Paul G. Evans, professor in the department of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present “Nanoscale Phase and Polarization Dynamics in Oxides: Successes and Hard Puzzles for X-ray Science” on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 3 p.m. in the Building 402 Auditorium.
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Emerging … Read More
Graduate students at North American universities are invited to apply to attend the 21st National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, which will be held at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories from July 16 – July 20, 2019.
This school is designed to introduce students to the capabilities available at U.S. neutron and X-ray user … Read More
Registration is now open for the 2019 APS/CNM Users Meeting which will be held Monday, May 6, through Thursday, May 9, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Building 402. The meeting includes a lineup of workshops and symposia that highlights the ongoing momentum of research being conducted at the APS … Read More
Congratulations to the following researchers on having their U.S. patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technologies invented at Argonne:
Catalytic nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures, method for making nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures Patent No.: US 10,040,057
Hee Je Seong (ES)
High performance supercomputing … Read More
In February, during the last severe snowstorm of the season, Claybourne White (PSC) assisted the Advanced Photon Source (APS) in providing continuity of operations by superintending facility users’ safety overnight.
The APS operates on a 24/7 basis, and users visiting the lab often stay at the Guest House. Thus, they can remain safely on site … Read More
Harry B. Gray, the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and the Founding Director of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology, will present “Solar-Driven Water Splitting” Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
This event is hosted by the Advanced Photon Source.
John M. Byrd
John M. Byrd has accepted the position of director of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Accelerator Systems Division (ASD) in Argonne’s Photon Sciences Directorate, effective July 3, 2017.
“I am confident John’s leadership … Read More
Mark Sutton, a James McGill Professor of Physics at McGill University, will present “X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy: Past, Present and Future” Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
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Fluctuations, Brownian motion, or thermal noise are where materials store thermal energy. Fluctuations are … Read More
Join Katherine Riley, director of science for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) and guest host Stephen Streiffer, associate laboratory director for Photon Sciences, for the next “Conversations with Kearns” on Monday, May 22, 2017, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bldg. 213 Cafeteria. All employees are invited to attend.
Riley will provide an … Read More
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Nestor J. Zaluzec (PSC), Argonne senior scientist, educator and inventor, has been awarded the 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award for Physical Sciences by the Microscopy Society of America (MSA).
The Society’s Distinguished Scientist Awards … Read More
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