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Photograph of a brown sea slug on green seabed. (Image by NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary/Chad King.)

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Slugging it out: Scientists find material that mimics the intelligence of sea slugs

With help from the Advanced Photon Source, a team of scientists has discovered a new material that points the way toward more efficient artificial intelligence hardware for everything from self-driving cars to surgical robots.

X-Ray Science and Technology, Spectroscopy

This illustration shows intercalation of lithium ions (green) in a graphite anode.

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Scientists identify another reason why batteries can’t charge in minutes

Researchers find new issue complicating fast charging.

Chemistry, Energy Technology and Storage, Batteries and Fuel Cells

Ongoing work at the Advanced Photon Source on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern could lead to stronger vaccines and more effective treatments. (Image by Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock.)

Article

Beamlines cast precious light on SARS-CoV-2, emerging variants and vaccines that will stop them

Ultrabright light from the Advanced Photon Source continues to illuminate mysteries around coronaviruses and shape the vaccines and therapeutics protecting us against variants of concern.

Biology, Structural Biology, California

Masked students working on computer. (Image by Northern Illinois University.)

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Argonne and NIU team up to host AI camp for high school students

Regional high school students learn the fundamentals of AI at a four-week summer camp hosted by Argonne and Northern Illinois University.

Artificial Intelligence, STEM Outreach

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U.S. Nuclear Nexus connects the U.S. civil nuclear industry with NNSA resources

U.S. civilian nuclear developers seeking to deploy technology on a global scale can now access critical U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration information and expertise through a central access point, U.S. Nuclear Nexus.

Global Security, Nonproliferation, Safeguards, Security, and Export Control Engagement

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United Airlines jet powered by sustainable fuel heads out from O’Hare

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In the News

Where Are All the Nuclear Powered Cars We Were Promised?

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Are You Prepared for the Quantum Revolution?

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Argonne National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy multidisciplinary science and engineering research center, where talented researchers work together to answer the biggest questions facing humanity.

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Argonne’s user facilities provide researchers with open access to the most advanced tools of modern science. Each year, nearly 8,000 researchers from academia, industry, and government laboratories use these facilities to perform new scientific research.

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Argonne’s collaborations across the United States have led to groundbreaking discoveries and development of new technologies that help meet the nation’s needs for sustainable energy, economic prosperity, and security.

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Argonne fosters innovation by uniting teams of researchers on challenges to overcome scientific barriers. Our collaborative centers and institutes bring together the best minds from academia, industry, and the national labs.

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Argonne's 75th Anniversary

Celebrating the Lab’s past, present and future at the forefront of discovery and technological innovation.

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Working at the interface between academia, federal agencies, industry, research institutions and state and local governments, our researchers have cultivated their interdisciplinary expertise in order to best solve national challenges in key areas.

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Research Highlights

Our scientists conduct research that advances the frontiers of science and creates new knowledge. Here you will find some of our most recent research highlights.

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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.

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

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Science at Work: Clearing the path to recycling batteries at scale

Part of the Science at Work series

December 7, 2021|10:00 AM

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A Statistical Learning Perspective on Model Reduction

December 8, 2021|10:30 AM

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Challenges of Unsupervised Anomaly Detection for Particle Physics

December 8, 2021|11:00 AM

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Operating quantum states in a magnetic molecule

December 8, 2021|11:00 AM

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