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Scientists track patterns of island growth in crystals

Argonne scientists reveal connections as crystalline layers form.

March 14, 2019 | Materials Science and Engineering, X-Ray Science and Technology, Photonics

This image from a simulation shows the formation of islands during layer-by-layer growth of a gallium nitride crystal. In this image, each color corresponds to a different layer and snapshots are shown at different points in time. A new discovery has shown that each layer tends to form in a pattern similar to the preceding layer. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM’s quantum computer

March 13, 2019

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Ultrathin and ultrafast: scientists pioneer new technique for two-dimensional material analysis

Discovery allows scientists to look at how 2D materials move with ultrafast precision.

March 11, 2019 | Materials Science and Engineering, X-Ray Science and Technology

This image shows the experimental setup for a newly developed technique: ultrafast surface X-ray scattering. This technique couples an optical pump with an X-ray free-electron laser probe to investigate molecular dynamics on the femtosecond time scale. (Image by Haidan Wen.)

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Stressing and straining: Geochemists answer fundamental question of mineral reactions

Geochemists answer fundamental question of mineral reactions.

March 06, 2019 | Geochemistry, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

$Argonne researchers used coherent X-ray diffraction imaging to look at the strain inside an iron nanoparticle as it oxidized. This image shows the nanoparticle gradually oxidizing.$

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One device, many frequencies: Argonne researchers create a unique, tiny resonator

Pioneering micromechanical “frequency comb” responds to external signals in an entirely new way.

March 05, 2019 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication, Scientific User Facilities

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UW-Madison joins Chicago Quantum Exchange, expanding expertise in quantum information

University of Wisconsin-Madison joins the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in national collaboration.

March 05, 2019 | Quantum Computing, Materials Science and Engineering, Nanomaterials

bigail Shearrow, Research Engineer in the Schuster Lab at the University of Chicago, works in the Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility in the basement of the University’s William Eckhardt Research Center.

Scientists use machine learning to identify high-performing solar materials

March 04, 2019

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Babinec to coordinate Argonne’s grid energy storage program

New program lead to help realize Argonne’s future grid vision.

February 27, 2019 | Energy Technology and Storage, Grid Modernization

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Kwok named Outstanding Referee by American Physical Society

Outstanding referee finds a way to give back to the research community.

February 27, 2019 | About Argonne, Awards and Recognition

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Breakthrough shines light on disease-fighting protein

X-ray and electron microscopy techniques help unfold the story of protein chaperones.

February 25, 2019 | Biology, Protein Science, Scientific User Facilities

Combined crystal and cryo-electron microscopy structures of Hsp104 disaggregase from fungus Calcarisporiella thermophila. (Image courtesy of Gregor Pintilie / Stanford University.)