Press Releases | Argonne National Laboratory

High-precision electrochemistry: The new gold standard in fuel cell catalyst development

September 10, 2020

Scientists find new way to measure important beam property

September 01, 2020

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White House Office of Technology Policy, National Science Foundation and Department of Energy Announce Over $1 Billion in Awards for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science Research Institutes

August 26, 2020 | Quantum Computing, National Security, Sensors and Detectors

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Argonne scientists use artificial intelligence in new way to strengthen power grid resiliency

A new artificial neural network model, created by Argonne scientists, handles both static and dynamic features of a power system with a relatively high degree of accuracy.

August 20, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Energy Systems, Grid Modernization

Argonne scientists discovered how to better control power systems. With a new neural network, lab scientists helped create new formulas that could bridge a power system’s static and dynamic features – a difficult feat.(Image by Shutterstock / gopixa.)

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Argonne scientists create water filtration membranes that can clean themselves

These types of membranes are used in water treatment facilities, semiconductor manufacturing sites and within the food and beverage industry.

August 19, 2020 | Aquatic Science, Water Resources, Environmental Chemistry

An artist's rendition of light-induced self-cleaning of a fouled membrane. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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UChicago scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer

Simple innovation expected to open multiple new avenues for quantum science

August 13, 2020 | Quantum Computing, quantum networks, Quantum Information Science

Scientists Kevin Miao, Chris Anderson and Alexandre Bourassa work on quantum research in the Awschalom lab at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. (Image by David Awschalom.)

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Explosive nuclear astrophysics

International team develops new method to determine origin of stardust in meteorites.

August 10, 2020 | Cosmology, Nuclear Physics, Isotopes

Photograph of GRETINA in ATLAS at Argonne. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

August 05, 2020

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Promising new research identifies innovative approach for controlling defects in 3D printing

Argonne scientists use temperature data to tune — and fix — defects in 3D-printed metallic parts.

August 05, 2020 | Computational Materials Science, Materials Science and Engineering, Metals

When 3D printing metallic parts, Argonne scientists found a correlation between temperatures at the surface and defects that form below. (Image by Shutterstock / sspopov.)

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Argonne-led team finds specially-designed engines and fuels could cut air emissions and water use

Advanced fuels and new engine designs could reduce emissions and water use over the next 30 years, according for a new study led by Argonne scientists.

July 30, 2020 | biofuel, Advanced Engines and Fuels

Using more biofuels and engines that handle them could potentially cut emissions and water use within three decades, according to a new Argonne-led study. (Image by Shutterstock / fewerton.)