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Caterpillar-Argonne team to pursue improved diesel engine combustion systems

Partnership will pursue a unique approach that combines high-performance computing, additive manufacturing and higher-fidelity design and simulation models.

March 07, 2019 | Transportation, Vehicle Technologies

Researchers created this predictive cross-sectional view of an engine geometry showing in-cylinder and metal piston temperatures using a coupled conjugate heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics model.

Argonne and Convergent Science join forces for better engines

March 01, 2019

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Chain Reaction Innovations project at Argonne aims to fill critical computing needs

Research team harnesses Center for Nanoscale Materials power to explore emerging materials for energy-efficient computing.

March 01, 2019 | Materials Science and Engineering, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Chad Husko (right), physicist and Chain Reaction Innovations team member, works with CNM nanoscientist Jeffrey Guest. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Easing bacterial traffic jams

February 27, 2019

Leading students to the wonders of science

February 22, 2019

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Transitions: Argonne’s pioneering study of nuclear energy future

Broad collaborative research effort offers glimpse into the future of nuclear energy.

February 20, 2019 | Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reactors, Life Cycle Analysis

Argonne’s analyses examined every aspect of maintaining or expanding nuclear capacity — from the replacement of nuclear infrastructure to the implementation of advanced fuel cycles — to identify designs that can save resources, reduce environmental impacts and eliminate or decrease the need for geologic repositories.

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Argonne expertise contributes to the foundation for future electron-ion collider

New collider collaboration could yield new insights into atomic nuclei

February 18, 2019 | Nuclear Physics, collider

Argonne is working with other DOE national laboratories on the planned Electron Ion Collider, which will probe how subatomic quarks (shown here in red, blue and green) interact through the exchange of gluons (shown as wiggly helices). (Image courtesy of Shutterstock.)

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Argonne’s innovative community software is on weather scientists’ radar

The Python-ARM Radar Toolkit, originally designed to meet the U.S. Department of Energy’s needs, is now making an impact globally.

February 08, 2019 | Environmental and Earth Science, Atmospheric Science

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Argonne addresses obstacles to clean water for all

Dozens of Argonne researchers are helping to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems — the availability of clean water.

February 07, 2019 | Water Resources, Computational Science, Environmental and Earth Science

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Scientists take X-ray aim in effort to discover new fuel catalyst

Research reveals why similar water-splitting cobalt catalysts can behave differently.

February 05, 2019 | Energy Technology and Storage, Renewable Energy

This graphic shows the “hybrid orbitals” in which atoms can share electrons in cobalt borate catalysts, making it a better water-splitting catalyst than cobalt phosphate.

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Building a foundation

Scholarship named after pioneering Argonne scientist.

January 31, 2019 | Civil Engineering, Buildings

The Chicago Chapter of CHIBPSA introduced a scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students named after Ralph Muehleisen, a building scientist and engineer at Argonne, to honor him for his contributions to the field of building energy modeling and his professional involvement in CHIBPSA, IBPSA-USA, and ASHRAE. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)