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Argonne awarded $4 million to research new materials to develop energy-efficient microchips.

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From lemur poop to good old human poop, our waste has a story to tell. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory’s Environmental Sample Preparation and Sequencing Facility (ESPSF) has the tools and technology to get to the bottom of genetic mysteries from the natural world. Facility Manager Sarah Owens can help shed light on the quirkier side of genetics.

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Argonne has awarded five named postdoctoral fellowships to researchers in fields including particle physics, materials science, quantum, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and environmental science.

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Seven African American high school students won gold medals in a science competition hosted by DuPage County ACT-SO, a community organization.

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The DOE’s CyberForce Adventure Competition 2024 awarded Cameron Whitehead from University of Central Florida as the winner, one of 112 students who competed in this event, as part of the CyberForce program aiming to bridge the growing cybersecurity workforce gap in the United States.

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Groundbreaking initiative funded by Department of Energy poised to shape future of sustainable mobility by advancing decarbonization of trucks, locomotives, marine vessels and more.

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Argonne’s Aurora system has officially entered the exascale era with its latest submission to the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

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Argonne National Laboratory will be receiving $3 million over three years to lead a project on developing a technology for ironmaking with zero carbon emissions and lower required energy.

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A team of scientists, with help from Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, have demonstrated the existence of an elusive state of matter known as quantum spin nematic.

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The annual Science Careers in Search of Women event is dedicated to increasing diversity in science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM).

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Argonne researchers seek to expedite the cleanup of the Hanford site by influencing the chemical properties of plutonium particles in 54 million gallons of waste.

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Argonne and Toyota are collaborating on a cutting-edge battery recycling process that retains the structure of valuable components. It shows great promise to make battery recycling much more environmentally friendly and profitable.

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Argonne National Laboratory is working with Talon Metals to develop a process that could dramatically increase the number of electric vehicle batteries produced from mined nickel ore.

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A groundbreaking report from the DOE’s national laboratories provides an ambitious framework for using artificial intelligence to accelerate U.S. clean energy deployment in the face of climate change.

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Argonne National Laboratory's new tool lets drivers estimate personalized fuel savings for electric vehicles, based on local factors.

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Improving the manufacturing of green hydrogen technologies is key to wide-spread industry adoption. Argonne is part of a consortium dedicated to scaling up, accelerating production and reducing the cost of producing hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers.

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Learn more about five research centers at Argonne National Laboratory that help researchers bring climate science from the lab to the world.

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Scientists have developed a new method for enhancing X-ray microscopy experiments by allowing researchers to adjust experiments based on data that is being collected on the fly, potentially paving the way for more autonomous discovery.

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Denis T. Keane, of Northwestern University, was named the 2024 recipient of the Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award which recognizes beamline scientists for their contributions to research or instrumentation at the Advanced Photon Source.

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Argonne aims to transform its decades-old buildings to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and a safer world. Here are ten ways Argonne has been changing its sustainability practices to meet the future.