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ICALEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Kraimer

ICALEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Kraimer

October 28, 2009

Martin R. Kraimer, formerly of the Controls Group in the Argonne APS Engineering Support Division, is one of three recipients of the first Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the ICALEPCS International Scientific Advisory Committee.
2009 Chemistry Nobel to APS Users

2009 Chemistry Nobel to APS Users

October 7, 2009

All three recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry published papers on their award-winning work based on data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.
Linda Young Named to Head X-ray Science Division

Linda Young Named to Head X-ray Science Division

September 17, 2009

Linda Young, a leader in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, has accepted the position of Division Director for the Argonne National Laboratory X-ray Science Division at the Advanced Photon Source.
Cockroaches Advance Student’s Study of Ancient Life

Cockroaches Advance Student’s Study of Ancient Life

September 14, 2009

Cockroaches are usually unwelcome guests. But the cockroaches brought to the Advanced Photon Source by Arizona State University researchers are helping science understand how oxygen affects the body size of insects.
$7.9 M in ARRA Funding Brings New Instrumentation to the APS

$7.9 M in ARRA Funding Brings New Instrumentation to the APS

August 11, 2009

New x-ray instrumentation will be the result of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding in the amount of $7.9 M obtained by the Advanced Photon Source as part of a competitive exercise among all four U.S. Department of Energy light source facilities at national laboratories. The funding will also allow the hiring of three technical support employees.
Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Earns an R&D 100 Award

Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Earns an R&D 100 Award

July 22, 2009

The Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory has received an R&D 100 award from R&D Magazine.
Winans of XSD Elected to ACS Fellowship

Winans of XSD Elected to ACS Fellowship

July 8, 2009

Randall E. Winans of the Argonne X-ray Science Division and the Advanced Photon Source has been elected to the inaugural 2009 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society.
Gluskin of Photon Sciences named Argonne Distinguished Fellow

Gluskin of Photon Sciences named Argonne Distinguished Fellow

July 1, 2009

Efim Gluskin, Director of the Argonne Accelerator Systems Division in Photon Sciences, has been named an Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne’s highest scientific and engineering rank.