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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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Meyer Tool & Manufacturing assists Indiana University Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter
March 12, 2010
Meyer Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
Professors S. Y. Lee and Paul Sokol of the Indiana University Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter (IUCEEM) are currently leading the design effort of a multipurpose electron accelerator called the Alpha Project (Advanced Electron-Photon Facility), which will be operated under a joint collaboration between Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center and IUCEEM.
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New facility makes accelerator cavities easy as pie
February 4, 2010
symmetry breaking
....Brookhaven has invested in a new, private facility to treat the superconducting cavities within a few miles of the site. The new facility is top of the line, located almost next door, and shows the power of joining government and private industry.
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Researchers propose a new way to scan cargo containers
January 28, 2010
Homeland Security Newswire
Can a single machine solve the complex problem of scanning cargo containers for conventional and nuclear weapons?
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Brookhaven Lab, Advanced Energy Systems Open Hi-Tech Production Facility
January 15, 2010
Brookhaven National Laboratory News
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. of Medford, N.Y. (AES) celebrated the opening of a new hi-tech facility at the AES site that will produce crucial components used in particle accelerators around the world.
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Fueling the future: Using accelerator-driven systems to recycle nuclear waste
December 14, 2009
symmetry breaking
The superconducting radio frequency technology that Fermilab scientists are helping to develop could one day pave the way to cleaner nuclear power...
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CERN Colour X-ray Technology Set to Save Lives
December 14, 2009
Interactions News Wire
Geneva, 14 December 2009 Medical studies are soon to start with the MARS scanner, a revolutionary CT scanner developed by the University of Canterbury[1], New Zealand. The scanner, which incorporates technology developed at the world's leading particle physics research centre...
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Key Senators Give Positive Reception to Medical Isotope Bill
December 11, 2009
FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
"We will try to move ahead with the legislation" said Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) to three witnesses who had testified on a House-passed medical isotopes bill...
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Collider Sets Record, and Europe Takes U.S.'s Lead
December 9, 2009
New York Times
"....That future, physicists say, includes not only the sheen of announcing exotic particles and strange dimensions, but also the ancillary rewards of increased technological competence and innovation that spring from the pursuit of esoteric knowledge."
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An Innovation Agenda
December 7, 2009
New York Times
The economy seems to be stabilizing, and this has prompted a shift in the public mood.
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Science Matters: It pays to fund research
December 3, 2009
Times Online
It’s all very well to back research based on the likely benefits, but fundamental science works by other rules.
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Department of Energy Sponsored Accelerator Symposium
Nov. 2009
Meyer Tool News
Over 350 attendees listened as experts from industry and academia spoke not only of past and present uses of accelerator technology but future applications.
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Symposium on "Accelerators for America's Future"
Nov. 5, 2009
AIP: FYI
The attendance, as well as the presentations from a diverse range of speakers, demonstrated the great interest there is in the potential of accelerators in areas such as medicine, industrial applications, and energy, as well as in new accelerator technologies.
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Director's Matters: Big tools for science
Nov. 2, 2009
AIP Matters
These tools of science, which have existed for almost a century, have had considerable impact on both science and the economy in ways that many outside of the physics community are unaware.
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America's accelerator future
Oct. 27, 2009
symmetry breaking
More than 400 people are in Washington, DC this week to draw up a list of possibilities for the Office of High Energy Physics in the DOE's Office of Science, which builds and operates America's major research accelerators and funds research on accelerator technology.
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Driving nuclear energy with proton accelerators
September 23, 2009
symmetry breaking
The global demand for electricity is likely to double by 2030, according to the World Nuclear Association. But could particle accelerator technology help solve the world energy crisis?
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President Obama: Innovation and Sustainable Growth
September 22, 2009
FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
"In remarks at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief in the importance of basic research. It was the President's second major address in which he discussed at length the value of basic research."
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A century of physics:
1950-2050September 2009
Physics Today
"Physics had quite a century: quantum mechanics, nuclear power and weapons, giant particle accelerators, the transistor and the myriad of quantum devices that followed, and a host of remarkable discoveries from quarks to dark energy."
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Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?
How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business modelAugust 27, 2009
Business Week
Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can't, because there isn't one. And that's the problem...
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Director's Corner: Future accelerators
August 4, 2009
Fermilab Today
The invention and development of accelerators is a contribution our field has made over the years as we pushed the frontiers of energy and intensity...
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Back to top Medicine and Biology
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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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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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Hybridyne Imaging Technologies Receives FDA Clearance for New Medical Imaging System
April 14, 2010
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., a developer of compact, high-resolution gamma cameras for the detection of cancer and other abnormalities in the body, announces FDA clearance of ProxiScan.
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Particle physics for health
February 11, 2010
symmetry breaking
State-of-the-art techniques borrowed from particle accelerators and detectors are increasingly used in the medical field for the early diagnosis and treatment of tumors and other diseases. Yet medical doctors and physicists lack occasions to get together and discuss global strategies.
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AAPM Statement on Quality Radiation Therapy
January 27, 2010
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Articles published recently in the New York Times have focused on rare events in radiation therapy that have resulted in tragic consequences for patients. The AAPM and its members deeply regret that these events have occurred, and we continue to work hard to reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future.
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As Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag
January 26, 2010
The New York Times
In New Jersey, 36 cancer patients at a veterans hospital in East Orange were overradiated - and 20 more received substandard treatment - by a medical team that lacked experience in using a machine that generated high-powered beams of radiation.
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Case Studies: When Medical Radiation Goes Awry
January 26, 2010
The New York Times
Americans today receive far more medical radiation than ever before. But patients often know little about the harm that can result when safety rules are violated and ever more powerful and technologically complex machines go awry.
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Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm
January 23, 2010
The New York Times
As Scott Jerome-Parks lay dying, he clung to this wish: that his fatal radiation overdose....be studied and talked about publicly so that others might not have to live his nightmare.
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Heart valves get silver linings
August 2009
symmetry magazine
Physicists at Alabama A&M University hope to improve the safety of artificial heart valves by forming them from a material bombarded with silver ions from a particle accelerator...
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Protons in the war on cancer
July 20, 2009
American Institute of Physics
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2009 -- Proton therapy -- which uses beams of the subatomic particles to treat cancer -- is a hot topic at this year's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting...
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Protein structure revealed at record pace
July 20, 2009
Berkeley Lab
BERKELEY, CA — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a fast and efficient way to determine the structure of proteins...
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Back to top Industrial Applications and Production
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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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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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Accelerator apps: heat-shrink tubing
April 2010
symmetry magazine
It protects wires and cables in airplanes, alarm clocks, computers, your car and your home. Heat-shrink tubing is just about everywhere.
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Reducing corporate water footprints bottle by bottle
April 22, 2010
Advanced Electron Beams Blog
"....More efficient sterilization methods in the food and beverage industries are one example. On the average aseptic bottling line, our electron beam-based sterilization system saves 3 million gallons of water a year compared to traditional methods."
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Innovation: A new kind of bottle sterilizer
April 1, 2010
Inc.
Before bottles can be filled with noncarbonated sugary liquid at bottling facilities, they must be sterilized, using either chemicals or heat. Advanced Electron Beams, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, hopes to make the process easier and more eco-friendly with its new compact electron-beam emitter.
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Mining with light
February 2010
symmetry magazine
Looking for ways to get more metal out of ore, scientists are turning to a technology born in particle accelerator research - the synchrotron lightsource. These machines also play a role in analyzing mine waste and developing safe ways to dispose of it.
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A High-Tech Hunt for Lost Art
Oct. 5, 2009
New York Times
After spotting what seemed to be a clue to Leonardo's painting left by another 16th-century artist, Dr. Seracini led an international team of scientists in mapping every millimeter of the wall and surrounding room with lasers, radar, ultraviolet light and infrared cameras. Once they identified the likely hiding place, they developed devices to detect the painting by firing neutrons into the wall.
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Physicists Create First Atomic-scale Map Of Quantum Dots
September 30, 2009
Science Daily
Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.
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Researchers Achieve New Control of Useful Long-Wavelength Radiation
September 29, 2009
SLAC Today
Physicists Aaron Lindenberg and Haidan Wen of the PULSE Institute for Ultrafast Energy Science have discovered a new mechanism for manipulating terahertz radiation fields, which are widely used in materials characterization, chemical sensing and noninvasive imaging.
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President Obama: Innovation and Sustainable Growth
September 22, 2009
FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
"In remarks at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief in the importance of basic research. It was the President's second major address in which he discussed at length the value of basic research."
Read more »
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A century of physics:
1950-2050September 2009
Physics Today
"Physics had quite a century: quantum mechanics, nuclear power and weapons, giant particle accelerators, the transistor and the myriad of quantum devices that followed, and a host of remarkable discoveries from quarks to dark energy."
Read more » (Subscription required)
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Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?
How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business modelAugust 27, 2009
Business Week
Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can't, because there isn't one. And that's the problem...
Read more »
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Invent, Invent, Invent
June 27, 2009
The New York Times
I was at a conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few weeks ago and interviewed Craig Barrett, the former chairman of Intel, about how America should get out of its current economic crisis...
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Back to top Energy and Environment
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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."
Read more »
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Reducing corporate water footprints bottle by bottle
April 22, 2010
Advanced Electron Beams Blog
"....More efficient sterilization methods in the food and beverage industries are one example. On the average aseptic bottling line, our electron beam-based sterilization system saves 3 million gallons of water a year compared to traditional methods."
Read more »
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Mining with light
February 2010
symmetry magazine
Looking for ways to get more metal out of ore, scientists are turning to a technology born in particle accelerator research - the synchrotron lightsource. These machines also play a role in analyzing mine waste and developing safe ways to dispose of it.
Read more »
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Considering an Alternative Fuel for Nuclear Energy
Oct. 19, 2009
New York Times
For decades, scientists have dreamed about turning thorium into an alternative fuel for nuclear energy. Recent technological developments may be bringing the dream closer to reality.
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Driving nuclear energy with proton accelerators
September 23, 2009
symmetry breaking
The global demand for electricity is likely to double by 2030, according to the World Nuclear Association. But could particle accelerator technology help solve the world energy crisis?
Read more »
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President Obama: Innovation and Sustainable Growth
September 22, 2009
FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
"In remarks at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief in the importance of basic research. It was the President's second major address in which he discussed at length the value of basic research."
Read more »
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A century of physics:
1950-2050September 2009
Physics Today
"Physics had quite a century: quantum mechanics, nuclear power and weapons, giant particle accelerators, the transistor and the myriad of quantum devices that followed, and a host of remarkable discoveries from quarks to dark energy."
Read more » (Subscription required)
Back to top National Security
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Meyer Tool & Manufacturing assists Indiana University Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter
March 12, 2010
Meyer Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
Professors S. Y. Lee and Paul Sokol of the Indiana University Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter (IUCEEM) are currently leading the design effort of a multipurpose electron accelerator called the Alpha Project (Advanced Electron-Photon Facility), which will be operated under a joint collaboration between Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center and IUCEEM.
Read more »
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Neutrinos could encode messages to submarines
Oct. 5, 2009
New Scientist
Earth-penetrating neutrinos might one day be used to send messages to lurking submarines. The scheme could provide one-way communication with subs without requiring them to surface.
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Back to topEconomic Impact
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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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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.
Read more »
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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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Berkeley Lab Generates Thousands of Jobs and Millions of Dollars for the Economics of the Bay Area, California and the Nation
April 14, 2010
Berkeley Lab
The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has generated thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue for the Bay Area and beyond.
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Science Matters: It pays to fund research
December 3, 2009
Times Online
It’s all very well to back research based on the likely benefits, but fundamental science works by other rules.
Read more »
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President Obama: Innovation and Sustainable Growth
September 22, 2009
FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
"In remarks at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief in the importance of basic research. It was the President's second major address in which he discussed at length the value of basic research."
Read more »
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A century of physics:
1950-2050September 2009
Physics Today
"Physics had quite a century: quantum mechanics, nuclear power and weapons, giant particle accelerators, the transistor and the myriad of quantum devices that followed, and a host of remarkable discoveries from quarks to dark energy."
Read more » (Subscription required)
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Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?
How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business modelAugust 27, 2009
Business Week
Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can't, because there isn't one. And that's the problem...
Read more »
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Invent, Invent, Invent
June 27, 2009
The New York Times
I was at a conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few weeks ago and interviewed Craig Barrett, the former chairman of Intel, about how America should get out of its current economic crisis...
Read more »
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