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August 16, 2010 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (LCLS)
Energy Secretary Dedicates World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser - (LCLS )
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Monday dedicated the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's first and most powerful X-ray laser, at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

August 16, 2010 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (ALS)
Berkeley study shows ozone and nicotine a bad combination for asthma - (ALS )
Another reason for including asthma on the list of potential health risks posed by secondhand tobacco smoke, especially for non-smokers, has been uncovered. Furthermore, the practice of using ozone to remove the smell of tobacco smoke from indoor environments, including hotel rooms and the interiors of vehicles, is probably a bad idea.

August 13, 2010 - Brookhaven National Laboratory. (BNL)
Brookhaven Awards $34-Million Contract for Light Source II Buildings - (BNL )
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced the selection of the general contractor for construction of laboratory-office buildings (LOBs) for the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), which will be the world's most advanced storage ring light source when complete in 2015...

August 2, 2010 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Silicon can be made to melt in reverse - (ALS; APS) )
Like an ice cube on a warm day, most materials melt — that is, change from a solid to a liquid state — as they get warmer. But a few oddball materials do the reverse: They melt as they get cooler. Now a team of researchers at MIT has found that silicon, the most widely used material for computer chips and solar cells, can exhibit this strange property....

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August 30, 2010 - The Scripps Research Institute News & Views
Scientists Unveil Structure of Adenovirus, the Largest High-Resolution Complex Ever Found - (APS ; ALS )
After more than a decade of research, Scripps Research Institute scientists have pieced together the structure of a human adenovirus—the largest complex ever determined at atomic resolution. The new findings about the virus, which causes respiratory, eye, and gastrointestinal infections, may lead to more effective gene therapy and to new anti-viral drugs.

August 23, 2010 - Standford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource News
Chi-Chang Kao Named Associate Laboratory Director for SSRL - (SSRL)
A warm welcome to SLAC's newest associate laboratory director, Chi-Chang Kao, who arrives for his first official day of work at the laboratory today. As director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Kao will manage the day-to-day operations of the SSRL user facility and program, and provide the leadership and vision for the future of the SSRL science and user program. Kao will also have an appointment on SLAC's faculty as a professor of photon science.

August 13, 2010 - Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility News
Important progress in hardware design for Belle II Experiment at KEK - (BSRF)
The trigger team from the Center for Experimental Physics, Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) accomplished the Belle2Link joint test with the Central Drift Chamber (CDC) detector prototype and online the research team carry out the joint test computer in July at KEK, Japan, which marked a significant progress in high speed data readout and transmission design for the international collaboration project—Belle II Experiment at KEK..