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Argonne scientists develop way to predict properties of light nuclei

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have spent 70 years trying to predict the properties of nuclei, but have had to settle for approximate models because computational techniques were not equal to the task. Scientists at US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have learned to compute what happens when nuclei collide.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Argonne-SRNL agreement supports critical DOE, national priorities

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Argonne National Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding with Savannah River National Laboratory to collaborate on nuclear energy and environmental management research projects in support of critical US Energy Department needs and other important national priorities.

Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised a way to eliminate the need for crystallization by using lasers to align large groups of molecules.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, US Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Office of Science

Newest GREET model updates environmental impacts

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The newest version of the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation model from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will provide researchers with even more tools to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of new transportation fuels and advanced vehicle technologies.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Shpyrko receives APS organization's Young Investigator Award

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Advanced Photon Source Users Organization has named Oleg G. Shpyrko as the recipient of the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award. The award recognizes an important technical or scientific accomplishment by a young investigator that depended on, or is beneficial to, the APS. Shpyrko received the award during 2008 Users Week at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, where he also presented his work.

Argonne's Crabtree elected to National Academy of Sciences

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

George W. Crabtree, a senior scientist and administrator at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. Crabtree will be inducted into the Academy next April during its 146th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium nanoclusters spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Notre Dame, were able to finally discover and study the structure of plutonium nanoclusters.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Argonne scientists develop techniques for creating molecular movies

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

They may never win an Oscar, but scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed techniques for creating accurate movies of biological and chemical molecules, a feat only theorized up until now.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Argonne scientists, collaborators create first superinsulator

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Superinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for a drafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly-discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with several European institutions. This discovery both opens new directions of inquiry in condensed matter physics and breaks ground for a new generation of microelectronics.

Journal: Nature

Algae could one day be major hydrogen fuel source

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As gas prices continue to soar to record highs, motorists are crying out for an alternative that won't cramp their pocketbooks. Scientists at US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are answering that call by working to chemically manipulate algae for production of the next generation of renewable fuels -- hydrogen gas.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy