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Argonne scientists discover new pathway for artificial photosynthesis

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Currently, the most efficient methods that we have of making fuel -- principally hydrogen -- from sunlight and water involve rare and expensive metal catalysts, like platinum. In a new study, researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have found a new, more efficient way to link a less expensive synthetic cobalt-containing catalyst to an organic light-sensitive molecule, called a chromophore.

Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

A wrong molecular turn leads down the path to Type 2 diabetes

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Computing resources at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have helped researchers better grasp how proteins misfold to create the tissue-damaging structures that lead to type 2 diabetes. The structures, called amyloid fibrils, are also implicated in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and in prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jacob and mad cow disease.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Scientists reduce protein crystal damage, improve pharmaceutical development

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with two other institutions, have identified a method for protein crystallography that reduces damage to the protein crystal. This will allow crystals to be studied for longer periods of time as researchers study protein structures for new pharmaceuticals.

Journal: Acta Crystallographica
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science, National Science Foundation

A new material for solar panels could make them cheaper, more efficient

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A unique solar panel design made with a new ceramic material points the way to potentially providing sustainable power cheaper, more efficiently, and requiring less manufacturing time. It also reaches a four-decade-old goal of discovering a bulk photovoltaic material that can harness energy from visible and infrared light, not just ultraviolet light.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, US Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, Energy Commercialization Institute

Argonne scientists Rajh, Soderholm and Segre named AAAS Fellows

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Physical chemist Tijana Rajh, chemist Lynda Soderholm and physicist Carlo Segre of Argonne National Laboratory have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Argonne partners with Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to study Chicago River microbe population

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Argonne National Laboratory scientists are partnering with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to find out the typical sources and distribution of microbial communities in Chicago-area waterways.

Funder: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Scientists push closer to understanding mystery of deep earthquakes

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

French and US team gain new understanding of powerful quakes that occur near Russia, Japan and Western United States.

Journal: Science
Funder: Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, L'Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers

National labs and Air Force partner to improve aircraft component design

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Air Force and national labs partner to save potentially billions on designing high-performance military technology. Improvements to aircraft will increase fuel efficiency and safety.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, US Department of Defense

X-ray science taps bug biology to design better materials and reduce pollution

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Bug spray, citronella candles, mosquito netting -- most people will do anything they can to stay away from insects during the warmer months. But those creepy crawlers we try so hard to avoid may offer substantial solutions to some of life's problems.

Journal: Biomacromolecules
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, US Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health

Researchers hope better catalysts lead to better ways of converting biomass to fuel

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists are seeking new catalysts to transform biomass -- plant sugars from corn or sugarcane -- into fuel.