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  The research proposal Helium Effects on the Phonon Dynamics of W-Re Alloys, led by Staff Scientist Mianzhen Mo, has been approved as a user project at Los Alamos' Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies. This project will enable members of our division to implant helium defects in W-Re alloys and investigate their impact on phonon behavior using the ultrafast electron camera at SLAC’s MeV-UED facility. The findings will be important for validating interatomic potential...

These alternative proton accelerators are smaller, more flexible, and ‘hopefully’ cheaper, said a Queen's University Belfast researcher involved in the study.

SLAC researchers studying laser-driven proton acceleration introduced a self-replenishing water sheet target to address the inefficiency of replacing targets after each laser pulse. The new target had an unanticipated side effect, resulting in a naturally focused, more tightly aligned proton beam. 

  Christopher Schöenwälder successfully defended his PhD these at the University of Erlangen, in Germany, graduating with distinction.

Danny Kim, an undergraduate student in the group, led the team behind the Rough Draught Pub. Run by students, the pop-up pub aimed to augment social opportunities on campus, as an alternative to parties and Greek life.

PECASE  recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership, and is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early career scientists and engineers.

Funded by the Department of Energy, these centers are part of an effort that brings together national laboratories, universities and industry to invent and accelerate novel microelectronics technologies to operate efficiently or in extreme environments.

  Claudia Parisuana, a PhD student in the HEDS division, was recognized in the "Science as Art" competition run by NERSC, the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, as part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations. Scientists could submit animations or still images from datasets generated on NERSC's high-power computing clusters. Claudia won second prize in the "Best Visual Impact" category for Animations, with the work captioned Water droplet explosion induced...