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An eight-year hunt for new battery chemistries

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Electron beamlets as observed on YAG screens at varying distances from a cathode source. (image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Scientists use diamonds to generate better accelerator beams

More efficient beams thanks to nanoscale diamonds

3D image reconstruction of a sample of irradiated fuel, showing the three thresholded uranium phases co-existing with pores. (Image courtesy Maria Okuniewski / Purdue University.)

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Scientists gain an unprecedented view of irradiated nuclear fuel

Inspecting used uranium fuel at the Advanced Photon Source facility revealed new 3D insights that could enable better nuclear fuels.

Nuclear Fuels, X-Ray Science and Technology, Synchrotron Science

Pictorial representation of joint experimental and computational study of materials. The study utilized the Advanced Photon Source (upper panel) and Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (lower panel). The team addressed the atomistic structure of interfaces, which are ubiquitous in materials. (Image by Emmanuel Gygi, University of California, San Diego.)

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Do simulations represent the real world at the atomic scale?

Multidisciplinary research team develops new strategy for validating computer simulations.

Water Resources, Computational Materials Science, energy-water nexus

Representatives from Argonne's world-renowned user facilities present their facilities' achievements at the InCREASE User Facility Awareness Workshop. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Driving STEM advancements and discoveries through cutting-edge technology and collaboration

InCREASE virtual workshop strengthens ongoing collaboration between Argonne’s STEM facilities and minority-serving institutions.

Structural Biology, Computational Science, Computer Science and Engineering

Awards and Recognition

Argonne’s Rick Stevens named ACM Fellow

Argonne’s Rick Stevens was recently named a Fellow of the of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) for his continuing contributions to high-performance computing.

High Performance Computing, Awards and Recognition

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Experts Warns Motorists Not To Run Engine To ‘Warm It Up’

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Californian researchers develop new crack-resistant nickel-based superalloy for 3D printing

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2020 ACM Fellows Recognized for Work that Underpins Today’s Computing Innovations

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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.

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Cloud Adoption and Security for Modern Power Grid

January 22, 2021|12:30 PM | Online

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The Pygmy Dipole Resonance: Its Structure and Significance for Nuclear Astrophysics

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Development of Low-Cost Rapid Screening Techniques of Iridium (III) Photocatalysts

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