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Meet the Director: Kelly Gaffney
Kelly Gaffney is the director of the SSRL, a user facility that produces extremely bright x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at the atomic and molecular level of energy production, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, new materials, and medicine.
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Meet the Director: John Hill
John Hill directs the NSLS-II User Facility in its mission, providing extremely bright X-rays for basic and applied research in biology and medicine, materials and chemical sciences, geosciences and environmental sciences, and nanoscience.
Read more about Meet the Director: John Hill![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Stuart Henderson, the new Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/jlab-new-director-011017-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=1DE781C92EC7B3C1D966FFC45FFC205943A8515BE02B5C6D7AC6471A13C4FEE2)
New Director Named to Lead U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC announce that Stuart Henderson will become the new Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia.
Read more about New Director Named to Lead U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Frames from an animation shows electron states in a single layer of tungsten disulfide crystal that’s been illuminated with circularly polarized light in the red to near-infrared wavelength range.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2017/slac-topological-materials-010517-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=A0E8131D389F9E54875CF09E3A5F538DCC3DD4C58A9244503A5A655657F5CC1D)
Light Can Switch On Topological Materials
Computer simulations show how light pulses can create channels that conduct electricity with no resistance in atomically thin semiconductors.
Read more about Light Can Switch On Topological Materials![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Fuzzy white clusters of nanowires on a lab bench, with a penny for scale.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/slac-diamonds-122716-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=07497ADBF0B2551E42D2163C82184DECA47F9C8F65BC551FC0DCE20AE02856DF)
Researchers Use World's Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide
Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a way to use diamondoids – the smallest possible bits of diamond – to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires, just three atoms wide.
Read more about Researchers Use World's Smallest Diamonds to Make Wires Three Atoms Wide![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg A microscopic image of one of the bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide samples the scientists studied using a new high-speed imaging technique.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/bnl-electron-interactions-122116-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=6D159B30813FD24F56AB2F9E660346304B6826AEA07002C077AA11E56578E7E6)
Laser Pulses Help Scientists Tease Apart Complex Electron Interactions
Time-resolved "stop-action" measurements identify an unusual form of energy loss.
Read more about Laser Pulses Help Scientists Tease Apart Complex Electron Interactions![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg This diagram shows the setup for an imaging method that mapped electrical signals using a sheet of graphene and an infrared laser.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lbnl-electrical-signaling-122016-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=1F26FF2C9AFFFB3F1488A454EFBCA7AB1A6F480EBF9336DD5D018436E9FD6236)
New Graphene-Based System Could Help Us ‘See’ Electrical Signaling in Heart and Nerve Cells
Berkeley-Stanford team creates a system to visualize faint electric fields.
Read more about New Graphene-Based System Could Help Us ‘See’ Electrical Signaling in Heart and Nerve Cells![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Project director Buddy Bland stands by Titan, the hybrid-architecture Cray XK7 system at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/blog-user-facility-bland-121416-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=2A19D2CAE7A1E39D98DDD755E6A1A6CF66B8B14EE623897BD2C4A498C9FAC8FE)
Meet the Director: Buddy Bland
Project director Buddy Bland lives the DOE’s computing mission: to discover, develop, and use computers to solve the biggest problems in science, industry, and government.
Read more about Meet the Director: Buddy Bland![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg The AMS is visible on the ISS just after being installed, with a US Space Shuttle docked on the far right, a Russian Soyuz capsule docked on the far left.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/symmetry-ams-120916-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=C754348246800742446FB62CEDFFF97F1EC4984A86F3B0106E9DE499F969ECAC)
A Syllabus in Cosmic Rays
What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?
Read more about A Syllabus in Cosmic Rays![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Andrew Hutton, associate director of Jefferson Lab’s Accelerator Division, looks over prototype particle accelerating devices – called cavities – in the lab’s Superconducting Radiofrequency Institute.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/blog-user-facility-hutton-120716-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=E0BA73344E1F61C7774E1ED8BDF3EB634A4BB88B1D96262E0A402F1FE49E04F9)
Meet the Director: Andrew Hutton
Director of the CEBAF user facility Andrew Hutton’s love for accelerators started at age 17.
Read more about Meet the Director: Andrew Hutton![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg Researchers have developed a specialized type of glowing metal organic framework, or LMOF (molecular structure at center), that is designed to detect and remove heavy-metal toxins from water.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lbnl-drinking-water-113016-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=2EFFBDBF641864F16AFAE5C0FD71D8C211F9FFDAAD2144565D5032336B365DCD)
Glowing Crystals Can Detect, Cleanse Contaminated Drinking Water
X-ray study at Berkeley Lab explores atomic structure of tiny traps for heavy metals.
Read more about Glowing Crystals Can Detect, Cleanse Contaminated Drinking Water![pnnl-calendar-010515-headliner.jpg X-rays capture unprecedented captures of photosynthesis in action.](/-/media/_/images/banner-images/2016/lbnl-photosynthesis-112116-thumb.jpg?h=75&w=135&la=en&hash=D83EA412C95C67C6E318A283AA843A1FD7DF61BAA3C014E65553264209C846D4)
X-Rays Capture Unprecedented Images of Photosynthesis in Action
Berkeley Lab-led scientists illuminate protein as it splits water to create oxygen.
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