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Nanoparticles for improving smart-window energy efficiency

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

US buildings leak an estimated 30 percent of their energy through inefficient windows, costing consumers an estimated $42 billion annually. But that could begin to change if efforts by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are successful in commercializing a patented new process for synthesizing vanadium dioxide nanoparticles that makes manufacturing energy-efficient 'smart windows' economical.

Zaluzec named microscopy 'legend'

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne senior scientist Nestor Zaluzec has been inducted into the inaugural 'legends' class of fellows of the Microanalysis Society.

Argonne's new Combustion Synthesis Research Facility heats up manufacturing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Argonne announces the availability of a new manufacturing technology that simplifies the manufacture of nanomaterials in high volumes. Known as Flame Spray Pyrolysis (FSP), the technology offers benefits over traditional methods used to manufacture the particle-based substances that are critical to producing a wide range of industrial materials.

Argonne welcomes DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, US Department of Energy's (DOE) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), visited Argonne on August 30 to get a first-hand look at the laboratory's national security contributions.

Department of Energy awards $4.3 million to Argonne to support industry collaborations

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The US Department of Energy has awarded more than $20 million to help national laboratories across the country collaborate with US businesses to speed promising energy technologies to the marketplace. Argonne National Laboratory received $4.3 million from DOE to fund 12 projects across six divisions.

Funder: DOE/Office of Technology Transitions

University of Wisconsin-Madison and Argonne partner to further advanced manufacturing technologies

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

University of Wisconsin-Madison and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory signed a memorandum of understanding to build partnerships to accelerate the development of technologies to fuel growth in the $1.2 trillion manufacturing sector, and facilitate a broad portfolio of research shared between the two institutions.

JCESR receives Secretary of Energy's Achievement Award

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Secretary of Energy's office has awarded the Scientific and Operational Leadership team for the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) the Secretary of Energy's Achievement Award.

Funder: Basic Energy Sciences, DOE/US Department of Energy

Putting 'public' back into publication

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

A new data platform for the biological sciences promises to improve the face of scientific analysis and publication.

Chain of relief

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

When disaster strikes, our local supply chains are among the first to respond. Supply chain operators provide relief by securing access to critical goods and utilities like food, medicine and electricity.

Argonne hosts modeling, experimentation and validation summer school

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Visitors flocked to the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory for the ninth annual Modeling, Experimentation and Validation (MeV) Summer School in late July.