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Tiny bubbles

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Bubbles are a linchpin of nuclear engineering, helping to explain the natural world, predict safety issues and improve the operation of the existing and next-generation nuclear fleet. High-performance supercomputers like Mira, located at Argonne, are helping researchers understand the phenomena of bubbling behavior more quickly.

Doing the neutron dance

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Two materials scientists, Suzanne te Velthuis and Stephan Rosenkranz, have been named fellows of the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA).

University teams to compete in Department of Energy's 2018 National Cyber Defense Competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

The US Department of Energy is proud to announce the 29 university teams selected to compete in the third annual Cyber Defense Competition (CDC), taking place April 6-7, 2018.

What a mesh

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists from across the US has found a new way to create molecular interconnections that can give a certain class of materials exciting new properties, including improving their ability to catalyze chemical reactions or harvest energy from light.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/Office of Basic Energy Sciences

It's a trap!

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have published a new study that identifies the process by which holes get trapped in nanoparticles made of zinc oxide, a material of potential interest for solar applications because it absorbs ultraviolet light.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Nickel in the X-ray limelight

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists and collaborators have identified another elemental actor in catalytic reactions that helps activate palladium while reducing the amount of the precious metal needed for those reactions to occur.

Argonne's powerful X-rays key to confirming water source deep below Earth's surface

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Science last week relies on extremely bright X-ray beams from the US Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory to confirm the presence of naturally occurring water at least 410 kilometers below the Earth's surface. This exciting discovery could change our understanding of how water circulates deep in the Earth's mantle and how heat escapes from the lower regions of our planet.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE/Office of Science Office of Basic Energy Sciences, National Science Foundation

Advanced Photon Source commissions 'Velociprobe' for faster, higher-resolution X-ray microscopy

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

To address challenges and opportunities from Argonne's Upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the laboratory commissioned the 'Velociprobe,' a new scanning tool to explore the limits of fast, high-resolution X-ray microscopy. The instrument, which will be used at the APS before the Upgrade is completed, was built under the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.

Scientists have a new way to gauge the growth of nanowires

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers from the US Department of Energy's Argonne and Brookhaven National Laboratories observed the formation of two kinds of defects in individual nanowires, which are smaller in diameter than a human hair.

Journal: Nano Letters

United States Department of Energy to host multi-laboratory Cyber Defense Competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In less than one month, over a hundred college students from across the United States will convene in one of the largest cyber defense competitions in the nation. The event, hosted by the US Department of Energy, will take place on April 6-7, 2018. This event will be simultaneously hosted across three of the Department's national laboratories: Argonne, Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest.