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Bob Fischetti, senior scientist in Argonne's Biosciences Dvision, stands alongside Glen Nemerow, a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and Vijay Reddy, an associate professor in Scripp's Department of Molecular Biology. The Scripps researchers used the APS to answer key questions about a cold virus.
 APS helps answer key questions about common cold virus

Until recently, scientists knew little about the viruses that spread this seasonal nuisance. But that may be changing now that researchers have mapped one virus's atomic structure using the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

 November 1, 2010
Argonne researcher Roger Johnston finds vulnerabilities in surprising places—including voting machines, GPS and even high-tech security devices that use iris or fingerprint scans.
 The Security Fallacy: Seven myths about physical security

Argonne security experts have revealed the dirty secrets behind electronic voting machines, "high-security" electronic locks, iris and fingerprint scanners and even GPS navigation systems.

 October 26, 2010
Recently honored with a federal award for energy and water savings, Argonne is lowering its campus energy footprint in creative ways. These hybrid solar- and wind-powered streetlights, which are completely off the grid, adorn Argonne sidewalks. A small solar panel and wind turbine powers the LED light atop the fixture. The light can store energy in batteries for up to three days without sun or wind.
Green goal: Argonne wins federal award for energy savings

Argonne National Laboratory won a 2010 Federal Energy and Water Management Award for its aggressive energy savings plan, which relies on in-house personnel to find creative ways to reduce energy. The lab also employs outside companies for larger projects.

 October 19, 2010
Juan Carlos Campuzano, an Argonne Distinguished Fellow, jointly won a Buckley Prize for his physics work in spectroscopy.
 Argonne Distinguished Fellow receives Buckley Prize for physics research

Juan Carlos Campuzano, an Argonne National Laboratory Distinguished Fellow, together with P. Johnson of Brookhaven National Laboratory and Z.X. Shen of Stanford University, was awarded the prestigious Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize by the American Physical Society for 2011.

 October 13, 2010
This carbon tetrachloride-contaminated field in Centralia, Kansas underwent test injections of iron microparticles and bacteria, intended to clean the soil.
Argonne cleans contaminated Kansas site by feeding bacteria

When cleaning the bathroom, we usually consider bacteria the enemy. However, a new study conducted by environmental scientists at Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated a way to enlist bacteria in the fight to cleanse some of the country’s most intractably polluted locations.

 October 8, 2010
A SLAC researcher works on the newly-opened Linac Coherent Light Source. Image courtesy of SLAC.
 LCLS comes online, with some help from Argonne

The recently opened Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory provides scientists around the world with a brilliant new tool to understand fundamental properties of atoms and materials at previously unreachable dimensions. Its birth, however, could not have occurred without the expertise of Argonne scientists.

 September 3, 2010
Current computer simulations of the Earth's climate capture only a fraction of the many intricate processes that shape our climate. (GOES satellite image, courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/GOES.)
 Supercomputing brings the climate picture into focus

Recent advances in supercomputing have brightened the future of climate modeling, but they also bring to light complicated questions about the fundamental workings of our planet and our atmosphere.

 August 31, 2010
Jorge Alvarado received an award for his work in environmental remediation and organic chemistry.
 Two Hispanic researchers from Argonne receive national acclaim

Jorge Alvarado was honored by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation, and Monica Regalbuto was named one of the 2010 Powerful Hispanics in Energy by the editors of Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology.

 August 25, 2010
Scientists at Argonne worked together to better understand bacteria and enzymes in the human gut. Pictured (left to right) are Christine Tesar, Kemin Tan, Andzej Joachimiak, Gyorgy Babnigg and Rosemarie Wilton.
Exploring the role of gut bacteria in digestion

Scientists know the bacteria inside our gut can influence our maturation, immune system development, metabolism and production of essential biocompounds.

 August 19, 2010
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles use electricity to partly replace gasoline, but will their widespread adoption actually lead to lower carbon emissions?
Different energy mixes will fuel plug-in hybrid cars

Led by engineers Michael Wang and Amgad Elgowainy, the Argonne team expanded and used the laboratory’s Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation model to assess which types of power plants are likely to satisfy the additional electrical demand that PHEVs will represent in different regions of the United States.

 August 17, 2010
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