Feature Stories
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10 things you may not know about superconductivity 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity, the ability of some materials to conduct electricity with zero energy loss when cooled to extremely low temperatures. Here are 10 things you may not know about superconductivity. |
April 8, 2011 | |
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Model Fuel Cell Car Competition: Fueling future scientists and engineers Fuel cells have been used to power spacecrafts for years and on Saturday, April 16, 2011, Chicago-area middle school students will use fuel cells to power model cars at equipment manufacturer Case New Holland in Burr Ridge, Ill., as part of the Chicago Regional Science Bowl, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory. |
April 11, 2011 |
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Blood vessel simulation probes secrets of brain Zoom down to one artery in your body, and the commotion is constant: blood cells hurtle down the passage with hundreds of their kin, bumping against other cells and the walls as they go. The many variables—and the sheer immensity of the human circulatory system—have kept scientists from closely documenting the rough-and-tumble life inside blood vessels. |
April 13, 2011 |
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Argonne highlights green research in honor of Earth Day The lab's research seeks both cleaner energy—solar cells, batteries and biofuels, among others—and ways to reduce man's environmental footprint, including reducing agricultural runoff and ways to safely clean up contaminated land. |
April 21, 2011 |
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Combining gas and diesel engines could yield best of both worlds It may be hard to believe, but the beloved gasoline engine that powers more than 200 million cars across America every day didn't get its status because it's the most efficient engine. Diesel engines can be more than twice as efficient, but they spew soot and pollutants into the air. Could researchers at Argonne National Laboratory engineer a union between the two—combining the best of both? |
May 4, 2011 |
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Argonne researchers develop new tool for climatological dating A new technique recently developed at Argonne National Laboratory may give researchers another tool for radioactive dating that could be of particular use in studying the history of climate change. |
May 11, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles help scientists harvest light with solar fuels A group of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, led by chemist Lisa Utschig, has linked platinum nanoparticles with algae proteins, commandeering photosynthesis to produce hydrogen instead. The system produces hydrogen at a rate five times greater than the previous record-setting method. |
May 18, 2011 |
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Putting the 'fuel' in biofuels Recent discussions of methods by which biomass—grasses, trees, and other vegetation—could be turned into fuel makes a lot of sense in theory. Plant matter is composed of energy-intensive carbohydrates, but even now scientists still don't have the perfect solution for converting plant sugars into combustible fuels. |
May 25, 2011 |
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New inorganic semiconductor layers hold promise for solar energy A team of researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated a method that could produce cheaper semiconductor layers for solar cells. |
June 1, 2011 |
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Chu, Durbin break ground for new Energy Sciences Building U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin joined officials from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago at a groundbreaking event Friday, June 3, for a new Energy Sciences Building at Argonne. |
June 3, 2011 |