DOE approves upgrade plan and cost estimate for Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the technical scope, cost estimate and plan of work for an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a major storage-ring X-ray source at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne announced on December 14, 2018. The...
International collaborators deliver first critical components for upcoming neutrino detector
Major components for a new neutrino experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermilab are arriving at the lab from around the world. The components will be used in the upcoming Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), an important piece of the laboratory’s rich neutrino...
Tending the Soil
Microbes are single-cell organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Yet while relatively inconspicuous, they are the dominant life form on our planet. “Microbes shape how everything in this world survives,” said Jack Gilbert, faculty director at the...