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Tim Knewitz named Argonne National Laboratory's Chief Financial Officer

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The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has named Tim Knewitz at its Chief Financial Officer.

Getting to the root of plant simulations

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory developed a new algorithm to bolster what once were static models of root dynamics, providing researchers a clearer picture of what's really happening beneath the soil. The work, published in the January 28 issue of the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, describes the dynamic root model and its use with the Energy Exascale Earth System Land Model (ELM).

Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Newly devised static negative capacitor could improve computing

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, together with collaborators in France and Russia, have created a permanent static 'negative capacitor,' a device believed to have been in violation of physical laws until about a decade ago.

Journal: Communications Physics

Through machine learning, new model holds water

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the effort to mathematically represent how water behaves.

Journal: Nature Communications

Scientists pioneer new low-temperature chemical conversion process

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a recent study from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, chemists have identified a way to convert cyclohexane to cyclohexene or cyclohexadiene, important chemicals in a wide range of industrial processes.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Argonne takes a lead role in solving dark energy mystery

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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), a partnership between the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, is among a new generation of ground-based telescopes supported by advanced supercomputing and data analysis tools, some of them provided by DOE's Argonne National Laboratory. Scheduled to begin its observations of the cosmos in 2021, the LSST will capture a continuous stream of images and generate massive datasets of roughly half the visible sky every night.

US Department of Energy funds Argonne sensing project at O'Hare

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory received nearly $3.2 million for their proposal on the use of distributed sensing and high-performance computing to reduce traffic congestion while minimizing energy consumption and emissions in and around Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Argonne scientist advances energy sciences through professional leadership

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Ralph Muehleisen of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory was recently re-elected to the Board of Directors of IBPSA-USA, the U.S. affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation Association. IBPSA is a global leader in the promotion of building simulation science and one of the largest professional organizations in the world for building scientists and engineers.

Argonne pioneers tools to help countries worldwide plan for power delivery

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Power system analysis tools developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are being used in more than 40 countries around the world. One of these tools, the Generation and Transmission Maximization Model, or GTMax, simulates regional or national electricity systems, helping grid operators to study complex electricity market and operational issues.

Argonne National Laboratory works with AT&T on climate resiliency project

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Business Announcement

AT&T and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are teaming up on a climate resiliency project that will help AT&T better prepare for and adapt to the impacts of changing weather patterns and extreme weather events.

Funder: Strategic Partnership Project/AT&T