter-sized droplets was recently discovered by researchers at Tyumen State University, in Russia, during an experiment to select combinations of…

Nuclear Charge Distribution Measurements May Solve Outstanding Puzzle In Particle Physics

The Science What scientists call the “nuclear weak distribution” describes the distribution of “active” protons in a nucleus. These are protons that are eligible to transition into neutrons through what scientists call the “weak interaction.”…

positive to negative trend shift around 2010

Newswise — A research group led by Associate Professor Jing Li from the School of Physics at Peking University published an article in Science Bulletin entitled “The shift of decadal trend in…

Scientists create isotopic atropisomers via carbon isotope discrimination

Newswise — In chemistry, a molecule or ion is said to be chiral if it cannot be superposed on to its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, or…

Using particle showers to scan the interior of structures

Newswise — Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum…

New Driver for Shapes of Small Quark-Gluon Plasma Drops?

Newswise — UPTON, NY—New measurements of how particles flow from collisions of different types of particles at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have provided new insights into the origin…