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Unlocking nature's secrets with the Advanced Photon Source

A new study by researchers using high-brightness x-rays from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source shows that insects also experience effects of gravity on their cardiovascular systems and that they exhibit active responses to combat these.

Next-generation materials research with the Advanced Photon Source

Research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source promises new insights for the optimization of high-performance materials for aerospace applications and power generation.

Discovery science by users of the Advanced Photon Source

A long-sought-after class of "superdiamond" carbon-based materials with tunable mechanical and electronic properties was predicted and synthesized by a research team from the Carnegie Institution for Science and characterized at the Advanced Photon Source.

To Your Health: Life science research at the Advanced Photon Source

Cancer is caused by uncontrolled cellular replication, but there can be no cellular replication without DNA replication. Doctors have been using DNA-damaging drugs to kill cancer for decades, but often malignant cells overcome the DNA damage and continue to replicate, leading to poor health outcomes. Research at the Advanced Photon Source may offer doctors a new tool to kill even the most obstinate cancers.

Peering into the fundamental nature of matter with the Advanced Photon Source

Scientists used the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source to gain insight about potential special properties of Z phase matter and how other, more complex Frank Kasper phases of matter could be constructed.

Another discovery with impact from research at the Advanced Photon Source

New details have been uncovered about the complex geochemical behaviors about iron (oxyhydr)oxides, which are used for everything from cosmetics to biological sensing to drug delivery, yet are not fully understood.

Life science breakthrough from the Advanced Photon Source

This research improves our understanding of how lipids interact to regulate many cellular processes that rely on interactions between sphingomyelin and cholesterol, two essential lipids in the cell’s plasma membrane.

Moving technology forward with research at the Advanced Photon Source

The methods demonstrated in this work could be perfected and extended not just in laser powder bed fusion printing but across other additive manufacturing techniques and other fabrication technologies.

Fighting Diseases with Research from the Advanced Photon Source

Revealing the precise mechanism that makes a certain protein an effective antiviral in some cases is a critical first step toward better methods for attacking viruses that manage to dodge it.

Research at the Advanced Photon Source

With an assist from the Advanced Photon Source, UChicago scientists’ breakthrough creates films just a few atoms thick.

New research by users of the Advanced Photon Source

A new study uncovered the long-sought-after, 3-D structure of a toxin primarily responsible for devastating Clostridium difficile infection

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How Insects Cope When Blood Rushes to Their Heads

From "Trilobites" in The New York Times, January 13, 2020: Grasshoppers have to deal with blood pressure issues when they are upside down, according to research at the Advanced Photon Source.

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Like Humans, Grasshoppers Grapple With Gravity’s Effects on Blood Pressure

From the Smithsonian Magazine SMARTNEWS: A team of researchers first stumbled upon their discovery while examining grasshoppers in the [Advanced Photon Source at] Argonne National Laboratory, a device that uses synchrotron X-rays to generate precise, high-quality images and video.

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22nd National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering Set for June 2020

The 22nd National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering will be held on June 13-27, 2020, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Research at the Advanced Photon Source Leads to New Ebola Drug

The ability to examine how specific antibodies react with the Ebola virus has led to the development of a promising drug with far higher survival rates. Scientists using specialized beamlines at Argonne’s Structural Biology Center (SBC-XSD), a facility for macromolecular crystallography at the APS, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, can examine molecular structures and interactions that could yield lifesaving medicines for various diseases.