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Synchrotron light sources, such as the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provide research opportunities for industry.
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The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helps researchers improve such areas as medicine, material science and agriculture.
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The semiconductor industry relies on accelerator technology to implant ions in silicon chips.
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Superconducting wire developed for accelerators made it possible to create powerful magnets for medical diagnostic tools such as magnetic resonance imaging.
More than 30,000 particle accelerators are in operation around the world, serving medicine, industry, energy, the environment, national security, and discovery science. As accelerator science and technology continue to advance, so too will their benefits to society.
Features
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RadTech
The Association for UV&EB Technology
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symmetry magazine: Accelerator Applications
From heart valves to shrink wrap, this archive highlights the many applications of particle accelerators.
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The Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity
A report published by the Royal Society, the national academy of science in the UK, that explains the need to make science and innovation the focus of the UK's long-term strategy for economic growth.
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RADWire
Your source for UV & EB Industry Supplier News
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swissnex San Francisco
April 1, 2010
Elizabeth Clements, a senior science communicator at Fermilab, explains how the LHC and other particle accelerators contribute to innovation and the world economy.
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Advanced Electron Beams Blog
As organizations seek more clean and efficient ways to power their industrial processes, electron beams are emerging as a way to address these challenges.
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News
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Accelerators for America's Future
July 15, 2010
Physics and Physicists
A new report coming out of the US Dept. of Energy reveals the importance of research in particle accelerators that is the engine that drives many advances. This report comes out of the DOE sponsored workshop on the very topic that was held last year.
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Accelerator Apps: Sterilizing Medical Supplies
June 2010
symmetry
For certain products, such as prepackaged syringes, the ideal sterilizing agent may be a stream of electrons from an accelerator.
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British Columbia Invests in Next-Generation Accelerator Technology
June 22, 2010
Interactions.org
Today, the Canadian Province of British Columbia announced a $30.7 million civil-infrastructure investment in TRIUMF that launches the construction of a new research facility to produce and study isotopes for physics and medicine.
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The Real Science Gap
June 14, 2010
Miller-McCune Online
It's not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It's a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.
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Is debt putting British science at risk?
June 10, 2010
The Times
....Our success in science is a source of advantage to us in a very competitive world, and a cause of envy in other countries that are investing significantly to try and match our performance.
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The future of energy curable technologies from Radtech 2010
June 3, 2010
Advanced Electron Beams
....The recovering economy and increased focus on sustainable manufacturing was evidenced by an increased interest in energy efficient UV/EB curing technologies.
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Physicists and medics set out strategy on physics for health
June 3, 2010
Interactions
Following a workshop hosted by the CERN[1] European particle physics laboratory in February, doctors and physicists today published a strategy for harnessing physics for health.
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Scientists benefit as much as students from "Cleantech to Market" program
May 14, 2010
Berkeley Lab
Launched as a pilot project at Berkeley Lab, the Cleantech to Market program is finishing its first semester as an official class at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and it's safe to say the students learned more than they expected on how to take a technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.
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AEB receives DOE grant to develop air pollution abatement technology
May 5, 2010
Advanced Electron Beams
"AEB will use the funds to develop energy efficient approaches to removing volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution from industrial waste streams by direct electron oxidation."
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A field where jobs go begging
April 2010
symmetry magazine
With a growing demand for particle accelerators in science, medicine, and industry, accelerator science is in desperate need of skilled specialists.
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Meetings and Upcoming Events
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American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2010 Annual Meeting
July 18-22, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
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2010 AAPM Safety in Radiation Therapy - A Call to Action
June 24-25, 2010
Miami, FL
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2010 AAPM Summer School
July 22-25, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
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Applied Superconductivity Conference
August 1-6, 2010
Washington D.C.
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Symposium on the Superconducting Science and Technology of Ingot Niobium
September 22-24, 2010
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Newport News, VA
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2010 Annual Meeting of the Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards
October 18-20, 2010
Gaithersburg, MD
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RSNA 2010 - Personalized Medicine: In Pursuit of Excellence
November 28, 2010 - December 3, 2010
Chicago, IL
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AccApp 2011
Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
April 3-7, 2011
Knoxville, TN
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Accelerators for America's Future
Putting accelerators to work on the challenges of our time
A report that captures the perspectives, insights and conclusions of experts from across the spectrum of accelerator applications:
- Energy and Environment
- Medicine
- Industry
- National Security
- Discovery Science
Published by the Department of Energy's Office of Science