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“WE ARE ARGONNE” HIGHLIGHTS THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCIENCE

“SCIENCE 101” BREAKS DOWN COMPLEX RESEARCH CONCEPTS

Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS)

Student works on vehicle on auto track model. (Image by Argonne / Educational Programs and Outreach.)

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Making a self-driving car in just one week

Argonne’s new Autonomous Vehicle Camp engages high school students in hands-on science and engineering, challenging them to build and program their own vehicles.

Computational Science, Computer Science and Engineering, STEM Outreach

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Feature Story

Crafting climate solutions on a local scale

Argonne scientists help communities, businesses, prepare for climate impacts that vary from region to region.

Computer Science and Engineering, System Software, Programming Models

Press Release

Secrets from space: Advanced Photon Source helps illuminate the journey of a 4 billion-year-old asteroid

A year ago, scientists got their first look at material gathered from nearby asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Now the results of those studies have been revealed, and they shed light on the history of our solar system and the long trek of this cosmic wanderer.

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmology, Planetary Science

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Press Release

Argonne National Laboratory and Constellation sign long-term agreement to develop carbon-free power generation technologies

Argonne scientists team up with Constellation to develop innovative solutions for carbon-free power generation.

Energy Systems, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)

Argonne model detects moving objects (green boxes) and tracks their movements (blue lines). Non-bird objects (e.g., shadow and reflection) are filtered out prior to activity classification.

Press Release

Powered by artificial intelligence, Argonne technology eyes bird activity at solar facilities

Near-real-time data on avian-solar interactions will help the energy industry understand risks and opportunities for wildlife at solar energy plants.

Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Technology and Storage

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Chicago was drenched this past weekend and many Chicagoans are dealing flooded basements and water damage

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In the News

Chicago Dries Out From Intense Deluge. ‘We Don’t See Rainfall Rates That High’

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In the News

Argonne Laboratory Will Lead Community Specific Climate Change Research

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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 Research Facilities

Argonne’s labs and facilities provide unique capabilities to the scientific community. Through collaborative research agreements, scientists can obtain access to specialized instrumentation and expertise rarely found elsewhere.

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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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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

Seminar

Surface Chemistry of Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxide using Metal-Amide Precursor and Water: An Invacuo X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Investigation of Nucleation and Growth

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September 29, 2022|9:00 AM

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Machine Learning for Combinatorial and Global Optimization

September 29, 2022|10:30 AM

Colloquium

A Guided Tour on the Edge of Nuclear Stability

September 30, 2022|11:00 AM | Building 203
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Improved Constraints on Dark Matter Annihilations Around Primordial Black Holes

October 4, 2022|10:30 AM

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At Argonne, STEM grows

“WE ARE ARGONNE” HIGHLIGHTS THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCIENCE

“SCIENCE 101” BREAKS DOWN COMPLEX RESEARCH CONCEPTS

Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS)

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Global Security

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