Just as chefs in a Michelin-starred restaurant collaborate to produce haute cuisine, engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory work together to create a similarly refined product: an upgraded facility that will drive the future of x-ray science, resulting in breakthroughs that make us better off and more secure.

The American Physical Society has awarded Ihar Lobach its 2022 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award. Lobach conducted his thesis research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and has begun his postdoctoral appointment at the Advanced Photon Source.

Mathew Cherukara of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source is featured this week in “Light Source Selfies,” a reoccurring series of videos on Lightsources.org, the website for the international x-ray light source community.

The 2022 APS/CNM Users Meeting, May 2-6 and May 9-13, will gather scientists and engineers from diverse fields of research from around the globe to discuss cutting-edge, mission-driven research. The event will feature plenary sessions, workshops, poster sessions, and a vendor expo.

The new storage ring built for the APS Upgrade Project will be made up of 1,321 precisely aligned magnets. They, and all associated electrical, water, and vacuum systems will be assembled into three types of a total of 200 modules, all mounted to concrete platforms called plinths, and then transported from the assembly area to the APS storage ring. It takes specialized equipment to make the move safely and efficiently.

Illinois Institute of Technology biology and physics professor Thomas C. Irving has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Irving is also director of the Biophysics Collaborative Access Team x-ray research facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

How the pandemic steered user research facilities on an unexpected journey of adaptation.

John Quintana has been named to lead the Photon Sciences Mission Readiness Group. John will spearhead the efforts needed to ensure the APS facility is ready to come back online promptly after the APS Upgrade Project installation is complete.

Prototypes of new superconducting magnets for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source were successfully lowered to their operating temperatures, far below zero. These new magnets will help the APS generate more powerful X-rays more efficiently.

Kasa and his colleagues are designing and building superconducting magnets for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source. These magnets operate at far below freezing temperatures and help create world-leading levels of brightness for x-rays.

2021 was a big year for discoveries at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. From improving solar cells and brain imaging to combatting COVID-19 and developing better nuclear reactor models, Argonne researchers accelerate science and technology to ensure American prosperity and security. From a list of scientific breakthroughs enabled by research at Argonne, here the advances based on research at the DOE's Advanced Photon Source.

Jim Kerby, currently the project manager for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade (APS-U) project, will be named interim director of the APS-U, effective December 23, 2021. Bob Hettel will transition to a new role as advisor to Laurent Chapon, the incoming associate laboratory director for Photon Sciences and APS director. Elmie Peoples-Evans, currently APS-U deputy project manager, will step into the role of interim project manager.

The Advanced Photon Source will hold a virtual town hall for users interested in the project to enhance the 12-ID beamline. The town hall runs from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.

For more than a decade, two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories have joined forces to give graduate students valuable firsthand experience with powerful scientific instruments.

Along the winding path of post-secondary education, Shua Sanchez found his footing as a scholar and scientist. This included work at X-ray Science Division x-ray beamlines at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

Fanny Rodolakis of the Advanced Photon Source was a big hit with the Lowell Elementary (IL) fifth graders when she spoke to them virtually about science under the auspices of the Argonne National Laboratory STEM Chat program sponsored by Argonne Education and Outreach.

Katie Martin knows the value of a long-term investment. As a project controls manager for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, Martin’s job is to manage the cost and schedule for long-term construction projects, working with the scientists and engineers to keep things on time and within budget. Some of these projects, like the APS Upgrade, can span years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and Martin keeps track of every day and every dime.

The Advanced Photon Source will hold a virtual town hall for users interested in the project to construct the 3D Micro and Nano Diffraction (3DMN) and ATOMIC beamlines at 34-ID. The town hall runs from 10 a.m. to noon CT (UTC-6) on Monday, December 6.

A new drug candidate, Paxlovid, which has proven to be effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and a superionic ice that is neither liquid nor solid, both based on research at the Advanced Photon Source, are featured in the November 15, 2021 issue of the U. S. Department of Energy “Communique” e-newsletter.

For more than a decade, scientists using the Advanced Photon Source—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory—have been making pivotal discoveries that are helping in the battle against COVID-19.