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Micro-reactor concepts like this one from the company HolosGen could be used in a variety of settings to provide emissions-free power. (Image courtesy HolosGen.)

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5 ways Argonne scientists are powering ahead on nuclear micro-reactors

A cross-divisional effort at Argonne aims to advance portable nuclear reactor designs for places like military bases and remote communities.

Security Technologies, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Fuels

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Better solutions for making hydrogen may lie just at the surface

Scientists gain a better understanding of a promising class of materials that can help split water to produce hydrogen, an alternative fuel for a clean energy future.

Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Computational Science

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Argonne National Laboratory a founding partner in nation’s first startup accelerator program dedicated exclusively to quantum

Led by the University of Chicago, the program also includes the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and private-sector-led non-profit P33.

Quantum Computing, Quantum Mechanics, Public-Private Partnerships

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Field guides: Argonne scientists bolster evidence of undiscovered particles or forces in Muon g-2 experiment

Scientists are testing our fundamental understanding of the universe, and there’s much more to discover.

Instrumentation, Sensors and Detectors, Physics

X-ray crystallographic structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease. (Illustration courtesy of University of British Columbia.)

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Caught in the act: New data about COVID-19 virus’s functions could aid in treatment designs

For the first time, a team of researchers has captured X-ray images of a critical enzyme of the COVID-19 virus performing its function. This discovery could improve design of new treatments against the disease.

Crystallography, Diseases, Synchrotron Science

In the News

University of Chicago launching nation’s first quantum startup accelerator. Will South Side be the Silicon Valley of next-gen technology?

Chicago Tribune

In the News

Exascale Aurora System Will Visualize Spreading Cancer

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R&D on today’s coronavirus vaccines started in 2013

Physics Today

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Advanced Photon Source Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Research Facility - Southern Great Plains Center for Nanoscale Materials Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscopy-Tandem

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Argonne Research Facilities

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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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