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JCESR lays foundation for safer, longer-lasting batteries

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers sped-up the motion of lithium ions in solid-state batteries using the paddlewheel effect.

Journal: Matter

Argonne's new menu of data storage software helps scientists realize findings earlier

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A research team, led by Argonne, is developing a new data navigation system called Mochi that will provide scientists with a menu of data services they can rapidly combine and customize to suit the particular needs of a specific science domain.

Theoretical breakthrough shows quantum fluids rotate by corkscrew mechanism

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists performed simulations of merging rotating superfluids, revealing a peculiar corkscrew-shaped mechanism that drives the fluids into rotation without the need for viscosity.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: the state of Florida, Office of Basic Energy Sciences., DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

Argonne researchers create active material out of microscopic spinning particles

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Argonne researchers have created a new kind of self-healing active material out of 'microspinners,' which self-assemble under a magnetic field to form a lattice.

Journal: Science Advances

Researchers use ALCF resources to model the spread of COVID-19

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers lead highly detailed COVID-19 modeling efforts to understand how the virus spreads through populations.

A window of opportunity: Physicists test titanium target windows for particle beam

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Fermilab is upgrading its accelerator complex to produce the world's most powerful beam of high-energy neutrinos. To generate these particles, the accelerators will send proton beams traveling near the speed of light through a maze of accelerator components before passing through metallic "windows" and colliding with a target. Researchers are testing the endurance of windows made of a titanium alloy, exposing samples to high-intensity proton beams to see how the material will perform.

Argonne offers mentorship and resources to students in DOE-sponsored graduate student research

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

As part of the Department of Energy's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program, 62 graduate students were chosen to conduct thesis research across the national laboratory complex, including 12 students at Argonne.

Novel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a recent theoretical study, scientists discovered the presence of the Hopfion topological structure in nano-sized particles of ferroelectrics -- materials with promising applications in microelectronics and information technology.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences; European Commission's HORIZON 2020 initiative, DOE/US Department of Energy

Mammoths, mastodons and the fruit they left behind at Fermilab

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

If you have ever taken a walk on the Fermilab hike-and-bike trail along Batavia Road, you've probably noticed large trees with long, slender bean pods, which are ignored by wildlife. Not that long ago, mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths roamed the Fermilab grounds and feasted on these bean pods, along with the fruit of two additional species that still can be found growing on site.

Platinum-free catalysts could make cheaper hydrogen fuel cells

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists studied platinum-free catalysts for important fuel cell reactions. The research provides understanding of the mechanisms that make the catalysts effective, and it could inform production of more efficient and cost-effective catalysts.