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Argonne revolutionizes the scaling process for new materials in energy industries

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Argonne releases updated computer model to help bioenergy developers conserve water

Critical updates to WATER tool help the bioenergy industry manage resources.

Energy Technology and Storage, Water Resources, Bioenergy

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New cyber resilience report highlights Argonne’s global expertise

Argonne partners with World Economic Forum in important cyber resilience effort.

Cybersecurity, Global Security

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New Argonne coating could have big implications for lithium batteries

Coating provides extra layer of protection for battery cathodes.

Energy Technology and Storage, Energy Conversion, lithium-ion batteries

Test facility for evaluation of battery performance and life at Argonne National Laboratory.

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Assessing battery performance: Compared to what?

Multi-organizational team seeks to level the field in Li-ion battery research.

Energy Technology and Storage, Batteries and Fuel Cells, lithium-ion batteries

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A quantum leap in particle simulation

Fermilab scientists use quantum computing to simulate the fundamental interactions that hold together our universe.

Particle Methods, Modeling and Simulation, Quantum Computing

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Sustainability at scale: Argonne’s ‘green’ commitment

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Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations appoints first advisory council

Energy Consumption and Efficiency, Manufacturing Engineering, Sustainable Manufacturing

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Northwestern University joins Chicago Quantum Exchange

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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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Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Discovery and Development

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May 23, 2019|5:30 PM | Building 402

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Light-Matter Interactions for Optical Communications and Energy-Related Applications

May 20, 2019|11:00 AM | Building 440

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Streamlined Data Analysis Pipelines with Balsam

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