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Gone with the wind: Argonne coating shows surprising potential to improve reliability in wind power A group of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Akron discovered that a particular form of carbon coating not necessarily designed for wind turbines may indeed prove a boon to the wind industry. |
May 17, 2016 | |
X-ray scientist Haidan Wen wins DOE Early Career Award Argonne X-ray physicist Haidan Wen received a DOE Early Career Award, a prestigious research grant for $2.5 million over five years. |
May 3, 2016 | |
Stable "superoxide" opens the door to a new class of batteries Argonne scientists, working with American and Korean collaborators, produced stable crystallized lithium superoxide during battery discharging. Unlike lithium peroxide, this superoxide can easily dissociate into lithium and oxygen, leading to high efficiency and good cycle life in lithium-air batteries. |
January 12, 2016 | |
Scientists create atomically thin metallic boron A team of scientists at Argonne, Northwestern University and Stony Brook University has, for the first time, created a two-dimensional sheet of boron – a material known as borophene. |
December 21, 2015 | |
Promising technique improves hydrogen production of affordable alternative to platinum Microwave heat improves nanostructured molybdenum disulfide catalyst's ability to produce hydrogen. |
October 26, 2015 | |
Scientists gain insight into origin of tungsten ditelluride's magnetoresistance Two new significant findings may move scientists closer to understanding the origins of tungsten ditelluride's extremely large magnetoresistance, a key characteristic in modern electronic devices such as magnetic hard drives and sensors. |
October 19, 2015 | |
Gold nanomembranes resist bending in new experiment The first direct measurement of resistance to bending in a nanoscale membrane has been made by scientists from the University of Chicago, Peking University, the Weizmann Institute of Science and Argonne National Laboratory. |
October 8, 2015 | |
Weerts to lead Physical Sciences and Engineering directorate Hendrik (Harry) Joseph Weerts has been named the associate laboratory director for the Physical Sciences and Engineering directorate at Argonne National Laboratory. |
August 10, 2015 | |
Copper clusters capture and convert carbon dioxide to make fuel The chemical reactions that make methanol from carbon dioxide rely on a catalyst to speed up the conversion, and Argonne scientists identified a new material that could fill this role. With its unique structure, this catalyst can capture and convert carbon dioxide in a way that ultimately saves energy. |
August 6, 2015 | |
Bend me, shape me, any way you want me: Scientists curve nanoparticle sheets into complex forms Scientists have been making nanoparticles for more than two decades in two-dimensional sheets, three-dimensional crystals and random clusters. But they have never been able to get a sheet of nanoparticles to curve or fold into a complex three-dimensional structure. Now researchers from the University of Chicago, the University of Missouri and Argonne have found a simple way to do exactly that. |
July 31, 2015 |