17-May-2021 Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter named fellow of the Combustion Institute DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Grant and Award Announcement Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter, a shockwave chemist, was named a fellow of the Combustion Institute.
13-May-2021 For the first time, Argonne researchers reveal how COVID-19 has transformed communities DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Business Announcement Argonne researchers have launched new map-based tools that show how communities held up as COVID-19 spread.
12-May-2021 Argonne leads creation of definitive valuation guide for pumped storage hydropower DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists led four other laboratories in developing definitive guidance on how to value pumped storage hydropower projects. Their efforts resulted in DOE publication of the Pumped Storage Hydropower Valuation Guidebook: A Cost-Benefit and Decision Analysis Valuation Framework. The guide provides an objective, transparent valuation methodology and helps measure both monetary and non-monetary value streams.
12-May-2021 Argonne's Wang and Streets named highly influential climate scientists DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Michael Wang and David Streets, both of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, were named to Reuters' "Hot List" of today's 1,000 most influential climate scientists. Both are in Argonne's Energy and Global Security-Energy Systems (EGS-ES) division.
11-May-2021 Argonne's Margaret Butler Fellowship offers opportunity to work on exascale computing applications DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Now open for applications, Argonne's Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science offers an opportunity for one postdoc to work at the forefront of scientific computing at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.
11-May-2021 Lasers, levitation and machine learning make better heat-resistant materials DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication Argonne scientists across several disciplines have combined forces to create a new process for testing and predicting the effects of high temperatures on refractory oxides. Journal Physical Review Letters
10-May-2021 Argonne team unravels mysteries of carbon release in permafrost soils DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists are studying the release of carbon in thawing permafrost regions to help predict the impact of rising global temperatures on future greenhouse gas emissions.
6-May-2021 Rock transportation system is ready for excavation of DUNE caverns DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory The Fermilab-hosted international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will shoot the world's most powerful beam of neutrinos from the Department of Energy's Fermilab in Illinois to detectors 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) away at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
5-May-2021 5th cohort of five innovators selected for Chain Reaction Innovations program DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Five new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program's fifth cohort to develop clean energy startups that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase US competitiveness in emerging energy technologies.
4-May-2021 Helping companies use high-performance computing to improve US manufacturing DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Argonne is helping U.S. companies solve pressing manufacturing challenges through an innovative program that provides access to Argonne's world-class computing resources and technical expertise.