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Single-angle ptychography allows 3-D imaging of stressed materials

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists have used a new X-ray diffraction technique called Bragg single-angle ptychography to get a clear picture of how planes of atoms shift and squeeze under stress.

Lake Park High School wins Argonne's 2017 Rube Goldberg Machine Challenge

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In 75 steps, Lake Park High School won Argonne's Rube Goldberg Machine Challenge. They now go on to the national competition in Columbus, Ohio.

High-precision calculations on supercomputers help reveal the physics of the universe

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers have developed a new theoretical approach, ideally suited for high-performance computing systems, capable of making predictive calculations about particle interactions that conform almost exactly to experimental data. This new approach could give scientists a valuable tool for describing new physics and particles beyond those currently identified.

Argonne invents reusable sponge that soaks up oil

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Argonne have invented a new foam, called Oleo Sponge, that not only easily adsorbs spilled oil from water, but is also reusable and can pull dispersed oil from the entire water column -- not just the surface.

Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, US Coast Guard, Office of Basic Energy Sciences., Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Argonne hosts 15th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

IGED is a diversity outreach program designed to provide 8th-grade girls an opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. Students are assigned to engineer and scientist mentors who accompany the girls throughout the day's scheduled activities.

Researchers coax particles to form vortices using magnetic fields

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Argonne created tiny swirling vortices out of magnetic particles, providing insight into the behavior that governs such systems -- which opens up new opportunities for materials and devices with new properties.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Energy/Office of Science

A road trip to test a magnetic cloak at Argonne National Laboratory

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In December, five students from Stony Brook University in New York and their research professor loaded a prototype of a magnetic cloak into an SUV and set off for Argonne National Laboratory, nearly 900 miles away.

Breakthrough wireless sensing system attracts industry and government agency interest

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Top experts in environmental sensing explored existing and potential applications for Waggle and other sensing technologies during a two-day workshop held at Argonne last year. From researching deforestation in the Amazon to improving air quality for manned space missions, attendees revealed unique ways to apply sensing technology to improve our understanding of Earth and human health -- and a number of these applications employed Waggle.

Middle schoolers test their knowledge at science bowl competition

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Ten middle school teams met at Argonne for the 27th annual Department of Energy Regional Science Bowl in February.

New study of ferroelectrics offers roadmap to multivalued logic for neuromorphic computing

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research published Wednesday in Nature Scientific Reports lays out a theoretical map to use ferroelectric material to process information using multivalued logic -- a leap beyond the simple ones and zeroes that make up our current computing systems that could let us process information much more efficiently.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, European Commission, Materials Science and Engineering Division