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9-Aug-2017

Growing a startup with a big impact from a tiny fungi

A startup company working with Argonne's Chain Reaction Innovations is designing a new form of activated carbon for use in filtration, chemical separation and biogas conditioning.

7-Aug-2017

Big Data meets big healthcare for veterans

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Veterans will be the ultimate winners in the US Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Energy (DOE) Big Data Science Initiative, a collaborative research effort that casts Argonne National Laboratory in a prominent role.

4-Aug-2017

'Monkey wrench' molecule jams tuberculosis protein

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory were part of a recent discovery of a new molecule that attacks tuberculosis-causing bacteria by cutting off its production of a chemical necessary for its survival.

3-Aug-2017

Dark Energy Survey reveals most accurate measurement of universe's dark matter

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dark Energy Survey scientists have unveiled the most accurate measurement ever made of the present large-scale structure of the universe. These measurements of the amount and 'clumpiness' (or distribution) of dark matter in the present-day cosmos were made with a precision that, for the first time, rivals that of inferences from the early universe by the European Space Agency's orbiting Planck observatory.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science
Meeting: American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields Meeting

2-Aug-2017

Argonne uses digital tools to preserve Southwestern cultural heritage

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Hollywood's Indiana Jones gained fame for wielding his pistol and bullwhip, but researchers at Argonne National Laboratory prefer to equip themselves with something far more sophisticated: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis.

31-Jul-2017

Nuclear energy comes full circle: Argonne takes part in start-up and shut down

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Since the world's first nuclear chain reaction ignited 75 years ago, Argonne has led the way in developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. That legacy comes full circle through Argonne's Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Program, which has led the way in decommissioning nuclear facilities at the lab and around the world for over 40 years.

31-Jul-2017

Argonne goes deep to crack cancer code

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers tackling cancer through deep learning with an eye towards the future and exascale computing.

26-Jul-2017

Air Force Fellows aim high at Argonne

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Science, technology and national security come together in a personal and powerful way through the US Air Force Fellows program at Argonne National Laboratory, which on July 10 will become a second home to Lt. Col. Chris Snyder and Maj. Sean 'Skeet' Richardson.

14-Jul-2017

Mica provides clue to how water transports minerals

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Delaware, chemists have been able to look at the interface between water and muscovite mica, a flat mineral commonly found in granite, soils and many sediments. In particular, the researchers looked at the capture and release of rubidium - a metal closely related to but more easily singled out than common elements like potassium and sodium.

Journal: Nature Communications

12-Jul-2017

Tackling disease in three dimensions: Supercomputers help decode RNA structure

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In collaboration with staff from the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, researchers at the National Cancer Institute have perfected a technique that accurately computes the 3-D structure of RNA sequences. This method, which relies on a computer program known as RS3D and supercomputer Mira gives researchers studying cancer and other diseases structural insights about associated RNAs that can be used to advance computer-assisted drug design and development.