Press Releases | Argonne National Laboratory

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

April 07, 2021

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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.

April 07, 2021 | Quantum Computing, Quantum Mechanics, Public-Private Partnerships

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Less than a nanometer thick, stronger and more versatile than steel

Scientists create stable nanosheets containing boron and hydrogen atoms with potential applications in nanoelectronics and quantum information technology.

April 05, 2021 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication, Florida

Structure of borophane sheet. Red, hydrogen; teal, boron. (Image by Qiucheng Li and Chaitanya Kolluru.)

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ATOM consortium welcomes three DOE national laboratories to accelerate drug discovery

Total of five national laboratories now collaborating to compress drug discovery timeline

March 29, 2021

Shining a healing light on the brain

March 24, 2021

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Tiny raindrops pose big challenges: Argonne researchers improve climate models, prediction of climate change

Argonne’s novel algorithm to capture drizzle-turbulence interactions could improve predictions of future climate conditions.

March 24, 2021 | Climate Science, Climate Modeling, Cloud

Cadeddu standing by equipment on open field.

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Tough, yet tender: Scientists firm up research on durable hydrogels

The new material, which the Advanced Photon Source helped characterize, is strong yet stretchable, and could be ideal for creating artificial tendons and ligaments for prosthetics and robotics.

March 10, 2021 | Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Polymers

Researchers took microscopy images (black and white, left) of their new hydrogel and X-ray scattering data (in color, right) as it was stretched. The combination of techniques allowed scientists to fully characterize this durable yet flexible material.

Why the lovable llama might be a secret weapon against COVID-19

March 09, 2021

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Conquering the timing jitters

Breakthrough greatly enhances the ultrafast resolution achievable with X-ray free-electron lasers.

March 03, 2021 | Atomic Physics, fundamental interactions

(Image by Daniel Haynes and Jörg Harms/Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter.)

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Argonne scientists track community spread of COVID-19 in wastewater

Wastewater provides a clue to virus transmission.

February 26, 2021 | Aquatic Science, Water Resources, Global Security

Argonne researchers are investigating how COVID-19 spreads by sampling wastewater from facilities like the one shown here. (Image by Shutterstock/hxdyl.)