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  • U.S. Particle Accelerator School
    U.S. Particle Accelerator School

    By providing specialized accelerators physics and engineering course that are not often available at universities, the USPAS has helped train thousands of students.
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  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine
    American Association of Physicists in Medicine

    2009 Annual Meeting and Industrial Physics Forum
    July 26-30, 2009
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Back to top Reports

  • The Scientific Century
    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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  • Accelerators and Beams & Tools of Discovery and Innovation
    Accelerators and Beams – Tools of Discovery and Innovation

    Published by the Division of Physics of Beams of the American Physical Society
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  • Particle physics & it matters
    Particle physics – it matters

    A forward look at UK research into the building blocks of the Universe and its impact on society
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Conference Proceedings

  • International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
    Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators

    4-8 May 2009, Vienna
    The IAEA has responded to Member States needs by implementing programmatic activities that provide interested Member States...
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General Resources

  • Accelerator Applications
    symmetry magazine: Accelerator Applications

    From heart valves to shrink wrap, this archive highlights the many applications of particle accelerators.
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  • RADWire
    RADWire

    Your source for UV & EB Industry Supplier News
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  • Accelerator Apps
    Accelerator Apps

    April 2010
    From shrink wrap to furniture finish to heat-shrink tubing, visit symmetry magazine for a bounty of accelerator applications.
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  • swissnex San Francisco
    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
    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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  • Cleaner living through electrons
    Symmetry magazine: Cleaner living through electrons

    Studies show that blasts of electrons from a particle accelerator are an effective way to clean up dirty water, nasty sewage sludge, and polluted gases from smokestacks.
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  • Accelerator applications: furniture finish
    Accelerator applications: furniture finish

    Who needs coasters when you have electron beams? Particle accelerators provide clues as to how the universe began, but they also prevent coffee rings.
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  • Book of Abstracts from the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
    Book of Abstracts from the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators

    May 4-8, 2009
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  • symmetry
    symmetry magazine

    The Benefits of Particle Physics
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Accelerators for America's Future

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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

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