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20-Apr-2005
HAPPEx results hint at strangely magnetic proton
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityPeer-Reviewed Publication
New results from research performed at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab hint that strange quarks may contribute to the proton's magnetic moment.
- Meeting
- American Physical Society
20-Apr-2005
Nuclear imaging of iodine uptake in mouse tissues
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists have found that a dose five times higher than the FDA-recommended dosage of potassium iodide in the event of a nuclear accident is needed to protect small animals effectively from radioactive iodide in medical imaging procedures. The long-term animal nuclear imaging project is being conducted by a collaboration of DOE Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) and College of William & Mary (CWM) biology and physics researchers.
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Meeting
- American Physical Society
4-Mar-2005
Unique global light source Website launched
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityBusiness Announcement
The international light source community has launched the first website dedicated to providing the media, general public and scientific community with the latest news and information on the world's accelerator-driven light sources (synchrotrons and free-electron lasers) and the science they produce.
4-Mar-2005
Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityPeer-Reviewed Publication
A study published in the February issue of the journal Radiology shows that a positron emission mammography (PEM) device designed and built by the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab scientists is capable of imaging breast cancer tumors. In the pilot study, conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers, the unit imaged 18 malignant tumors in 23 patients receiving additional screening due to suspicious mammograms.
- Journal
- Radiology
26-Jan-2005
'Interference' used to study inner structure of protons, neutrons
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
When you throw two rocks into a
pond of water, side-by-side, the
ripples created by the rocks will collide
and annihilate each other in some areas
and combine to make bigger ripples in
others. Physicists call this phenomenon
interference.
22-Dec-2004
Effective model of the atom gets more realistic
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
A new paper provides the first tool for describing the nucleus in terms of the most basic building blocks of everyday matter: quarks and gluons.
22-Dec-2004
Detector technology aids in development of cystic fibrosis therapy
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Studies in mice with a new imaging technique perfected by Jefferson Lab's Detector Group suggest that researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a way to replace the gene that causes cystic fibrosis.
22-Dec-2004
New high precision experiment for Jefferson Lab
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
HYCAL, Jefferson Lab's newest detector took three years to design and build and will be put to the testmaking high precision measurements of the lifetime of the pion particle. This experiment could tell scientists more about symmetry in nature.
20-Dec-2004
High tech lab gets a high tech control room
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab's nerve center, the Machine Control Center, has been transformed into a state-of-the-art, technologically advanced and ergonomically sound control room ready to meet the challenges of a demanding user community