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DUNE collaboration ready to ramp up mass production for first detector module

DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

The international DUNE collaboration is conducting final tests of the components for its first neutrino detector module, to be installed a mile underground in South Dakota. Preparations for ramping up the mass production of these components are underway.

Ultrasmall swirling magnetic vortices detected in iron-containing material

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A multi-institutional team, including Argonne, has discovered surprising spin properties in thin films of an iron-containing magnetic material. These properties could be applicable as basic units in information storage applications.

Journal: Advanced Materials

What can we do about all the plastic waste?

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Institute for the Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) is helping to address the plastic waste accumulation problem by developing the science needed to turn used plastic into valuable materials.

Journal: Nature Catalysis

Argonne, Progress Rail, test low-carbon fuels on the path to decarbonizing the rail industry

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne National Laboratory and Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc., a Caterpillar company, have joined to research a variety of bio- and renewable diesel fuels with the goal of lowering the carbon impact of the U.S. freight rail industry.

Head-to-head trivia competition brings new excitement to virtual Science Bowl

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

To make the experience more engaging for students, Argonne has begun hosting its regional, virtual Science Bowl in a head-to-head setup.

APS Upgrade to enhance ‘molecular movies’ to understand certain types of antibiotic resistance

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have used serial crystallography, a way to make molecular movies, to see in real time the mechanisms involved in an enzyme that confers antibiotic resistance to a certain bacterium.

Journal: Nature Communications

U.S. Department of Energy and Stellantis announce the Battery Workforce Challenge

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Business Announcement

BattChallenge is a three-year competition joining universities with vocational partners, such as community colleges, trades and apprenticeship programs, to design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery into a future Stellantis vehicle.

Using X-rays and additive manufacturing to print tough materials

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

In a breakthrough for industrial manufacturing, scientists using the resources at Argonne were able to consistently produce 17-4 PH steel, one of the world’s toughest materials, using X-rays and the additive manufacturing process.

Journal: Additive Manufacturing

New physical science summer school offers opportunity for underrepresented college students

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science is piloting STEM summer schools at national labs. As part of that, DOE has awarded Argonne funding to pilot a four-week summer school for undergraduate students.

Argonne is helping U.S. companies advance battery recycling technology and strengthen the nation’s battery supply chain

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Companies from across the United States have partnered with the experts at Argonne to advance their battery reuse and recycling projects, thanks to funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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