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A snapshot of a helical stack of macryocycles generated in the computer simulation.
 Synthetic nanotubes lay foundation for new technology: Artificial pores mimic key features of natural pores

Scientists have overcome key design hurdles to expand the potential uses of nanopores and nanotubes.

 July 17, 2012
Evigia Systems and Argonne announced today that they have finalized a licensing agreement.
 Argonne, Evigia finalize licensing agreement for next-gen RFID sensor technology

Evigia Systems and Argonne announced today that they have finalized a licensing agreement.

 July 16, 2012
Mira, Argonne's Blue Gene/Q and a U.S. Energy Department petascale resource in support of scientific research, and its two testing and development racks, are among those leading the pack in the Green500 ranking of energy-efficient supercomputers.
Argonne’s mighty Mira joins ranks of world’s most energy-efficient computers

The 20 most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world are IBM Blue Gene/Q systems according to the latest Green500 list announced by Green500.org. Technology originating from U.S. national laboratories now leads the trend toward sustainable and environmentally responsible high-performance computing.

 July 5, 2012
Simulated decay of a Higgs boson particle. Image courtesy of CERN.
 Hints of Higgs: Argonne scientists make significant contributions to search for elusive particle

Particle physics researchers from Argonne have been intimately involved with the effort to find the Higgs boson – the elusive particle that could explain why various subatomic particles have mass.

 July 4, 2012
Particle physics researchers from Argonne have been intimately involved with the effort to find the Higgs.
 Argonne’s role in the search for the Higgs boson

The search for the Higgs boson – the elusive particle that could explain why various subatomic particles have mass – has reached a new stage, and scientists from around the world are gathering at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, July 4, for a potentially momentous announcement.

 June 29, 2012
Chemical engineer Andrew Jansen was the principal investigator of the Argonne-developed flow battery.
 Argonne flows into utility-scale battery research

Scientists at Argonne have developed an all-organic non-aqueous lithium-ion redox flow battery that would help expand use of large-scale solar and wind energy on the nation's electrical grid.

 June 28, 2012
The semiconductor industry long has focused its attention on the mass creation of nanostructurally perfect transistors. Recent research in the new field of semiconductor spintronics suggests that the exploitation of imperfections may hold the key to building a variety of powerful new quantum technologies. This graphic depicts one of these subatomic imperfections at lower center. (Courtesy of David Awschalom)
 Institute for Molecular Engineering names three esteemed researchers to faculty

The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering is making its first set of new faculty appointments, bringing in world-leading research programs at the interfaces between molecular-level science and powerful new technologies. The faculty will have joint appointments at Argonne.

 June 25, 2012
Argonne materials scientist and distinguished fellow Ali Erdemir’s R&D 100 award recognizes an ultra-fast large-scale boriding process he developed. The process increases the durability and hardness of mechanical components.
 Argonne wins four R&D 100 Awards

Four technologies developed by researchers at Argonne have received this year’s R&D 100 awards. The awards, organized by R&D magazine, are widely considered to be the "Oscars of Innovation."

 June 20, 2012
Mira, Argonne National Laboratory’s new IBM Blue Gene/Q system, is the third fastest supercomputer in the world according to the TOP500 list announced today. Mira thus takes its place among the U.S. computational giants poised to propel scientific discoveries into the petascale.
Fostering Discoveries Faster: Argonne's Mira ranks among nation’s fastest science supercomputers

Mira, Argonne National Laboratory’s new IBM Blue Gene/Q system, is the third fastest supercomputer in the world according to the TOP500 list announced today. Mira thus takes its place among the U.S. computational giants poised to propel scientific discoveries into the petascale.

 June 18, 2012
Battery researcher wins Argonne-Northwestern Early Career Award

Materials scientist Lynn Trahey of Argonne has received the 2012 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award for Energy Research for her proposal to investigate new materials to improve the performance of anodes in lithium-ion batteries.

 June 7, 2012
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