Latest Press Releases April 30, 2009 - Canadian Light Source Canadian Light Source Celebrates 2000th Researcher Visit - (CLS) The Canadian Light Source (CLS) recently reached an important milestone in its operational life when Brian Bewer, a University of Saskatchewan (U of S) graduate student, made the 2000th research visit to Canada's synchrotron. ... April 29, 2009 - Jefferson Lab Jefferson Lab's Free-Electron Laser Joins With Others in New Research Venture - (JLab) ... Jefferson Lab's unique Free-Electron Laser will be used by researchers as they study the behavior of materials relevant to novel energy production, and energy storage, distribution and utilization. ... April 28, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at Argonne - (APS, CNM) ... The EFRCs, which will pursue advanced scientific research on energy, are being established by DOE's Office of Science at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations and private firms across the nation. ... News May 5, 2009 - Russia-InfoCentre To Know More About Matter - (XFEL) Russian scientists created a unique spectrometer for the superpowerful X-ray laser XFEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser), currently under construction in the Hamburg area in Germany. ... May 4, 2009 - euronews Nuclear surviving plant yields its secrets - (ESRF) The “world’s toughest bacterium” seems to have superpowers that can survive even the deadly gamma radiation that comes from a nuclear explosion. ... May 4, 2009 - AZoNano Third-Generation of Synchrotron Radiation Light Source Ready for Use - (SSRF) Located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, the 1,200-million-yuan mega project is the largest scientific platform in China up to now. The construction of the project took 52 months with the joint efforts of CAS and Shanghai municipal government. ... May 1, 2009 - The New York Times Brookhaven Finds Its Star on the Rise - (NSLS-II, CFN) Good news at the Brookhaven National Laboratory has been piling up fast in recent months. In the midst of a recession, the lab here is launching huge new projects and generating hundreds of jobs. ... May 1, 2009 - Wired Science Extreme Ultraviolet Laser Challenges Einstein - (FLASH) Super-intense lasers can boot bunches of electrons from the inner region of atoms, according to a new study. ... May 1, 2009 - spectroscopyNOW.com Polymerising phosphates - (ALS, ESRF, HASYLAB at DESY) X-ray crystallography has been used to identify a novel enzyme that polymerises the essential biochemical building block phosphate in eukaryotes, which include all animals, plants, fungi, and protists. ...
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