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31-Jul-2024
Pursuing the middle path to scientific discovery
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists have made significant strides in understanding the properties of a ferroelectric material under an electric field. This breakthrough holds potential for advances in computer memory, lasers and sensors for ultraprecise measurements.
- Journal
- Science
30-Jul-2024
Argonne receives U.S. Department of Energy funding for four next-generation clean-energy projects
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Argonne clean-energy projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Projects build on Argonne’s leading role in decarbonizing the U.S. economy.
26-Jul-2024
Smart diagnostics: How Argonne could use Generative AI to empower nuclear plant operators
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryReports and Proceedings
In a new conference paper, Argonne engineers test advanced AI to see if it could help nuclear power plant operators understand and fix problems more easily.
24-Jul-2024
Researchers discover faster, more energy-efficient way to manufacture an industrially important chemical
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
The reactivity of zirconium on silicon nitride enhances the conversion of propane into propylene, a key commodity chemical needed to make polypropylene. This finding hints at the reactivity researchers might achieve with other nontraditional catalysts.
- Journal
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
22-Jul-2024
Argonne-led research working toward reducing electronic waste with biodegradable luminescent polymers
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Argonne-led research working toward reducing electronic waste with biodegradable luminescent polymers with high light-emitting efficiencies.
- Journal
- Nature Sustainability
17-Jul-2024
Ushering in a brilliant future at the Advanced Photon Source
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Dignitaries and luminaries attended a dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility will open new doors to discovery.
16-Jul-2024
Scientists develop new artificial intelligence method to create material ‘fingerprints’
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray science.
- Journal
- Nature
16-Jul-2024
Champion emerges in US Department of Energy’s 2024 CyberForce® Conquer the Hill® — Reign Edition
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Students from 77 colleges and universities raced to escape a five-level virtual escape room filled with cyber and energy-based challenges.
11-Jul-2024
Entrepreneurship program at Argonne announces newest cohort of embedded startup founders
DOE/Argonne National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
Five new innovators will join Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne, and develop their startup technologies as part of the elite program’s eighth cohort.