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Person receiving a shot in the arm. (Image by Tong_stocker/Shutterstock.)

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Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source plays pivotal role in development of new COVID-19 vaccine now in trials

Clinical trials have begun on a new vaccine candidate that may protect against variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Protein structures determined at the Advanced Photon Source helped to guide the development of this vaccine.

Biology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology

Secretary Granholm and Argonne Laboratory Director Paul Kearns during the Secretary’s virtual visit. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Energy Secretary Granholm virtually tours Argonne

The secretary’s first visit to one of DOE’s 17 national laboratories included stops at the lab’s world-leading R&D facilities and an overview of the lab’s clean energy and discovery science research.

The Simonyi Survey telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, named for the pioneering astronomer who studied stellar motion in the outer regions of galaxies, finding evidence for the presence of dark matter. (Image by LSST Project.)

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Katrin Heitmann elected spokesperson for LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

The international collaboration will be addressing fundamental questions about the structure and evolution of the universe with data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

High Energy Physics, Awards and Recognition, Cosmic Frontier

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Little swirling mysteries: New research uncovers dynamics of ultrasmall, ultrafast groups of atoms

Exploring and manipulating the behavior of polar vortices in material may lead to new technology for faster data transfer and storage. Researchers used the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne and the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC to learn more.

Physics, Atomic Physics, X-Ray Science and Technology

Masked researcher in lab. (Image by Kevin Zhao.)

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The path to research: Argonne’s Exemplary Student Research Program continues to guide students 10 years later

Argonne’s high school Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) celebrates 10 years of developing students’ interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics pathways.

Computational Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Learning Center

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Casten Nominates Distinguished 98-year-old Argonne Scientist for Presidential Medal of Freedom

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An anomalous moment for the muon

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Granholm talks climate, grid and ‘slighted’ scientists

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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

High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence

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.

Accelerator Physics, Physics

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April 29, 2021|7:00 PM | Free Virtual Event

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May 3, 2021|8:00 AM | Online

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April 21, 2021|10:30 AM | Online

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April 22, 2021|1:00 PM | Online

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