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Date Time Highly-anticipated Fermilab result strengthens evidence of new physics A much-anticipated result from an international science experiment provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle or new force. The result, announced today, from the Muon g-2 experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, provides tantalising evidence that the elementary particles called muons are not behaving in the way they are supposed to according to the leading theor...

Accelerators Are Key to Groundbreaking Solutions for Medical, Clean Energy, and National Security Challenges WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $18 million in new funding to advance particle accelerator technology, a critical tool for discovery sciences and optimizing the way we treat medical patients, manufacture electronics and clean energy technologies, and defend the nation against security threats. The new funding also includes $5 million for universit...

Research fellow turns to accelerator power for wastewater cleanup As the inaugural Hermann Grunder Fellow, John Vennekate is developing a compact superconducting radiofrequency accelerator that could remove contaminants from wastewater DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Hermann Grunder is the founding director of the U.S. Department of Energys Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. In addition to helping shape the lab into its current form, Grunder transformed the visio...

24th February 2021 3:04 am 23rd February 2021 4:11 pm A radiotherapy technique that precisely targets tumours and avoids healthy tissue has been developed by a team led by Strathclyde University. Image by skeeze on Pixabay In their research, the team used a magnetic lens to focus a Very High Electron Energy (VHEE) beam to a zone of a few millimetres, enabling it to be rapidly scanned across a tumour while controlling its intensity. It is being proposed as an alternative to other forms of ra...

MelBOX arrives at the University of Melbourne (Image: Matteo Volpi/University of Melbourne) On 16 September 2020, a container filled with pallets, boxes and electronic racks left CERN’s Meyrin site to embark on a two-month sea journey to the other side of the world. On 17 November, at precisely 3.12 p.m. local time, its ship docked at Port Melbourne, from where, following customs clearance earlier this year, the container and its contents were transported to a new...