Scaling forward

An Argonne scientist has new ways of accelerating the development of new organic materials for electronics. The new approaches could have applications in other types of materials science research.
20-Mar-2019 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Optical “tweezers” combine with X-rays to enable analysis of crystals in liquids

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that combines the power of microscale “tractor beams” with high-powered X-rays, enabling them to see and manipulate crystals freely...
22-Mar-2019 7:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Lithium ions flow through solid material

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Purdue University and Rutgers University, have merged materials science and physics to study a promising solid material that...
20-Mar-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

U.S. Department of Energy and Intel to deliver first exascale supercomputer

Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the United States. The system being developed at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago — named...
18-Mar-2019 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientists Track Patterns of Island Growth in Crystals

In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have found that the seemingly random arrangement of islands that form to begin new layers during crystal growth can actually be very similar from...
14-Mar-2019 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM's quantum computer

An international team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory explored the concept of reversing time in a first-of-its-kind experiment, managing to return a computer briefly to the past. The results,...
14-Mar-2019 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Students team with Argonne scientists and engineers to learn about STEM careers

Students got a taste of teamwork during the 17th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) on Feb. 21 at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. The event, attended by more than 100 eighth-grade girls from 40...
12-Mar-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Ultrathin and ultrafast: scientists pioneer new technique for two-dimensional material analysis

Using a never-before-seen technique, scientists have found a new way to use some of the world’s most powerful X-rays to uncover how atoms move in a single atomic sheet in real time, opening up new possibilities for probing two-dimensional...
11-Mar-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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