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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
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
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
Eric Isaacs speaks at the Brookings Institution.
 Brookings Institution Panel Discussion

Argonne director Eric Isaacs and Energy Storage Initiative head Jeff Chamberlain spoke at a panel hosted by the Brookings Institution on February 8, 2011.

 February 8, 2011
Matthew Tirrell has been appointed founding Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago’s new Institute for Molecular Engineering.
 Matthew Tirrell named founding director of UChicago Institute for Molecular Engineering

Matthew Tirrell, a pioneering researcher in the fields of biomolecular engineering and nanotechnology, has been appointed founding Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago’s new Institute for Molecular Engineering, effective July 1.

 March 7, 2011
This Thursday, Jeopardy! champions Argonne

This national laboratory is a category on the game show Jeopardy! this week. If you answered "What is Argonne National Laboratory?" you'd have buzzed in correctly!

 March 8, 2011
Protein biologists find new chink in staph's armor

Using powerful X-ray beams from the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign documented how a key enzyme enables staph to make a coating that protects the bacteria from human white blood cells.

 March 24, 2011
Argonne physicist Richard Pardo stands next to CARIBU, which opened this week to create rare neutron-rich nuclei for physicists to study.
 Argonne's CARIBU facility opens to study rare nuclei

Last week, a stream of highly unusual ions shot through a tiny nozzle at 76 million miles per hour—and CARIBU, a facility designed to study special nuclei normally only created in stars, officially opened for business.

 March 31, 2011
Yugang Sun
 Argonne Researcher named top five materials scientist of 2000s

Argonne scientist Yugang Sun has been recognized as the one of the five top materials scientists in the world over the past decade, according to a new ranking recently released by Thomson Reuters.

 April 1, 2011
The Meissner effect.
 The magnetism—and mystery—of superconductors

Superconductors have already given us MRIs, particle accelerators and better cell phone reception, but further improvements could revolutionize technology as we know it. The trouble is, they still hold some of the greatest mysteries in physics.

 April 8, 2011
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