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Argonne nuclear engineer J'Tia Hart selected to Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40"

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne nuclear engineer J'Tia Hart has been named to Crain's Chicago Business's '40 Under 40' list, which recognizes young leaders in a variety of fields.

Lab-wide sustainability efforts win federal recognition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne National Laboratory has won a regional Federal Green Challenge award for conserving resources and saving taxpayers' money.

Deep neural networks speed up weather and climate models

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of environmental and computation scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating to use deep neural networks, a type of machine learning, to replace the parameterizations of certain physical schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model, an extremely comprehensive model that simulates the evolution of many aspects of the physical world around us.

Journal: Geoscientific Model Development
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Biofuel producers make significant gains in efficiency, productivity and conservation

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The nation's biofuel producers have made significant gains in both energy efficiency and water conservation in recent years, according to a comprehensive survey conducted by Argonne National Laboratory.

US Department of Energy to hold Fifth Cyberforce Competition™

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Going on its fourth year, DOE's CyberForce Competition™ on Nov. 15-16 will give teams of cybersecurity students and professionals the opportunity to compete and refine their skills in real-time at 10 national laboratories across the US.

Argonne collaborates to review current battery recycling processes for electric vehicles

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nature has published a new review co-authored by Argonne analyst Linda Gaines. The review evaluates the state of EV battery recycling today and what's needed to build a more sustainable future.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Harvesting Energy from Light using Bio-inspired Artificial Cells

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists designed and connected two different artificial cells to each other to produce molecules called ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

Research effort by Argonne and the University of Chicago results in R&D 100 Award

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has led to a prestigious R&D 100 Award and is expected to bring an innovation closer to market so it ultimately can be used in many industrial applications.

X-rays of human skull to improve military helmets

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The Army Research Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory looked at the structure of the human skull using high-energy X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source. This detailed characterization of the skull will inform computer models to help develop more effective helmets for soldiers.

EZ Select attracts undesirables to benefit biomanufacturing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a highly selective adsorbent material called EZ Select to tackle inefficiencies in bioproduct extraction for biomanufacturing processes.