News and Periodicals

Astrophysical Journal -- Many of the classic discoveries of the twentieth century have first been reported in the Journal, which has also presented much of the important recent work on quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black holes, solar and stellar magnetic fields, X-rays, and interstellar matter. In addition, videos that complement specific issues are periodically available.

Science News Online -- Science News is an award-winning weekly newsmagazine covering the most important research in all fields of science.

Hotlist: Weekly Science News -- Comprehensive listing of science news sources

Scientific American -- Amazing Features, in depth articles, and daily trivia. Have a question, ask the experts.

International Physics Institutions & Laboratories

AIP -- American Institute of Physics

APS: Advanced Photon Source -- National synchrotron radiation research facility at Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Lab -- Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest research centers. It is also the nation's first national laboratory, chartered in 1946.

Central Laboratory Research Council -- One of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organizations supporting scientists and engineers world-wide.

CERN -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics

Daresbury Laboratory -- Chemical database resource.

Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne -- Collaboration with the industrial, economic and scientific environments is a long-standing tradition at the EPFL. From the first computer mouse to methods for decoding DNA a thousand times faster, the EPFL is a unique place of innovation and competence.

ELETTRA -- A large multidisciplinary Synchrotron Light Laboratory in Italy, open for service to researchers in diverse basic and applied fields such as materials and life sciences, physics, chemistry and geology.

ESRF: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility -- located in Grenoble, France, is a joint facility supported and shared by 18 European countries.

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia -- The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is an international intergovernmental organization located in Dubna, not far from Moscow.

Imperial College, London -- Offers courses about microsystems technology.

The Institute of Physics, United Kingdom -- The Institute has a world-wide membership and is a major international player in scientific publishing and electronic dissemination of physics; setting professional standards for physicists and awarding professional qualifications; promoting physics through scientific conferences, education and science policy advice.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory -- Located on a site above the Berkeley campus of the University of California, overlooking the San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory managed by the University of California. It has an annual budget of nearly $480 million and employs a staff of about 4,300.

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory -- founded in 1952 as a second nuclear weapons design laboratory to promote innovation in the design of our nation's nuclear stockpile through creative science and engineering. Livermore has also become one of the world's premier scientific centers, where cutting-edge science and engineering in the interest of national security is used to break new ground.

Los Alamos National Laboratory -- Scientists at the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory have captured five of R&D Magazine's 2004 R&D 100 Awards.

Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Centre and Energy Research Program

Lund University, Swedish National Laboratory (MAX Laboratory) -- is a Swedish national laboratory which supports three distinct research areas: acclerator physics, research based on the use of synchrotron radiation, and nuclear physics using energetic electrons.

Molecular Structure Laboratory (Stonybrook) -- part of the Department of Chemistry of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Stony Brook is recognized as one of the nation's finest universities, offering excellent programs within a broad spectrum of academic subjects, and conducting major research and public service projects.

NIST -- The National Institute of Standards & Technology is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration.

National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) -- NPL is the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, an internationally respected and independent centre of excellence in research, development and knowledge transfer in measurement and materials science.

NSLS: National Synchrotron Light Source at BNL -- In 1945, the synchrotron was proposed as the latest accelerator for high-energy physics, designed to push particles, in this case electrons, to higher energies than could a cyclotron, the particle accelerator of the day.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.

Oxford University -- As the oldest English-speaking university in the world, it can lay claim to nine centuries of continuous existence.

Oxford University Clarendon Laboratory -- The Department is one of the largest in the UK, achieving a 5* award in the RAE in 2001 and admitting about 200 new undergraduates annually.

The Photon Factory -- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) has become an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation since April 2004.

Sandia -- Since 1949, Sandia National Laboratories has developed science-based technologies that support our national security. Today, over 272 million Americans depend on Sandia's technology solutions to solve national and global threats to peace and freedom.

SLAC -- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center performs and supports world-class research in high-energy physics, particle astrophysics and disciplines using synchrotron radiation.

SPring 8 -- is the largest third-generation synchrotron radiation facility in the world, provides the most powerful synchrotron radiation currently available. The Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) is responsible for the management, operation and development of the facility.

SURF III: Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility -- The Electron and Optical Physics Division of the Physics Laboratory has operated the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facilty at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for over 30 years. The primary purpose of the upgrade from SURF II to SURF is to improve the radiometric accuracy of SURF as an irradiance standard by improving the magnetic field uniformity.

University of Sydney -- The Study of Physics began at Sydney University in 1852. The School is currently made up of about 60 academic/research staff, more than 70 postgraduate students, and some 20 administrative and technical staff.

Synchrotron Radiation Centre, University of Wisconsin-Madison -- The Synchrotron Radiation Center is a research laboratory operated as a national facility by the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with funding from the Division of Materials Research of the National Science Foundation. The SRC uses an electron storage ring (Aladdin) to produce synchrotron light, which is used by scientists from all over the world to conduct experiments.

NSRRC: National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center -- located in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park (HSIP),NSRRC is one of the largest scientific research facilities in Taiwan. NSRRC's mission is to operate a cutting-edge synchrotron radiation facility for pioneering scientific research.

University of Nottingham -- The School has an international research reputation, with a large portfolio of research contracts from EPSRC, PPARC, MRC, BBSRC, the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society, the EU and industry.

University of Queensland -- The Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis is an interdisciplinary research and service facility dedicated to an understanding of the structure and composition of all materials at atomic, molecular, cellular and macromolecular scales.

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