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The SAMM facility at Argonne National Laboratory achieved LEED Gold certification for its energy-efficient design, including a reflective white roof that lowers cooling costs in summer.
Argonne microscopy facility receives LEED Gold award

Argonne’s Sub-Angstrom Microscopy and Microanalysis facility, a building that houses cutting-edge microscopes that enable scientists to observe atoms and molecules at work, is so energy-efficient that it won a gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

 January 4, 2011
Workers document transuranic waste processing at Argonne's Building 205 facility, recently reclassified after ARRA funds helped the lab remove radiological material.
 Crucial building reclassified after extensive waste removal

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 January 2, 2011
This T-shaped battery, a replica of the battery used in the Chevy Volt, includes Argonne cathode technology. LG Chem licensed the materials and created the battery. Image courtesy General Motors.
 Argonne battery technology helps power Chevy Volt

This month, thousands of new Chevy Volt owners will begin the real road tests of the first mass-produced plug-in hybrid electric car. While much of the car's engineering is unique, consumers may be unaware that some of its most extraordinary technology is inside the nearly 400-lb. battery that powers the vehicle in electric mode.

 January 1, 2011
Argonne National Laboratory has licensed its cathode technology to Envia Systems. The deal marks the fifth licensing agreement for the Argonne-developed cathode technology.
 Argonne, Envia strike deal to license advanced battery technology

Argonne National Laboratory has licensed its cathode technology to Envia Systems, based in Newark, Calif.

 January 1, 2011
Argonne researchers Anand Bhattacharya (left) and Tiffany Santos flank the molecular beam epitaxy instrument, designed to craft materials with close to atomic precision.
 Molecular beam epitaxy facility to design custom materials for scientists

The molecular beam epitaxy facility, located at Argonne National Laboratory, could provide the basis for new materials to improve fuel cells, electronics and batteries.

 December 7, 2010
DOE's cloud computing project wins "Best Use of HPC in the Cloud" award

The U.S. Department of Energy’s cloud computing testbed project, known as “Magellan”, has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards.

 December 1, 2010
These high core count experimental chips from Intel could provide one path to exascale computing—in which computers would perform one quintillion operations per second. Photo by Intel Corporation.
 New institute to tackle exascale computing

Renowned supercomputing expert Pete Beckman has been named director of a newly created Exascale Technology and Computing Institute at Argonne National Laboratory.

 November 19, 2010
Argonne researcher Byeongdu Lee has determined that different shapes of gold nanoparticles, above and below, will self-assemble into different configurations when attached to single strands of DNA.
 DNA can act like Velcro for nanoparticles

Argonne researcher Byeongdu Lee and his colleagues at Northwestern University discovered that strands of DNA can act as a kind of nanoscopic "Velcro" that binds different nanoparticles together.

 November 17, 2010
This film of block copolymers shows the material's characteristic tendency to separate into distinct regions.
 Molecular "stencils" open up new possibilities for solar energy

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have begun to use molecular “stencils” to pave the way to new materials that could potentially find their way into future generations of solar cells, catalysts and photonic crystals.

 November 15, 2010
Argonne's Jeff Chamberlain testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology on November 15, 2010.
Congressional Testimony: Jeff Chamberlain

Jeff Chamberlain, head of Electrochemical Energy Storage Research, testified before the Congressional House Committee on Science and Technology about Options and Opportunities for Onsite Renewable Energy Integration.

 November 15, 2010
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