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Construction on a new microscopy building at the Center for Nanoscale Materials has been completed and should be ready for occupancy by the end of fall.
 Argonne dedicates new microscopy facility at Center for Nanoscale Materials

The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference. The new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures spin-polarized electrons on surfaces.

 October 22, 2009
Argonne scientists find new set of multiferroic materials

The trail to a new multiferroic started with the theories of an Argonne National Laboratory scientist and ended with a multidisciplinary collaboration that created a material with potential impact on next generation electronics.

 October 20, 2009
Elena Shevchenko, recently named one of Technology Review's top young innovators, is a member of Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials. (Photo courtesy Technology Review.)
 Argonne scientist named one of the world's top innovators

Elena Shevchenko, nanoscientist at Argonne National Laboratory, has joined a select list of the world's youngest top innovators chosen by Technology Review magazine for her work at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials.

 August 25, 2009
University of Chicago scientist Rafael Jaramillo and Argonne scientist Yejun Feng study the element chromium at the Advanced Photon Source, one of the Argonne facilities to be upgraded with funds from the Recovery Act.
 Argonne receives $29 million in additional Recovery Act funds for major facilities upgrades, research

Argonne National Laboratory has received an additional $29.1 million in DOE Office of Science funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a range of improvements and upgrades to major scientific facilities and other projects.

 August 25, 2009
Argonne scientist Elena Rozhkova examines brain cancer cells under a microscope. Rozhkova, along with researchers from the University of Chicago, has developed a way to attach a antibody to nanomaterial titanium dioxide and kill brain cancer cells.
 Argonne, University of Chicago scientists develop targeted cancer treatment using nanomaterials

Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago's Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorganic titanium dioxide nanoparticles bonded to soft biological material.

 August 19, 2009
Argonne, North Dakota universities to form regional research partnership

Argonne National Laboratory, the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University announced today that they are developing a regional partnership to explore complementary scientific research efforts.

 August 12, 2009
Tijana Rajh won the Association for Women in Science-Chicago chapter's third annual Innovator Award.
 Argonne chemist wins AWIS Innovator Award for nanoparticle research

The Chicago chapter of the Association for Women in Science granted its third annual Innovator Award to Tijana Rajh, group leader of the Nanobio Interfaces research group at Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials.

 July 21, 2009
A scientist loads gears for coating with Argonne's superhard and slick material, which increases efficiency and component reliability in engines used in transportation as well as tools used in manufacturing. Argonne won an R&D 100 award for the superhard and slick material.
 Argonne researchers win five R&D 100 awards

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory received five R&D 100 awards as judged by R&D Magazine.

 July 21, 2009
Argonne scientist Tiffany Santos has been awarded a L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science for her work in materials science at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.
Argonne scientist wins prestigious L'Oreal Fellowship for work in materials science

Argonne National Laboratory scientist Tiffany Santos has been awarded a L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science for her work in materials science at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

 May 27, 2009
Argonne to receive $13 million for infrastructure upgrades

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory announced today that it will receive $13.1 million in funds from President Obama's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for improvements to its electrical infrastructure that will permit an eventual upgrade of the laboratory's central campus.

 March 23, 2009
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