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Synchrotron light sources, such as the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provide research opportunities for industry.
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The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helps researchers improve such areas as medicine, material science and agriculture.
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The semiconductor industry relies on accelerator technology to implant ions in silicon chips.
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Superconducting wire developed for accelerators made it possible to create powerful magnets for medical diagnostic tools such as magnetic resonance imaging.
More than 30,000 particle accelerators are in operation around the world, serving medicine, industry, energy, the environment, national security, and discovery science. As accelerator science and technology continue to advance, so too will their benefits to society.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
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Accelerating to a Bright Future
Brookhaven public outreach event
November 28, 2018
Upton, New York
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Midwest Regional Workshop on Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Program
Fermilab and Argonne public outreach events
December 5-6, 2018
Batavia, Illinois, and Lemont, Illinois
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Accelerators: Driving Applications for Society
Jefferson Lab public outreach event
December 17, 2018
Newport News, Virginia
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News
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10 reasons why you can't live without a particle accelerator
Nautilus
Particle accelerators can make you healthy and wealthy.
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A second chance at sight
symmetry
Silicon microstrip detectors, a staple in particle physics experiments, provide information that may be critical to restoring vision to some who lost it.
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Accelerating science and technology at the Cockcroft Institute
Physics World
Particle accelerator technology is the focus of the UK's Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology, located at Daresbury Laboratory, UK.
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Art detectives team up
euronews
What does an early Picasso self-portrait have in common with a 3,000-year-old Egyptian lapis-lazuli beetle? They are both under close examination using complex and advanced research techniques.
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How particle physics can save your life
symmetry magazine
From new medicines to cancer treatment, the tools of particle physics play an important role in hospitals around the world.
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CERN CLOUD experiment finds secret sauce for cloud formation
ars technica
Energetic particles from CERN's accelerator are channeled into a precisely controlled chamber where any ultra-fine particles that form can be measured.
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Canadian accelerator produces a city's worth of medical isotopes overnight
Nature
A Canadian team has developed an upgrade that allows hospital cyclotrons to make a much-needed diagnostic tracer, and has proven it can pump out enough overnight to fulfil a city's needs the next day.
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Large Hadron Collider scientists developing new cancer treatments
The Telegraph
New types of radiotherapy to treat cancer are being developed by scientists who work on the Large Hadron Collider.
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Resources
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Illinois Accelerator Research Center
At the Illinois Accelerator Research Center scientists and engineers from Fermilab, Argonne and Illinois universities will work with industrial partners to research and develop breakthroughs in accelerator science and translate them into applications for the nation's health, wealth and security.
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The Acceleratorer
Information about conferences and workshops for particle accelerator scientists and members of industry.
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Accelerators and Beams – Tools of Discovery and Innovation
Published by the Division of Physics of Beams of the American Physical Society
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symmetry magazine: Accelerator Applications
From heart valves to shrink wrap, this archive highlights the many applications of particle accelerators.
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The Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity
A report published by the Royal Society, the national academy of science in the UK, that explains the need to make science and innovation the focus of the UK's long-term strategy for economic growth.
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