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A new super-hard form of carbon has been created by an international team of scientists working with X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

For the first time X-ray scientists have combined high-resolution imaging with 3-D viewing of the surface layer of material using X-ray vision in a way that does not damage the sample. This new technique expands the range of X-ray research possible for biology and many aspects of nanotechnology, particularly nanofilms, photonics, and micro- and nano-electronics. This new technique also reduces "guesswork" by eliminating the need for modeling-dependent structural simulation often used in X-ray analysis.

Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider announced today that they have observed a new particle. More than 1,700 people from US institutions -- including 89 American universities and seven US Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories -- played important roles in the search for the Higgs at the LHC.

After more than 10 years of gathering and analyzing data produced by the US Department of Energy's Tevatron collider, scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations have found their strongest indication to date for the Higgs particle. The final analysis of Tevatron data does not settle the question of whether the Higgs particle exists, but gets closer to an answer. Results from the Large Hadron Collider will be needed to establish a discovery.

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory received four of the 2012 R&D 100 awards.

The Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago partners with the Canadian Light Source to tackle global challenges.

Organic solar cells are becoming more efficient thanks to a new set of discoveries that alter their behaviors at the electronic level.

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered an unusual quantum effect in the earliest stages of photosynthesis.

Nuclear and coal power plants are some of the thirstiest machines on earth. The turbines that spin inside of them to generate electricity require tons and tons of steam, and all of that water has to come from somewhere.