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Jana Zaumseil has been appointed the 2007 Ugo Fano Postdoctoral Fellow. She will conduct research at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials.
Three young scientists named postdocs at Argonne

ARGONNE, Ill. — Three young scientists with promising careers ahead of them have been appointed as postdoctoral fellows at the U.S.

 February 2, 2007
Research by Nenad Markovic (left) and Vojislav Stamenkovic of Argonne has developed an advanced concept in nanoscale catalyst engineering that could help commercialize hyrdogen-powered vehicles on a large scale.
New nanoscale engineering breakthrough points to hydrogen-powered vehicles

ARGONNE, Ill. — Researchers at the U.S.

 March 2, 2007
Matthias Bode, Center for Nanoscale Materials, is shown with his enhanced spin polarized scanning tunneling microscope (SP-STM). His enhanced technique allows scientists to observe the magnetism of single atoms. Use of this method could lead to better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics.
 Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices

ARGONNE, Ill. – Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany.

 May 25, 2007
Six Argonne scientists elected American Physical Society fellows

The American Physical Society has recently announced new fellows for 2007, and six Argonne scientists have been elected.

 January 22, 2008
Oleg G. Shpyrko has received the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award from the Advanced Photon Source Users Organization.
 Shpyrko receives APS organization's Young Investigator Award

Advanced Photon Source Users Organization has named Oleg G. Shpyrko as the recipient of the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.

 May 6, 2008
Eric Isaacs, director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, was appointed Argonne's deputy laboratory director for science programs.
 Eric Isaacs appointed Argonne National Laboratory's Deputy Laboratory Director for Science Programs

ARGONNE, Ill. – Eric Isaacs, director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S.

 May 16, 2008
DARPA funds Argonne-led project to develop technology for advanced radar, communications systems

ARGONNE, Ill. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing $1.4 million to a Phase III research project led by the U.S.

 June 23, 2008
Jörg Maser (left) and Robert Winarski, CNM X-Ray Microscopy Group, prepare an experiment at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline at the Advanced Photon Source. The nanoprobe uses brilliant X-rays with photon energies from 3 to 30 keV to probe the properties of nanoscale materials with a spatial resolution of 30 nm. The system provides a combination of scanning-probe and full-field transmission imaging.
 Argonne's Hard X-ray Nanoprobe provides new capability to study nanoscale materials

ARGONNE, Ill.

 June 24, 2008
Ken Natesan examines an example of corroded alloy and a new alloy created by his team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Natesan and his colleagues determined the corrosion was caused when carbon-bearing molecules slipped through the alloy's oxide defenses through metal nanoparticles.
 Argonne scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion

New alloy composition could cut costs for petrochemical industry

 August 4, 2008
Robin Santra of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory today received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to recognize his contributions to the advancement of science.
 Argonne scientists receive presidential award for advancement of science

Yugang Sun and Robin Santra of Argonne National Laboratory today received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to recognize their contribution to the advancement of science.

 December 19, 2008
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