Record-Breaking Beams
On 88-Inch Cyclotron

Leitner

VENUS, the 88-Inch Cyclotron's record-breaking superconducting ion source, recently achieved yet another world record in the production of intense, high current beams of highly charged uranium ions, an important milestone in demonstrating that superconducting technology can meet the demands of future heavy-ion accelerators. VENUS was designed and built by members of the ECR Ion Source Group, which is led by Daniela Leitner of the Nuclear Science Division, in collaboration with the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division's Superconducting Magnet Group and the Engineering Division. VENUS serves as the prototype injector source for the proposed Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA). For more about VENUS, go here.

EPA Eyes Energy Star
Label for Servers

Consumers know to look for the trademark label Energy Star when buying a refrigerator or washing machine. Now, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering slapping the label on deserving servers as well. Jonathan Koomey, the Stanford professor and Berkeley Lab environmental energy researcher who helped create the standard, said their effort was really to just "kick-start the process," and that the EPA could help that along. Full story.