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Computation Institute to bulk up data analysis capability with $1.5 million grant

The Computation Institute, a joint effort of the University of Chicago and the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has received

August 5, 2008
Open pit mining uses shovels and large trucks to remove oil sand -- a thick and sticky form of crude oil -- in Fort McMurray, Canada. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post, reproduced with permission.)
New process extracts pure hydrogen from contaminant in unrefined oil

ARGONNE, Ill.

 August 22, 2008
Argonne hosts 1st Int'l Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Applications Sept. 15-17

ARGONNE, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will host the 1st International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Applications Sept.

 August 27, 2008
NIH awards Argonne $800,000 to develop tool to measure distances within proteins

Precise molecular ruler could play role in development of new drugs

 September 3, 2008
Argonne mechanical engineer Thomas Wallner adjusts Argonne's "omnivorous engine," an automobile engine that Wallner and his colleagues have tailored to efficiently run on blends of gasoline, ethanol and butanol.
'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuels

ARGONNE, Ill. — The “omnivorous engine” is no picky eater. Gasoline? Down the hatch. Ethanol? Butanol? It'll slurp those up too. The creators of the omnivorous engine, engineers at the U.S.

 September 5, 2008
Science world celebrates startup of 'Big Bang' machine

ARGONNE, Ill. — Some of the biggest questions in particle physics could only be worked through on paper – until now.

 September 10, 2008
'60 Minutes' segment to feature high-energy physicists Sunday

ARGONNE, Ill.

 September 25, 2008
Scientist Yu-Sheng Chen calibrates the needle of the X-ray diffraction machine at ChemMatCARS in the Advanced Photon Source. The beamline is the only place in the U.S. able to examine the small crystals of compound that may be able to identify biological and chemical weapons.
 Compound could help detect chemical, biological weapons

Advanced Photon Source only place in U.S. to examine such small crystals

September 26, 2008
These ultrananocrystalline diamond-coated pump seals garnered one of Argonne's two 2008 R&D 100 awards, which recognize the most important inventions in the previous year. Photo by George Joch.
 Ultrananocrystalline-diamond coating improves mechanical pump seals

From petroleum to food and beverage to pharmaceuticals, most industries use mechanical pumps, and all these pumps rely on seals to reduce leaks and maintenance costs. Argonne researchers, along with industry partners, have developed a new, efficient and cost-effective alternative to conventional seals.

 October 3, 2008
A General Motors Chevrolet Corvette (bottom) and a Porsche RS Spyder (top) were the two winners of the Green Challenge at Road Atlanta on October 4, 2008. Photo courtesy of ALMS.
Argonne helps American Le Mans Series go for the green

ARGONNE, Ill.  — A new environmentally conscious international sports-car racing event has just been given the green flag.

 October 17, 2008
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