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Purple sunlight eaters

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A protein found in the membranes of ancient microorganisms that live in desert salt flats could offer a new way of using sunlight to generate environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel, according to a new study by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.

Journal: Nano Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

50-year-old assumptions about strength muscled aside

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New understanding of where muscles get their power from turns 50 years of strength belief on its head. New insight could aid everything from bodybuilding to cardiac care.

Funder: Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

4 Argonne National Laboratory scientists named Distinguished Fellows

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Four scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have been named Argonne Distinguished Fellows, the laboratory's highest scientific honor.

Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dense materials made porous, doubling the number of nanotraps for use as water filters, chemical sensors, sequestration, hydrogen fuel cell storage, drug delivery, and catalysis.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Questions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study suggests that iron fertilization, the process of putting iron into the ocean to encourage the growth of C02 capturing alga blooms, could backfire.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

The formula for turning cement into metal

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a move that would make the alchemists of King Arthur's time green with envy, scientists have unraveled the formula for turning liquid cement into liquid metal. This makes cement a semi-conductor and opens up its use in the profitable consumer electronics marketplace for thin films, protective coatings, and computer chips.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

New X-ray method shows how frog embryos could help thwart disease

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before. This result showcases a new method to advance biological research and the search for new treatments for genetic diseases.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Department of Energy

Strengthening legumes to tackle fertilizer pollution

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of scientists create the first model of legume iron transportation aimed at maximizing nitrogen fixation, even in poor soil.

Journal: Metallomics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Freedom of assembly

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have, for the first time, captured movies of nanoparticle self-assembly, giving researchers a new glimpse of an unusual material property.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation

NOvA neutrino detector records first 3-D particle tracks

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Business Announcement

The in-progress NOvA neutrino detector recorded its first cosmic ray particles in March. The experiment begins in earnest this summer.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy