Research Highlights | Argonne National Laboratory

These pages provide brief overviews of some of Argonne’s current research projects.

Research Highlight

Shear thickening ordering behavior is unraveled

January 08, 2018

Research Highlight

Cataloguing Earth’s microbial diversity

January 02, 2018 | Computer Science

Research Highlight

Graphene unlocks the promise of lithium sulfur batteries

Many battery scientists are interested in the potential of lithium sulfur batteries because, at least in theory, they offer a high energy density at relatively low cost.

December 15, 2017 | Nanomaterials, graphene, Cathodes

Research Highlight

A new infrastructure: Moving energy on peptide nanofibers

December 11, 2017

Research Highlight

Sense like a shark: Saltwater-submersible nickelate film

December 11, 2017 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Submerged SNO in the presence of electric bias undergoes a phase change by intercalating protons in the lattice structure.

Research Highlight

Effect of weak binding on the apparent spin-orbit splitting in nuclei

A new study, co-led by Argonne, shows that effects on the energies of excitation in nuclei can depend on how tightly the last neutron or proton is bound.

November 30, 2017 | Physics