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By applying the AI that social networks use to identify people in photos, an Argonne engineer discovered a new way to predict the structure of a material, given its preferred properties. The discovery may help save time and money and allow businesses to use techniques once reserved for supercomputers. (Image by Shutterstock / ktsdesign.)

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Can artificial intelligence open new doors for materials discovery?

A new take on artificial intelligence may open many doors for 3D printing and designing advanced nuclear reactors.

Computational Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering

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Project launched to create prototype that converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

Northern Illinois University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of North Texas and Ångström Advanced Inc. are being funded by DOE to develop a promising new technology for combatting climate change.

Energy Conversion, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing

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Argonne scientists collaborate to create first model of entire nuclear reactor at unprecedented resolution

Exascale computing applied to breakthrough nuclear reactor model.

Computational Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Modeling and Simulation

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Argonne demonstrates benefits of restoring native vegetation at solar facilities

Argonne researchers work to find the perfect balance between native habitat restoration and renewable energy needs.

Renewable Energy, Ecosystem Services / Provisioning, Land Management

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Advanced Photon Source helps reveal how antibodies bind a molecule linked to cancer

Researchers have developed antibodies that can bind to phosphohistidine, an unstable molecule that’s linked to cancer. To learn how the two bind together, the team turned to the powerful X-rays at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source.

Structural Biology, Crystallography, Computational X-Ray Science

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This may be the highest resolution microscope we’ll ever get

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Recycling electric car batteries more efficiently part of Biden’s ambitious climate goals

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Casten Helps Secure Over $900,000 for Energy Startups in the Midwest

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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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Through Scientists’ Eyes: The Next 75 Years of Discovery & Impact

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Using Automatic Differentiation to Solve the Phase Problem in X-ray and Electron Microscopy

June 21, 2021|1:00 PM | Online

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Accelerating Exploratory Materials Synthesis with Data, Machine Learning, and Robots

June 23, 2021|11:00 AM | Online

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