Brookhaven’s BLIP Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Since 1972, the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) has supplied the nation with critical isotopes for use in medicine, research, and other applications
Department of Energy Announces $14.8 Million for Particle Accelerators for Science & Society
The 12 research projects involve scientists at 32 U.S. institutions including 12 universities, 7 national laboratories, and 14 companies
2022 SSURF Board Election – Call for Nominees
The Society for Science at User Research Facilities is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors. Deadline September 15, 2022.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Partnership in Experimental Elementary Particle Physics
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), PHY and DUE encourage proposals that involve collaboration between an experimental physicist(s) involved in research with the ATLAS or CMS detector and an educator(s) conducting research in STEM education. This partnership between the investigators should enable them to concurrently carry out research in experimental elementary particle physics (EPP) and advance educational practice and education research at the undergraduate (college/university) level within state-of-the-art research environments in physics.
Senate Confirms Dr. Asmeret Berhe as Director of the Office of Science
May 10: The U.S. Senate confirmed UC Merced professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to be the new director of the Office of Science in the federal Department of Energy.
ORNL COVID-19 Research Campaign Moves to Antiviral Drug Design
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are designing and testing small-molecule antivirals that block the virus’s ability to reproduce.
Pivotal Battery Discovery at Argonne Could Impact Transportation and Power Grid
CFN & ALS researchers uncover new avenue for overcoming the performance decline that occurs with repeated charge-discharge cycling.
ALCF Director Katherine Riley featured in HPCwire’s People to Watch 2022
ALCF Director of Science Katherine Riley was among the HPC professionals named to the annual list for their roles in driving innovation in the field.
March 17: Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy
This OSTP summit will convene fusion energy leaders from government, industry, academia, and other stakeholder groups to showcase progress made and have inclusive conversations about an updated fusion strategy.
NIF Workshop Examines Prospects, Challenges for Inertial Fusion Energy
Event builds on the results of the milestone Aug. 8, 2021, NIF ICF experiment that produced 1.35 megajoules of energy.