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Award-winning research on the characteristics of fuel sprays from injectors is one of the featured articles in the May 2003 issue of Mechanical Engineering and on the Web site of that magazine. The studies, carried out at APS's X-ray Operation and Research beamline 1-BM and the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, revealed startling new information about fuel sprays, including the presence of a shockwave as the spray leaves the injector nozzle.
William G. Ruzicka has been appointed Director of the APS Operations Division (AOD), effective April 21, 2003.
Ruzicka, who has served for 11 years as Operations Manager for the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS), fills the position vacated by the unexpected death of
Antanas V. Rauchas in November 2002.
The X-ray pulse length emitted by synchrotron sources such as the APS is determined by the electron bunch pulse length, which in turn is limited to about 100ps by essential, long-term stability req
Sharing the wealth of new technology and supporting new synchrotron radiation facilities has been a hallmark of the international synchrotron light-source community.
A new technique for high-resolution x-ray scattering spectroscopy developed at the Advanced Photon Source has garnered an award for innovation in synchrotron radiation research. Ralf Röhlsberger, Professor of Physics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, is a recipient of the "Innovationspreis Synchrotronstrahlung 2002" ("Innovation Prize in Synchrotron Radiation 2002") prize awarded annually by the Friends of BESSY.
A surprising insect breathing mechanism similar to the way lungs work in vertebrates has been discovered by scientists from The Field Museum in Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, using brilliant x-ray beams from the Advanced Photon Source (APS).
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a new DOE project to construct an x-ray free-electron laser at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Antanas V. Rauchas, Director of the APS Operations Division, an Argonne employee since 1967, and an early and integral member of the team that designed and built the Advanced Photon Source (APS), died on Sunday, November 3, 2002, at Palos Community Hospital. He was 56.
LIVERMORE, Calif.—Physicists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists at Los Alamos and Argonne national laboratories, have new results that strongly contra
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) has played an important role in a four-year project to solve the mystery of what caused composer Ludwig von Beethoven's years of chronic illness. The probable answer: lead poisoning. This toxin also may have contributed to his death.
Three technologies developed for use at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory have won R&D 100 awards. The awards are given annually by R&D Magazine to the 100 most significant technical products of the year.
During the two-week period of August 14-26, 2000 Argonne National Laboratory once again hosted the National School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering funded by the Office of Basic Energy Science of the Department of Energy.