An entirely new ring— the accumulator—is a key element of the ALS Upgrade (ALS-U) project. But what, exactly, does it do? How does swap-out injection differ from top-off injection, and how does it enable ALS-U? A short, 90-second explainer video provides clear answers to these and other questions. Read more »
ALSNews Vol. 415
April 29, 2020
Fun Project While Staying at Home
This paper model of the ALS is fun for all hands, young and old. Print, cut out, and assemble your own ALS, from the beamlines inside to the iconic dome on top. Read more »
ALS in the News (April 2020)
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- World’s physics instruments turn their focus to COVID-19
- Mystery solved, rotavirus VP3 is a unique capping machine
- Berkeley Lab teams compete to feed the hungry
- Berkeley Lab Advanced Light Source x-ray facility to study COVID-19
- Seeing ‘under the hood’ in batteries
- Berkeley Lab to conduct R&D to improve the nation’s COVID-19 testing capabilities
- Jennifer Doudna awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
- National labs join fight against COVID-19
- COVID-19 related research at Berkeley Lab
- Critical research hit as COVID-19 forces physics labs to close
- 13 reasons we know why Roman concrete is stronger than its modern equivalent
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