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Argonne celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary and new moon rock study (image courtesy of NASA).

$This schematic (top) shows Bragg coherent diffraction imaging phase retrieval of X-rays scattered by a gold nanoparticle. Two reconstructions of the gold nanoparticle are shown at bottom. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)$

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A sharper focus: New computational technique resolves compressed X-ray data

Argonne develops novel method to more clearly see complex materials physics in difficult-to-access environments.

Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, High Energy Physics

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Department of Energy awards $4.6 million to Argonne to support collaborations with industry

Argonne National Laboratory received $4.6 million to fund 12 projects across four research divisions.

Commercialization, Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach

Dr. Alexeev with a model of an IBM Q quantum computer

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The best of both worlds: how to solve real problems on modern quantum computers

Argonne combines quantum and classical approaches to overcome limitations in current quantum computing hardware.

Computational Science, High Performance Computing, Computer Science and Engineering

micrograph of nanowire with Eshelby twist

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Giving nanowires a DNA-like twist

Argonne National Laboratory played a critical role in the discovery of a DNA-like twisted crystal structure created with a germanium sulfide nanowire.

Materials Science and Engineering, Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication

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Argonne’s Jim Morman elected fellow of American Nuclear Society

Morman honored for critical contributions to nuclear safety.

Energy Technology and Storage, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reactors

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Who’s using the User Facilities?

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Could Mussels Teach Us How To Clean Up Oil Spills?

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It’s time to get serious about recycling lithium-ion batteries

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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.

Analytical Chemistry

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

Unique spectral response in a mechanical device

Using a single actuation signal, a frequency comb is generated in a micromechanical resonator from two vibrational modes, flexural and torsional, whose interactions are responsible for the unique response.

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication

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Nanotechnology: From Graphene to Molecular Nanomachines

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