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The role of science and technology in meeting America's energy, environmental and economic challenges

Statement of Dr. George W. Crabtree, Senior Scientist, Associate Division Director and Distinguished Fellow, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory.

 March 5, 2009
Argonne biologist Dan Schabacker loads a biochip onto a reader for analysis.
 Biochip technology reveals “fingerprints” of biochemical threats

The biochip offers Daniel Schabacker and his colleagues at Loyola University a chance to determine the “signatures” of biological agents that can be used for bioterrorism, most notably the bacterium that causes anthrax, Bacillus anthracis.

 March 23, 2009
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research and Development

Statement of Mark T. Peters, Argonne National Laboratory before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, June 17, 2009.

 July 17, 2009
Argonne opens new chapter in battery research: Li-Air

In a natural progression, Argonne is now pursuing research into Lithium-air batteries. Li-air batteries use a catalytic air cathode that converts oxygen to lithium peroxide, an electrolyte and a Li anode.

 September 15, 2009
Science Beyond the Stimulus: America needs to 'reignite innovation ecology'

To build a national economy based on sustainable energy, the nation must first "reignite its innovation ecology," Argonne National Laboratory Director Eric Isaacs told members of the National Press Club last week in Washington, D.C.

 September 15, 2009
Mayly Sanchez, an Argonne particle physicist, received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from HENAAC, the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation.
 Particle passion: Argonne physicist honored with HENAAC award

Mayly Sanchez, a particle physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation.

 October 28, 2009
The interior of the TCS Building features a zen rock garden.
 Argonne's computing Zen

Argonne National Laboratory recently opened a world-class interdisciplinary research center which is dedicated to large-scale computation and builds on Argonne’s strengths in high-performance computing software, advanced hardware architectures and applications expertise.

 November 2, 2009
This image shows the 3-D concentration distribution of swimming bacteria Bacillus subtilis in thin liquid film obtained by optical coherence tomography.
 Bacteria mix it up at the microscopic level

In studies of the motion of tiny swimming bacteria, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory found that the microscopic organisms can stir fluids remarkably quickly and effectively. As a result, the bacterial flagella could act like tiny motors to mix chemicals in biomedical kits, among other applications.

 November 2, 2009
This computer-generated image shows nanotubes, 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, which comprise a new technique developed at Argonne for "growing" solar cells.
Argonne "homegrown" hybrid solar cell aims for low-cost power

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have refined a technique to manufacture solar cells by creating tubes of semiconducting material and then "growing" polymers directly inside them.

 November 10, 2009
A pair of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are tested at Argonne's Transportation Technology R&D Center.
 Pulling the plug on hybrid myths

Argonne National Laboratory has taken a lead role in developing and testing plug-in hybrid technologies. At the lab's Center for Transportation Research, vehicle systems engineer Forrest Jehlik and his colleagues work to bring these cars to market quickly and cheaply. Here, he dispels some commonly held myths about plug-in hybrids.

 November 19, 2009
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