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Both human and tarantula muscles contain myosin, which triggers muscle movement. Studying tarantula muscles at the APS can help scientists understand human muscle movement. (Image by Pets in Frames / Shutterstock.)

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Flexing our research muscle: Scientists use APS to better understand muscle form, function

Research team uses powerful X-rays to uncover the structure and behavior of proteins regulating tarantula muscle movement, which could teach us more about our own muscles.

Biology, Structural Biology, X-Ray Science and Technology

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New Argonne engine simulation project investigating effects of uncertainties on engine function

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Left: Data from electron microscopy; grayscale with color regions showing segmentation. Right: Resulting 3D representation. (Image by Nicola Ferrier, Tom Uram and Rafael Vescovi, Argonne National Laboratory; Hanyu Li and Bobby Kasthuri, University of Chicago.)

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The high-tech evolution of scientific computing: A slight return

Argonne is combining simulation, data science and machine learning approaches to help realize the promise of exascale computing.

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ALCF Director Michael Papka welcomes researchers to a three-day Aurora workshop held at Argonne in February. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Preparing for science in the exascale era

As the future home to the Aurora exascale system, Argonne National Laboratory has been ramping up efforts to ready the supercomputer and its future users for science in the exascale era.

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Ray Loy (Argonne), Rob Latham (Argonne), Phil Carns (Argonne) and Kathryn Mohror (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) kick off a day of training on data-intensive computing and I/O. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Virtual Argonne training program prepares researchers for extreme-scale computing

The annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing went virtual this year, providing two weeks of instruction to ready attendees for science in the exascale era.

High Performance Computing, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Science and Engineering

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Q&A: Argonne National Laboratory's Rick Stevens talks about 'the biggest, baddest' computer in the world

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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.

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(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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