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Explosive nuclear astrophysics

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team has made a key discovery related to 'presolar grains' found in some meteorites. This discovery has shed light on stellar explosions and the origin of chemical elements. It has also provided a new method for astronomical research.

Fermilab's Laura Fields receives $2.5 million DOE award to study beams of ghost particles

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Laura Fields has won an Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy to help physicists better understand the composition of neutrino beams used by Fermilab experiments. Her work will help gather and validate results that could shed light on why the universe consists of something rather than nothing.

Promising new research identifies novel approach for controlling defects in 3D printing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Argonne scientists use temperature data to tune -- and fix -- defects in 3D-printed metallic parts.

Journal: Additive Manufacturing

Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Argonne in collaboration with Northern Illinois University reports a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide and water into ethanol with very high energy efficiency, high selectivity for the desired final product and low cost.

Journal: Nature Energy

Cementing the future

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials are utilizing nano- and micro-scale imaging to better understand the chemical processes behind the formation of cement.

Dark Energy Survey census of the smallest galaxies hones the search for dark matter

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have used observations of the smallest known galaxies to better understand dark matter. The smallest galaxies can contain hundreds to thousands of times more dark matter than normal visible matter, making them ideal laboratories for studying this mysterious substance. By performing a rigorous census of small galaxies surrounding our Milky Way, DES has been able to constrain the fundamental particle physics that governs dark matter.

Argonne-led team finds special engines and fuels could cut air emissions and water use

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Advanced fuels and new engine designs could reduce emissions and water use over the next 30 years, according for a new study led by Argonne scientists.

Virtual lecture series finale connects interns to ongoing COVID-19 research

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Students attending the last 2020 Office of Science Summer Internship Virtual Lecture Series seminar learned about how national laboratories are coming together to fight COVID-19.

New computer modeling program offers leap in materials discovery and design

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Designed by Argonne National Lab and Sentient Science, program allows for a far more comprehensive understanding of materials -- from atomistic to mesoscopic scale -- than ever before.

Robert Ainsworth awarded $2.5 million to improve particle beams for high-intensity experiments

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Fermilab scientist Robert Ainsworth has won a $2.5 million Department of Energy Early Career Research Award to study different ways of ensuring stability in high-intensity proton beams. By studying how certain types of beam instabilities emerge and evolve under different conditions, his team can help sharpen scientists' methods for correcting them or avoiding them to begin with.