Feature Stories
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Miniaturizing nuclear recycling experiments Designing better ways to recycle spent nuclear fuel could make nuclear energy a safer solution to the global energy problem, but there are a lot of gaps in our chemical knowledge—and it's difficult to get those answers when the experiments involve radioactive material. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have one answer: Shrink the whole experiment down—to microliters. |
October 19, 2011 |
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Argonne awarded $1.9 million for hydropower study New life has been pumped into the study and modeling of hydropower storage plants, thanks to a new $1.9 million Department of Energy grant awarded to a project led by Argonne National Laboratory. |
October 17, 2011 |
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Cloud computing and Argonne program help decode German E. coli strain When a nasty strain of E. coli flooded hospitals in Germany this summer, it struck its victims with life-threatening complications far more often than most strains—and the search for explanation began. Thanks to a unique Argonne-developed computer program and cloud computing testbed, researchers mapped the strain's genes—and came a little closer to understanding the bacterium's secrets. |
October 15, 2011 |
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Argonne team helps map Fukushima radiation release When the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi began to emit radioactive material, the Department of Energy’s national emergency response assets, including several Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) teams, responded to calls from both the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. military. |
October 10, 2011 |
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Celebrating Hispanic heritage month Honoring famous Hispanics in science and technology—like Nobel Prize winners Luis Walter Alvarez and Severo Ochoa, or astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz and Ellen Ochoa—Argonne National Laboratory hosts an education and outreach day each year as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. |
October 4, 2011 |
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Argonne scientist energizes quest for lost Leonardo da Vinci painting Perhaps one of Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paintings has never been reprinted in books of his art. Known as the "Battle of Anghiari," it was abandoned and then lost—until a determined Italian engineer gave the art world hope that it still existed, and a physicist from Argonne National Laboratory developed a technique that may reveal it to the world once again. |
September 28, 2011 |
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New solar cell technology gives light waves “amnesia” For years, scientists have dealt with the problem of trying to increase the efficiency and drive down the cost of solar cells. Now researchers have hit upon a new idea—trying to give the light collected by solar cells a bit of "amnesia." |
September 26, 2011 |
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Krypton-81 isotope can help map underground waterways Cataloguing underground waterways, some of which extend for thousands of miles, has always been difficult—but scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are mapping them with some unusual equipment: lasers and a rare isotope. |
September 20, 2011 |
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A new way to go from nanoparticles to supraparticles Controlling the behavior of nanoparticles can be just as difficult trying to wrangle a group of teenagers. However, a new study involving Argonne National Laboratory has given scientists insight into how tweaking a nanoparticle’s attractive electronic qualities can lead to the creation of ordered uniform “supraparticles.” |
September 19, 2011 |
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Powering wind energy with superconductivity Advanced Magnet Lab, located in Palm Bay, Florida, is leading a project to develop the first fully superconducting direct-drive generator for large wind turbines with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of wind energy. |
September 19, 2011 |