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Hussein Khalil, director of Argonne's Nuclear Engineering Division, won an award from the American Nuclear Society this year.
American Nuclear Society to honor leading Argonne scientist

Hussein Khalil, director of Argonne’s Nuclear Engineering Division, was selected as a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the pre-eminent professional association for nuclear science and technology.

June 14, 2010
Julius Jellinek, an Argonne scientist, won the Humboldt Prize for physics and chemistry of finite-size systems.
Argonne scientist receives Humboldt Research Award

Julius Jellinek of Argonne National Laboratory has been elected a recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award, known also as the Humboldt Prize, by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany for his extensive groundbreaking work in physics and chemistry of finite-size systems.

June 1, 2010
Thomas Proffen, left, of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Peter Chupas and Karena Chapman of Argonne National Laboratory examine the high-energy X-ray beamline 11-ID-B at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source facility.
Los Alamos-Argonne partnership will aid understanding of complex materials

Thomas Proffen of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center’s Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center and Peter Chupas and Karena Chapman of Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have developed an agreement that allows researchers to readily use complementary facilities at both locations.

May 27, 2010
Assistant physicist Zhang Jiang (from left) examines a X-ray diffraction as physicist Jin Wang and nanoscientist Xiao-Min Lin prepare a sample at one of the Advanced Photon Source’s beamlines. The Argonne scientists have examined nanoparticle crystallization in unprecedented detail using the high powered X-rays of the APS.
Argonne scientists reveal secret of nanoparticle crystallization in real time

A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory has "seen" the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail.

May 14, 2010
Argonne holds a range of events to inspire and educate children and teens about science careers. Above, students at Science Careers in Search of Women 2009.
America celebrates science education with National Lab Day

As the nation's first national lab and home to the DOE's largest set of educational programs, Argonne has welcomed students of all ages since its inception in 1946. Each year, thousands of students visit the lab to participate in a wide range of scientific programs, providing a wealth of hands-on learning opportunities for students in basic and applied scientific research.

May 6, 2010
The Advanced Photon Source has received approval for the first stage of an upgrade to the facility.
Upgrade to Advanced Photon Source announced by DOE

Advances in energy conservation, better materials for frontier technologies and new economic engines and breakthroughs in understanding diseases: these are just a few of the potential discoveries, both basic and applied, to be enabled by an upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

May 3, 2010
(From left) Advanced Photon Source Users Organization Chair Paul Fuoss, 2010 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award winner Rafael Jaramillo and APS director J. Murray Gibson. Jaramillo received the award for his work furthering the understanding of itinerant magnetism and for contributions to the study of quantum matter at high pressure using synchrotron X-ray diffraction.
Jaramillo wins 2010 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award

The Advanced Photon Source Users Organization has named Rafael Jaramillo as the recipient of the 2010 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.

May 1, 2010
Participants watch at a prior competition as their cars race.
Model Solar-Car Competition: Fueling future scientists and engineers

On Saturday, May 8, Chicago-area middle school students will race solar-powered model cars at Case New Holland in Burr Ridge, Ill., as part of the Chicago Regional Science Bowl, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory.

April 30, 2010
Dynamic Nimbus cloud deployment wins Challenge Award at Grid5000 conference

The Nimbus toolkit, developed by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago as an open source set of software tools for providing cloud computing implementations, played a major role at the Grid5000 conference in France.

April 26, 2010
EStar Award recognizes innovative supercomputer cooling

An innovative, energy-saving approach to cooling Argonne's Blue Gene/P supercomputer was recognized with an Environmental Sustainability award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

April 20, 2010