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Dept. of Energy takes next step in Versatile Test Reactor program

Versatile Test Reactor gets next approval from Department of Energy.

Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Fuels, Nuclear Materials

Seamless interactions between quantum mechanical simulations and artificial intelligence could provide an efficient materials discovery platform.

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Active learning accelerates redox-flow battery discovery

By using active learning, scientists are more quickly finding suitable candidates for redox-flow batteries.

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Argonne materials scientist Arturo Gutierrez named 2020 Luminary Honoree by HENAAC

Arturo Gutierrez, Argonne materials scientist, wins award from national organization that honors Hispanic scientists and engineers.

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Auto-generating an ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectral database via a dual experimental and computational chemical data pathway using the ALCF’s Theta supercomputer.

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Automatic database creation for materials discovery: Innovation from frustration

A collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Argonne has developed a technique that generates automatic databases to support specific fields of science using AI and high-performance computing.

Computational Materials Science, Artificial Intelligence, Analytical Chemistry

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Argonne National Laboratory and AT&T extend climate resiliency project nationwide

Argonne and AT&T expand transformative partnership analyzing climate risks.

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Argonne National Lab’s future of work: Decades in the making

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AT&T commits to be carbon neutral by 2035

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Argonne National Laboratory Deploys Cerebras CS-1, the World’s Fastest Artificial Intelligence Computer

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory Leverages Unprecedented Performance from Cerebras CS-1 to Solve Deep Learning Computational and Science Problems

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Analytical Chemist Yifen Tsai prepares a sample for analysis on the high-resolution ICP-Mass Spectrometer.

Correcting nonlinearity and mass-bias in measurements by ICP quadrupole mass spectrometry

Argonne scientists have demonstrated a technique that can improve the relative standard deviation in the measurement of inorganic isotopes by ICP-QMS by an order of magnitude or more.

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MOFs for Methane Manipulation

Researchers using the Advanced Photon Source have found a way to “activate” methane so that it can be converted into products like liquid fuels, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, and much more.

Analytical Chemistry, X-Ray Science and Technology

(Left) Electrons transiting the 80 mm long metamaterial structure generate high power microwaves. (Right) Photo of the beam line at the ANL Wakefield Test Accelerator

Metamaterials for next-generation accelerators

An experiment at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator demonstrates the potential of a novel metamaterial structure to yield higher accelerating gradients than current particle accelerator technology provides.

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