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Fermilab team members in front of the 14th and final superconducting cryomodule built for the high-energy LCLS upgrade. Credit: JJ Starr, Fermilab

Fermilab completes its part in upgrading world’s most powerful X-ray laser

Fermilab sent its final contribution for the high-energy upgrade of the superconducting accelerator for SLAC’s X-ray laser, LCLS. The technology they developed will be transferred to industry for semiconductor-chip production and will be used in the Proton Improvement Plan-II, one of Fermilab’s flagship projects.

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DOE national quantum research centers reach breakthrough towards building scalable quantum computers

A partnership between the Quantum Science Center and the Quantum Systems Accelerator, two U.S. Department of Energy national quantum information science research centers, has enabled a breakthrough by Fermilab and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Researchers used cryoelectronics to control ion traps, a key step toward realizing scalable quantum computers.