Advanced Photon Source
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World-class X-ray light source conducting experiments in energy, materials, health, security, and basic research.
Argonne, Illinois
Joined April 2009
Did you know that the moon and sun's gravitational pull creates tidal forces that even affect the Advanced Photon Source? It's true: These forces subtly deform the APS every day, but don't worry—it's equipped to handle it. 👉
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Exciting news: The APS has reached a key milestone by achieving the full design beam current of 200 milliamps (mA) in our upgraded electron storage ring. This marks another important step toward the anticipated completion of the APS Upgrade project this summer. Stay tuned!
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#FunFact: Wednesday marked 30 years since the APS saw its first light! Check out our website to learn 30 things you may not know about America’s premier X-ray light source -
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RT @argonne: A biomedicine breakthrough! Using AI and ultrabright X-ray beams at @advancedphoton, a team of scientists led by Nobel Prize w….
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RT @argonne: Daniel Haskel, a group leader at Argonne's @advancedphoton, has been selected as a fellow for the 2025 cohort of the Oppenheim….
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RT @argonne: From repairing cars to beamline engineering, Oliver Schmidt's career journey exemplifies transformation! Learn more about Schm….
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RT @EMSLscience: Submit a letter of intent by 5 p.m. PST by March 6 for the FICUS program call with @EMSLscience & @JGI: .
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As part of a multi-institutional team, @argonne scientists used the APS to investigate a material with a highly unusual structure — one that changes dramatically when exposed to an ultrafast pulse of light from a laser.
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RT @EMSLscience: The FICUS program call with @EMSLscience and @jgi is open! Submit letters of intent by 5 p.m. on March 6: .
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By developing an innovative additive for a new electrolyte, researchers at @argonne are making progress toward addressing the problems limiting the widespread adoption of lithium-sulfur batteries.
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RT @qnextquantum: Researchers at @argonne use the @advancedphoton to investigate erbium-doped titanium dioxide as a material for #quantum t….
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Happy holidays from all of us at the Advanced Photon Source!
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What is eBERlight? It's a new program at the Advanced Photon Source to match up scientists conducting biological and environmental research with X-ray techniques that can advance their work. You can learn more about it by watching this video:.
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Congrats to the APS's own Jessica McChesney, who will contribute to a new DOE energy center led by DOE's @NREL .
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Congrats to our friends at @UChicago on their plans to expand the already-great ChemMatCARS beamline at the APS.
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Andrzej Joachimiak, director of the Structural Biology Center, shares how his decades of work at the APS shaped his career and impacted the scientific world’s understanding of structural biology -
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Exciting news! @Argonne has received up to $21.7 million from ARPA-H to advance cancer research and vaccine development. With cutting-edge resources like the APS and Aurora supercomputer, Argonne is set to uncover insights that could revolutionize health outcomes! #CancerResearch
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Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the amazing scientific tools available at @argonne?. Check out the Advanced Photon Source and learn about where battery research takes place. ⬇️
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Researchers used the APS to test the properties of a material that could lead to more efficient #supercomputers -
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