Feature Stories
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Temporary oilfield workers are major factor in increased water use in N. Dakota Bakken region Increased water use in the rapidly growing oil industry in North Dakota's Bakken oil shale region, or play, is surprisingly due not only to oil well development but also to people, according to a recent study. Increased oil development in that region has attracted thousands of oilfield employees. |
May 19, 2016 | |
Bringing climate down to earth The EcoSpec Project at Argonne seeks to inject indirect measurements of terrestrial ecosystems into climate models. |
May 11, 2016 | |
Cyber Defense Competition draws students to Argonne More than 75 aspiring cyber defenders from across Illinois and Iowa converged Saturday on Argonne National Laboratory to take on the challenge of the first Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. |
April 26, 2016 | |
How Things Break (And Why Scientists Want to Know) Breaking things can help scientists answer both the most elemental and the most everyday questions. |
March 28, 2016 | |
Adventures of the first neuroscientist at Argonne Bobby Kasthuri wants to map the human brain. Unlike most brain researchers, he wants a literal map: a 3D picture of every single neuron inside a brain. All 100 billion of them — or maybe 80 billion. Or maybe 120 billion? |
March 16, 2016 | |
Personalized energy The local food movement is booming. Can we do the same for electricity? |
March 7, 2016 | |
Ask a Scientist: Ask a battery scientist Jeff Chamberlain, head of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) and external integration officer of the Joint Center for Energy Storage (JCESR) at Argonne, dishes on the next generation of batteries, why new inventions take so long to get to market, and clean room suits for dogs (they exist!). |
March 7, 2016 | |
The complex chemistry of combustion Your car is powered by a series of tiny explosions. Scientists think they could make them cleaner and more efficient. |
March 7, 2016 | |
Top 9 tips on how to prevent cyber “break-ins” Cyber security expert Mike Skwarek shares tips on security in the digital age. |
March 7, 2016 | |
Weather or not we're ready Are America’s cities prepared for the drought, heat, and floods of climate change? |
March 7, 2016 |