16 Current news of Argonne National Laboratory
rss05-19-2010
A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has "seen" the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail. “Nanoscience is a hot issue right now, and people are trying to ...
05-05-2010
Advances in energy conservation, better materials for frontier technologies and new economic engines, and breakthroughs in understanding diseases: These are just a few of the potential discoveries, both basic and applied, to be enabled by an upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the ...
01-26-2010
Ever wanted to see a nuclear reactor core in action? A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before. A team of nuclear engineers and computer ...
01-05-2010
In collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Marcus Newton of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey and Professor Ian Robinson of the London Centre for Nanotechnology have for the first time mapped strain in three-dimensions in a single nanoscale ...
12-14-2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory's recently completed Sub-Angstrom Microscopy and Microanalysis facility (SAMM) received a Federal Water and Energy Management Award from DOE. The award – the only one given to a DOE national laboratory – recognized the efforts ...
Research may lead to energy efficient engines, advanced medical therapy
10-26-2009
The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference. The new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures ...
Crystal structure could offer new therapies
07-16-2009
Anthrax, long feared for its potential as a biological weapon, has lost some of its mystery. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Chicago, have determined the structure of a protein crucial to ...
BASF proposes construction of lithium-ion battery material production plant in Elyria, Ohio
06-05-2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne's patented composite cathode materials to manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries. BASF will conduct further lithium-ion battery ...
Inelastic neutron scattering is sensitive to sign of superconducting gap
01-14-2009
Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories. "The normal techniques for revealing unconventional ...
04-21-2008
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clusters of plutonium oxide were the culprit, but no one had been able to study ...
