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Moroccan Physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri Makes Impressive Nuclear Physics Discovery

Moroccan Physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri Makes Impressive Nuclear Physics Discovery

Rabat – Moroccan physicist Latifa Elouadrhiri was the first to measure how pressure is distributed inside a proton. This discovery made quite the impression internationally in the world of science.

Elouadrhiri and her colleagues at the American Jefferson Lab has opened up new fields of research to help solve the mysteries of the proton and the universe. In an article named “The pressure…

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How did the Proton Get Its Spin?

How did the Proton Get Its Spin?

Calculating a proton’s spin used to be an easy college assignment. In fact, Carl Gagliardi remembers answering that question when he was a physics graduate student in the 1970s. But the real answer turned out not to be simple at all. Even Gagliardi’s “right” response was disproven by experiments a few years later that turned the field upside-down.

Protons are one of the three particles that make…

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Jefferson Lab–NVIDIA Collaboration Uses Titan to Boost Subatomic Particle Research

Jefferson Lab–NVIDIA Collaboration Uses Titan to Boost Subatomic Particle Research

Scientists are only beginning to understand the laws that govern the atomic world.

Before the 1950s the electrons, neutrons, and protons comprising atoms were the smallest confirmed units of matter. With advancements in experimental and theoretical techniques in recent decades, though, researchers now try to understand even smaller particles at a more fundamental level.

In recent years…

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Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology Yields New Process for Producing Boron-Nitride Nanotubes

Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology Yields New Process for Producing Boron-Nitride Nanotubes

The Office of Nuclear Physics funds a community of scientists to do basic nuclear physics research that seeks to uncover the fundamental nature of matter. As a consequence of this basic research, many ideas and instruments (funded through various sources) have found their way into many different areas in public life as well as in other government programs. This highlight is an example of such a 

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The world of fundamental physics just got a lot more interesting for Hampton Roads.

The world of fundamental physics just got a lot more interesting for Hampton Roads.

On Thursday, the federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee unanimously approved moving forward with a billion-dollar, high-energy electron ion collider (EIC) to explore a new frontier in physics research, and Jefferson Lab in Newport News is one of two national laboratories vying for the project.

In fact, the committee calls the collider the country’s next “highest priority” in new facility construction, and is one of four main recommendations contained in its 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science.

The U.S. Department of Energy which funds national labs still must approve the collider and the rest of the long range plan, a process that could take a year or two. But the recommendation alone signals the start of what will likely be a vigorous effort by Jefferson Lab to win the project away from Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, which also wants it.

Click on the headline to read the full story. ~ Newport News Daily Press

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Adult Monarch Butterfly Emerges from its Chrysalis

After nine days of behind the scenes changes, the adult monarch butterfly is ready to meet the world!

Is it a boy or a girl? We'll show you how to tell the difference!

How did the chrysalis from in the first place? If you missed that video, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/vVhw7hQos44

The complete story of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly is available here: https://youtu.be/jsTg-rO8JrM

By: Jefferson Lab.

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SULI Student Spotlight - Christopher

This summer, 14 undergraduate students participated in the Department of Energy's SULI program at Jefferson Lab. While every project was unique, they all shared a common goal - to expand the frontier of science!

For more information, including how to apply to the SULI program, please visit this site: http://education.jlab.org/suli/

By: Jefferson Lab.

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SULI Student Spotlight - Rachel

This summer, 14 undergraduate students participated in the Department of Energy's SULI program at Jefferson Lab. While every project was unique, they all shared a common goal - to expand the frontier of science!

For more information, including how to apply to the SULI program, please visit this site: http://education.jlab.org/suli/

By: Jefferson Lab.