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Crystal power

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created and tested a single-crystal electrode that promises to yield pivotal discoveries for advanced batteries under development worldwide.

Journal: Advanced Energy Materials

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer's plaques

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers designed a nanodevice with the potential to prevent peptides from forming dangerous plaques in the brain in order to halt development of Alzheimer's disease.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials

Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new technique developed by a team including researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s Argonne National Laboratory makes atomic layer deposition possible on nearly any membrane.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials

Fermilab, Brookhaven, Open Science Grid contribute computing power to COVID-19 research

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists and engineers at Fermilab and Brookhaven are uniting with other organizations in the Open Science Grid to help fight COVID-19 by dedicating considerable computational power to researchers studying how they can help combat the virus-borne disease.

Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers have uncovered a novel way in which the excitations of magnetic spins in two different thin films can be strongly coupled to each other through their common interface.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Meet the Director: Michael E. Papka

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

This is a continuing profile series on the directors of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facilities. Michael E. Papka is the director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.

Argonne scientists fashion new class of X-ray detector

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories have identified a new class of X-ray detectors based on layered perovskites, a semiconducting material.

Journal: Science Advances

Argonne makes everyday Earth Day

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

As April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory lists its Top 10 green projects, setting itself as an example of honoring every day as Earth Day.

Fourth cohort of 6 innovators selected for Chain Reaction Innovations program

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Six new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program's fourth cohort.

Scientists uncover major cause of resistance in solid electrolytes

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists investigated grain boundaries in a solid electrolyte at an unprecedentedly small scale. The resulting insights provide new avenues for tuning chemical properties in the material to improve performance.

Journal: Nature Materials