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Released: 16-Nov-2018 3:05 PM EST
Argonne Adapting Continuous Flow Processing to Complex Nanomaterials to Reduce Manufacturing Costs
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne ‘s Advanced Synthesis in Continuous Flow Reactor program applies the science of chemical reactions together with powerful analysis and characterization tools to understand processes at the atomic level to advance manufacturing of fine chemicals and nanosized materials.

Released: 15-Nov-2018 5:05 PM EST
Argonne’s Min Si receives early career award from IEEE Computer Society
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s Min Si wins Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in High Performance Computing through the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Released: 14-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
The High-Tech Evolution of Scientific Computing
Argonne National Laboratory

To leverage emerging computing capabilities and prepare for future exascale systems, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is expanding its scope beyond traditional simulation-based research to include data science and machine learning approaches.

Released: 12-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EST
Argonne poised for pivotal discoveries and impact in a quantum world
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists and engineers working to solve the mysteries of quantum materials need the right tool for the right job.

Released: 12-Nov-2018 9:30 AM EST
INCITE grants awarded to 62 computational research projects
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy announced new projects for 2019 through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.

Released: 9-Nov-2018 4:30 PM EST
Argonne’s Raj Kettimuthu Named ACM Distinguished Member
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne computer scientist Raj Kettimuthu recently was named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery for his development of tools to analyze and enhance end-to-end data transfer performance.

Released: 7-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
Robots and Remote Systems to the Rescue
Argonne National Laboratory

This summer, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory educated a group of college interns on how to use robotic systems to advance manufacturing.

Released: 7-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
Sunlight turns membrane into a self-cleaning, pollutant-eating powerhouse
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have invented a membrane that, when exposed to sunlight, can clean itself and also actively degrade pollutants.

Released: 6-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
Argonne researchers to share scientific computing insights at SC18
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s expertise and leadership in extreme-scale computing will again be on display at the annual International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC18).

Released: 2-Nov-2018 4:20 PM EDT
Under Pressure, Opposites Attract
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers have uncovered a new material that can produce both magnetism and superconductivity.

Released: 1-Nov-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Argonne named ‘Historic Site’ for work of famed physicist
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne was recently named a historic physics site by the American Physical Society in recognition of the groundbreaking work of former Argonne physicist and Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert Mayer.

Released: 30-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Argonne Hosted National Quantum Computing Workshop
Argonne National Laboratory

Industry and academia come together to explore research opportunities in quantum information sciences

Released: 29-Oct-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Argonne’s Cat Power
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne celebrates National Cat Day by highlighting the scientific prowess of the laboratory’s CATS — Collaborative Access Teams, that is. These teams rely on hard X-ray beams generated by the Advanced Photon Source to investigate materials that are difficult to observe and measure.

Released: 25-Oct-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Argonne Scientists Create New Oil-Resistant Filter Technology
Argonne National Laboratory

A novel new way to keep oil from clogging filters and equipment

Released: 24-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Argonne, mHUB sign agreement to advance high-tech manufacturing in Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mHUB, a Chicago-based innovation center dedicated to physical product development and manufacturing.

Released: 19-Oct-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne and Capstone receive funding to advance thermal energy storage technology
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Capstone Turbine Corp. have received $380,000 in DOE Technology Commercialization Funding to refine Argonne’s high-efficiency, fast charging/discharging latent heat thermal energy storage system (TESS) for use in building applications and process/manufacturing industries.

Released: 19-Oct-2018 3:50 PM EDT
Inaugural Demo Day Showcases Entrepreneur-National Laboratory Relationships
Argonne National Laboratory

As part of a culmination of a program that matches budding entrepreneurs with technical experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories, innovators from seven start-up companies recently underwent a rite of passage in their journeys to commercialize their technology. Half-trade show, half-Shark Tank, this event – called Demo Day – gave these innovators an opportunity to prove the value of their products, technologies and burgeoning companies to an audience of potential investors and fellow technologists.

Released: 18-Oct-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Scientists Find Unusual Behavior in Topological Material
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have identified a new class of topological materials made by inserting transition metal atoms into the atomic lattice of a well-known two-dimensional material.

Released: 16-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Any way the wind blows
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers recently partnered in a project to improve short-term wind forecasting in complex terrains in an effort to make wind energy a more reliable resource. They are currently seeking funding to pursue further studies with the data collected.

Released: 16-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Battery mainstay headed for high-tech makeover
Argonne National Laboratory

The lead battery is headed for a high-tech makeover that will make this sustainable mainstay product more appealing to the automotive industry and the power grid. Under the terms of a new agreement signed with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, 14 members of the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) have joined forces with Electric Applications to grapple with some of their common challenges.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 4:45 PM EDT
The Graphic Nature of Data
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists inspired high schoolers to think big about data and how to visualize it at a three-day camp this summer.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Argonne to Advance High Performance Computing in Manufacturing
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne awarded funding to partner with Industry to advance the use of high performance computing in manufacturing.

Released: 5-Oct-2018 10:35 AM EDT
Battery testing and prototyping facility grows to meet demand for next-generation technologies
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the expanded Cell Analysis, Modeling and Prototyping (CAMP) facility.

Released: 4-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Kawtar Hafidi to head Physical Sciences and Engineering directorate at Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

Physicist Kawtar Hafidi has been appointed Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

Released: 4-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Argonne researchers honored by Energy Secretary’s awards program
Argonne National Laboratory

A select group of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory was recently recognized for their contributions to infrastructure security and nuclear nonproliferation at the Secretary’s Honor Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on August 29.

Released: 2-Oct-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Battery technology takes flight
Argonne National Laboratory

As part of a new program, Argonne’s researchers are evaluating what it takes to power drones with batteries.

Released: 1-Oct-2018 5:05 PM EDT
The Promise of Deep Grooves
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s sequential infiltration synthesis technique could advance computer chip manufacturing as well as other industries.

Released: 27-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Argonne hosts international nuclear technology workshop for teachers
Argonne National Laboratory

In August, the IAEA held a two-week workshop for 30 educators from 17 countries at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to learn more about nuclear technology and work collaboratively to discuss how to introduce the topic into their classrooms.

Released: 26-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Quantum science funding flows into Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne will receive more than $11 million in funding over three years as part of a series of grants tied to quantum information science.

Released: 25-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Energy Secretary awards researchers for global threat reduction
Argonne National Laboratory

Seven employees from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory were among those presented with a Secretary of Energy Achievement Award at the Secretary’s Honors Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on August 29.

Released: 24-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Study of tiny vortices could lead to new self-healing materials, other advances
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists hope that tiny vortices, driven by various magnetic fields, will be able to move microscopic particles.

Released: 24-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Heat of the Moment
Argonne National Laboratory

The addition of a new infrared camera at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source narrows the gap between basic and applied research in additive manufacturing.

Released: 21-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
“Model” students enjoy Argonne campus life
Argonne National Laboratory

Savanna Dautle, an intern from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, spent her summer working with assistant chemist David Bross at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

   
Released: 20-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Cheng wins Midwest Energy News’ 40 Under 40 Award
Argonne National Laboratory

Lei Cheng, an assistant chemist in the Materials Science division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has received a Midwest Energy News 40 Under 40 Award.

Released: 18-Sep-2018 5:05 PM EDT
How Machine Learning Can Sharpen Environmental Research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne recently hosted a workshop that brought together computational and natural scientists to discuss opportunities for applying machine learning and geospatial statistics to challenging problems in environmental research.

18-Sep-2018 11:30 AM EDT
JCESR renewed for another five years
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its decision to renew the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub led by Argonne National Laboratory and focused on advancing battery science and technology.

Released: 18-Sep-2018 11:10 AM EDT
Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists and their collaborators have developed a new model that merges basic electrochemical theory with theories used in different contexts, such as the study of photoelectrochemistry and semiconductor physics, to describe phenomena that occur in any electrode.

Released: 14-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Graphene helps protect photocathodes for physics experiments
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers have used thin sheets of graphene to prevent photocathode materials from interacting with air, which increases their lifetimes. Photocathodes are used to convert light to electricity in accelerators and other physics experiments.

12-Sep-2018 10:00 AM EDT
The Next Phase: Using Neural Networks to Identify Gas-Phase Molecules
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have developed a neural network that can identify the structure of molecules in the gas phase, offering a novel technique for national security and pharmaceutical applications.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 12:30 PM EDT
Exploring next-generation coherent X-ray science
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne physicists are taking coherent X-rays to the next level, with funding from the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program.

Released: 11-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT
A Trick of the Light
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers are using nanoparticles to make photodetectors better able to handle the ultraviolet radiation produced in high-energy physics experiments.

Released: 7-Sep-2018 4:40 PM EDT
Nanoparticles for Improving Smart-Window Energy Efficiency
Argonne National Laboratory

U.S. buildings leak an estimated 30 percent of their energy through inefficient windows, costing consumers an estimated $42 billion annually. But that could begin to change if efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are successful in commercializing a patented new process for synthesizing vanadium dioxide nanoparticles that makes manufacturing energy-efficient “smart windows” economical.

Released: 7-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Algorithms for Atoms
Argonne National Laboratory

Nuclear scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed an algorithm for estimating the capital cost of building advanced nuclear reactor designs.

Released: 5-Sep-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Zaluzec Named Microscopy “Legend”
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne senior scientist Nestor Zaluzec has been inducted into the inaugural “legends” class of fellows of the Microanalysis Society.

Released: 4-Sep-2018 5:00 PM EDT
Argonne’s New Combustion Synthesis Research Facility Heats Up High-Throughput Manufacturing of Nanomaterials
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne announces the availability of a new manufacturing technology that simplifies the manufacture of nanomaterials in high volumes. Known as Flame Spray Pyrolysis (FSP), the technology offers benefits over traditional methods used to manufacture the particle-based substances that are critical to producing a wide range of industrial materials.

Released: 31-Aug-2018 4:25 PM EDT
Department of Energy Awards $4.3 Million to Argonne to Support Collaborations with Industry
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $20 million to help national laboratories across the country collaborate with U.S. businesses to speed promising energy technologies to the marketplace. Argonne National Laboratory received $4.3 million from DOE to fund 12 projects across six divisions.

Released: 31-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne Welcomes DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
Argonne National Laboratory

Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), visited Argonne on August 30 to get a first-hand look at the laboratory’s national security contributions.



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