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Easing bacterial traffic jams

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have developed a way to control the motion of swimming bacteria using 3-D-printed microscopic pillars. This advance might eventually influence microscopic transport, biomedicine and even microrobotics.

Breakthrough shines light on disease-fighting protein

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A combination of X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy assisted in a collaborative effort to obtain the highest-resolution structure of the fungal protein Hsp104, which may serve to hinder the formation of certain degenerative diseases.

Journal: Structure
Funder: United States Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research Program, National Institutes of Health

New research identifies causes for defects in 3D printing and paves way for better results

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research, led by teams from Carnegie Mellon University and the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has identified how and when tiny gas pockets in manufactured products, which lead to cracks and other failures, form. The team has also developed a methodology to predict their formation -- information that could dramatically improve the 3D printing process.

Journal: Science

Transitions: Argonne's pioneering study of nuclear energy future

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Fully vested in advancing nuclear technology since its inception in 1946, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory helped complete detailed analyses of what potential transitions to a new nuclear energy future might look like.

Argonne expertise contributes to the foundation for future electron-ion collider

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists from US Department of Energy's (DOE) national laboratories and a number of top US research universities are proposing to build, within the next decade, an electron ion collider that will provide scientists with one of the best in-depth views of the interior of atomic nuclei.

DOE launches its first lithium-ion battery recycling R&D center: ReCell

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The launch of the Energy Department's first lithium-ion battery recycling center, called the ReCell Center, will help the United States grow a globally competitive recycling industry and reduce our reliance on foreign sources of battery materials.

Argonne researchers probe origins of universe in NASA Spectral Sky Map Mission

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

NASA has selected SPHEREx as its next Medium-Class Explorer Mission, for launch in 2023. The SPHEREx team includes scientists from the Computational Science and High Energy Physics divisions at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

Funder: NASA

Newly isolated human gut bacterium reveals possible connection to depression

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have established a correlation between depression and a group of neurotransmitter-producing bacteria found in the human gut.

Journal: Nature Microbiology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Researchers use X-rays to understand the flaws of battery fast charging

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Argonne researchers used the laboratory's Advanced Photon Source to image a battery as it was quickly charged and discharged, allowing for the observation of lithium plating behavior that can inhibit the battery's long-term function.

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

Argonne's innovative community software is on weather scientists' radar

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

After 4 years, and with contributions from 34 individual editors, the Python-ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART) is now a staple in radar science, illustrating the power of community software.