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7-Jun-2024
Argonne convenes leaders from community organizations, civic agencies and industry to co-design an equitable clean energy transition
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne recently hosted its second Argonne in Chicago Partner Forum in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Over 80 community leaders, researchers and representatives from industry and civic agencies convened to discuss opportunities for partnership in pursuit of a clean energy future for all.
6-Jun-2024
Argonne-led study highlights public transit’s critical role across Chicago
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A joint study by Argonne and MIT highlights the essential role of public transportation in Chicago and warns of serious impacts if the system was removed, including increased traffic congestion, increased pollution, economic decline and activity cancellations.
6-Jun-2024
ORNL demonstrates affordable, energy efficient, low-carbon building technologies on National Mall during HUD Innovation Housing Showcase
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Building innovations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be on display in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall June 7 to June 9, 2024, during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, or HUD’s, Innovation Housing Showcase.
5-Jun-2024
Green Era Campus and Argonne align to forge community partner–focused agreement
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryArgonne National Laboratory’s Office of Community Engagement has established a Memorandum of Understanding with Chicago’s Green Era Campus to pursue research in sustainability in agriculture, renewable energy generation, and food equity and access.
4-Jun-2024
Argonne assembles electric vehicle experts to create better experiences at charging stations
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A task force at Argonne National Laboratory is defining new standards for the user experience at electric vehicle charging stations.
3-Jun-2024
Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL hosts first Innovation Days
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Momentum for manufacturing innovation in the United States got a boost during the inaugural MDF Innovation Days, held recently at the U.S. Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
3-Jun-2024
Stanford scientists bring crystal clarity to diamond’s quantum signals
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
In work supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, a Stanford University group digs into diamond to find the source of its apparently temperamental nature when it comes to emitting quantum signals, widening a path for building quantum networks and sensors.
31-May-2024
Quantum-themed LabEscape escape room a hit at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
The science-themed escape room LabEscape, created by UIUC’s Paul Kwiat and supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, gives fans at Chicago’s C2E2 expo a chance to experience the joy of science. They responded: LabEscape was nearly booked by opening day.
31-May-2024
Sigrid Elschot: Then and Now / 2013 Early Career Award Winner
DOE/US Department of Energy
With her Early Career Research Award, Stanford University associate professor Sigrid Elschot studied the effects of fast-moving, microgram-sized particles that collide with spacecraft. These particles vaporize, ionize, and produce a plasma that radiates electromagnetic energy.