For more than 25 years, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has been a leader in X-ray science. The Advanced Photon Source (APS), a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne, generates bright X-ray beams that help scientists explore stronger materials for roads and bridges, new ways to create energy storage devices, and more effective treatments for diseases.

As the challenges of our world get more complex, technology needs to advance to meet those challenges.

The APS is undergoing an upgrade that will see the entire electron storage ring at its heart replaced with a state-of-the-art machine. The new storage ring will be made up of 1,321 powerful electromagnets assembled into 200 modules, each weighing more than 20 tons. These modules are assembled in a warehouse a mile outside of Argonne National Laboratory and, one by one, they will be carefully transported to the APS and installed. Building and installing these modules requires the effort of dozens of people from all corners of the laboratory.

The result will be a new facility with X-ray beams that are up to 500 times brighter, leading to new avenues of discovery when the APS returns to operation in 2024, and beyond.

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