Infrastructure | Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne maintains a wide-ranging science and technology portfolio that seeks to address complex challenges in interdisciplinary and innovative ways. Below is a list of all articles, highlights, profiles, projects, and organizations related specifically to infrastructure.

Ensuring a Resilient Power Grid

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New tools to combat Chicago’s changing climate

Climate change is bringing flooding, heat islands and extreme weather to Chicago. An Argonne-led project from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratory will help neighborhoods understand and adapt to the city’s changing climate.
A new look at the electric vehicle supply chain as battery-powered cars hit the roads en masse

Several states in a new “battery belt” are leading the way in electric vehicle production.
Making electric vehicle charging stations cybersecure

Argonne research is informing smart infrastructure that can support the electric grid.
How Argonne makes the power grid more reliable and resilient

Through innovative methods of deeply understanding the complexities of the grid, the lab helps secure the nation’s energy future.
Four major Illinois research institutions form a collaboration to improve urban forest drought resilience

Trees provide “green infrastructure” to enable resilience.
Argonne’s Climate Modeling Helps Fortify Largest State Power Utility in U.S.
ComEd report shows how science and supercomputers help utilities adapt to climate change

ComEd and Argonne National Laboratory partnered on a milestone report that analyzes the impact of climate in future northern Illinois.
A year in review: Argonne’s breakthroughs in 2022

A quick look at a year’s worth of pivotal discoveries and pioneering leadership in science and technology.
Chicago Pile 1: A bold nuclear physics experiment with enduring impact

An unassuming pile of black graphite bricks containing uranium became known famously as Chicago Pile 1, the world’s first human-created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Eighty years later, nuclear scientists continue to deliver on its promise.

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