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Insights into obscure transition uncovered by X-rays

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The list of potential mechanisms that underlie an unusual metal-insulator transition has been narrowed by a team of scientists using a combination of X-ray techniques. This transition has ramifications for material design for electronics and sensors.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, US Department of Defense

Extreme pressure causes osmium to change state of matter

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using metallic osmium in experimentation, an international group of researchers have demonstrated that ultra-high pressures cause core electrons to interplay, which results in experimentally observed anomalies in the compression behavior of the material.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swedish Research Council, Swedish Government, Swedish e-Science Research Center, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Making fuel from light

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Photosynthesis has given life to the planet. While scientists have been studying and mimicking the natural phenomenon in the laboratory for years, understanding how to replicate the chemical process behind it has largely remained a mystery -- until now.

Journal: Chemical Communications
Funder: DOE/Basic Energy Sciences

Argonne pushing boundaries of computing in engine simulations

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will be testing the limits of computing horsepower this year with a new simulation project from the Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative that will harness 60 million computer core hours to reduce those uncertainties and pave the way to more effective engine simulations.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Vehicle Technologies

Dark Energy Survey finds more celestial neighbors

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey, using one of the world's most powerful digital cameras, have discovered eight more faint celestial objects hovering near our Milky Way galaxy.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Fermilab experiment sees neutrinos change over 500 miles

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists on the NOvA experiment saw their first evidence of oscillating neutrinos, confirming that the extraordinary detector built for the project not only functions as planned but is also making great progress toward its goal of a major leap in our understanding of these ghostly particles.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields Annual Meeting

Copper clusters capture and convert carbon dioxide to make fuel

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The chemical reactions that make methanol from carbon dioxide rely on a catalyst to speed up the conversion, and Argonne scientists identified a new material that could fill this role. With its unique structure, this catalyst can capture and convert carbon dioxide in a way that ultimately saves energy.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: DOE/Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Gut microbes affect circadian rhythms in mice, study says

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study including researchers from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago found evidence that gut microbes affect circadian rhythms and metabolism in mice.

Journal: Cell Host & Microbe

Argonne National Lab finds butanol is good for boats

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Argonne has collaborated with Bombardier Recreational Products and the National Marine Manufacturers Association to demonstrate the effectiveness of a fuel blend with 16 percent butane. This blend would incorporate more biofuels into marine fuel without the issues caused by increasing levels of ethanol, which can cause difficulties in marine engines at high concentrations.

Funder: Vehicle Technologies Office within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Young scientist discovers magnetic material unnecessary to create spin current

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research at Argonne indicates that you don't need a magnetic material to create spin current from insulators--with important implications for the field of spintronics and the development of high-speed, low-power electronics that use electron spin rather than charge to carry information.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science