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7-Sep-2023
With automated treatment, affordable water from nontraditional sources can flow to underserved communities
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced automation techniques for desalination and water treatment plants, enabling them to save while providing affordable drinking water to small, parched communities without high-quality water supplies.
6-Sep-2023
Alyssa Kody is helping develop a low-carbon power grid
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
The Fellow discusses her efforts to improve power systems and how Argonne has supported her career development.
5-Sep-2023
With new student program, Argonne offers a Bridge Into Internships
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
New student program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory helps high school students from underserved communities get ready for STEM internships.
1-Sep-2023
Air leak detection system visualizes building drafts with the click of a camera
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new detection system that allows home energy auditors to see air leaking from a building in real time with the help of a camera. It’s an advancement that could provide more accurate readings far more quickly than current diagnostic tools allow.
- Journal
- Building and Environment
30-Aug-2023
The future of grid energy storage starts today
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL’s Grid Storage Launchpad delivers tomorrow’s energy storage solutions today
30-Aug-2023
Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations program supports breakthrough technologies
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Startups embedded in Argonne’s world-class laboratory work with scientists to create market-ready businesses that are the future of clean energy technology.
30-Aug-2023
Cabling for LHC upgrade wraps up
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Experts at Berkeley Lab finished winding more than 2000 kilometers of superconducting wire into cables for new magnets that will help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider and the search for new physics.
30-Aug-2023
‘Doubly magic’ rare isotope oxygen-28 can’t overcome its neutron-rich instability
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rare isotope oxygen-28 has been determined to be "barely unbound" by experiments led by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and by computer simulations conducted at ORNL. The findings from this first-ever observation of 28O answer a longstanding question in nuclear physics: can you get bound isotopes in a very neutron-rich region of the nuclear chart, where instability and radioactivity are the norm?
- Journal
- Nature
29-Aug-2023
Tomas Polakovic develops the next generation of superconducting particle detectors
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
The Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow describes his research on superconducting nanowires and how Argonne has supported his career development.