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Striking gold: Advanced Photon Source enables catalysis research at small scales

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By examining tiny particles of gold with powerful X-ray beams, scientists hope they can learn how to cut down on harmful carbon monoxide emissions from motor vehicles.

Celebrate 75 years of Argonne history from your home over the holidays

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Argonne celebrated 75 years at the forefront of science and technology throughout 2021 through audio stories, articles, videos, public lectures, volunteerism and interactive multimedia.

More than meets the eye: Material’s transformation could lead to better-performing devices

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Manganese coupled with sulfide, when under pressure, transitioned from a soft insulator, to a metal, and back again. The materials understanding based on this discovery could lead to new components, such as on-off switches or conducting wires, for better-performing electronics.

Laura Gagliardi elected to Italian National Academy of Sciences

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Grant and Award Announcement

Argonne scientist Laura Gagliardi has been elected to the Italian National Academy of Sciences.

Artificial Intelligence magnifies the utility of electron microscopes

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In electron microscopy, some material properties are hard to capture. To overcome these challenges, Argonne researchers are using AI tools. Their solution has been shown to improve microscope sensitivity and accuracy without requiring expensive hardware changes.

Journal: npj Computational Materials

Accelerating discovery: optimizing workflows to advance the use of AI for science

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Artificial intelligence techniques have the potential to advance science in a variety of fields. Argonne scientists are making some of those techniques faster and more efficient, speeding up the process of scientific discovery.

How to transform vacancies into quantum information

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Argonne and the University of Chicago have made a breakthrough that should help pave the way for greatly improved control over the formation of quantum bits or qubits, the basic unit of quantum information technology.

Journal: Nature Communications

Argonne scientists advance global climate models by embarking on two new field campaigns

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Scientists from multiple national laboratories and universities are pursuing two new ARM field campaigns. The campaigns will track climate-related processes, delivering data that will be use to improve global climate models and simulations.

National school on neutron and X-ray scattering brings students together with two national labs

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The NXS program aims to build connections with graduate students early in their career, so they can see the value of becoming a user of DOE facilities.

Peering at the universe from the bottom of the Earth

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Argonne scientists Lindsey Bleem and Clarence Chang talk about what it’s like to look for signals from the early universe from the South Pole Telescope.

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