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Missing Baryons Found in Far-Out Reaches of Galactic Halos Berkeley Lab physicists play key role in studies that solve a cosmological mystery March 16, 2021 20 Shares A new study has found that a share of particles that has been challenging to locate is most likely sprinkled across the distant bounds of galaxy halos. The study found some of these particles of baryonic matter are located up to 6 million light-years from their galactic centers. This color-rendered image shows the halo of the Andr...

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nesaraja evaluates mass chains assigned to nuclear data program centers like ORNL. She selects best values for archiving in a specialized nuclear structure database and publication. (Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy) Nuclear physicist Caroline Nesaraja of the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory evaluates nuclear data vital to applied and basic sciences. Her work ensures that the scientific community has the best nuclear data for f...

In 1977, the FBI declassified its UFO files under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. It was something that led to close to 2,000 pages of UFO-themed material being placed into the public domain. Since then, even more UFO-connected material has been made available by the FBI for one and all to see – such as files on cattle mutilations, the so-called Conatctees (George Adamski, George Van Tassel and so on), and UFO research groups. One of the first pages of material the FBI released b...

Caroline Nesaraja: Providing nothing but the best nuclear data

Snyder: Chief Mechanics House Saw Many Changes By SHARON SNYDER Los Alamos Historical Society The oldest continuously lived-in house in Los Alamos was built on the Los Alamos Ranch School campus in 1925 and was known as the Chief Mechanics House. It is still the neighbor of the old Guest Cottage that today houses our History Museum. In the first years of the ranch school, three brothers from Española came to work on the Pajarito Plateau. Jim Womelsduff hired on as the school’s wrangler and r...

Date Time Lab launches interdisciplinary Space Science Institute What are the next world-class, game-changing concepts and technologies that will address the most important questions in astrophysics or planetary science? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers will soon be better equipped to answer this question with the launch this month of a new Space Science Institute (SSI), intended to boost cross-discipline collaboration and discovery. Sponsored jointly by LLNL’s Physic...

When he retires on March 1, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Bill Goldstein will conclude a distinguished 36-year career at the Lab, where...

18 Shares This 2018 photo shows the BELLA HTT laser system, which enables multipulse, high-energy-density photon sources for LaserNetUS and other experiments. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) has adopted and endorsed a new report that lays out a strategic plan for fusion energy and plasma science research over the next decade. The report has been two years in the making, gathering an unprecedented level of input and sup...

Date Time Advisory Committee Releases Strategic Plan for U.S. Fusion, Plasma Program This BELLA HTT laser system enables multi-pulse, high-energy-density photon sources for FES LaserNetUS and other experiments. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) has adopted and endorsed a new report that lays out a strategic plan for fusion energy and plasma science research over the next decade. The report has been two years in the makin...

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