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6-Nov-2023

Media Tip: Argonne tool helps map out where to develop clean energy infrastructure

The Geospatial Energy Mapper (GEM) from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is an interactive online mapping tool with an extensive catalog of mapping data for energy planning.

6-Nov-2023

Media Tip: How Argonne is working with banks around the world to prevent weapons proliferation

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Nonproliferation experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are helping the financial sector in partner countries avoid inadvertent support of illegal weapons trades.

6-Nov-2023

Argonne researchers to present cutting-edge work at SC23 conference

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists recognized for use of exascale computing tools to achieve high-fidelity simulations of advanced nuclear reactor systems and high-resolution simulations that reduce uncertainty in climate model predictions.

3-Nov-2023

Growing the quantum workforce by making education accessible to all

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Quantum Systems Accelerator's summer camp (QCaMP) for high school students in New Mexico and California continues to evolve and grow. Under the 2023 Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) Pathway Summer School initiative, the DOE Office of Science awarded new funding to expand QCaMP's curricula and host students on-site at Berkeley Lab and Sandia Labs in 2024.

1-Nov-2023

Pairing artificial intelligence with award-winning battery health measurement technology

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Industry needs better ways to diagnose the batteries that power these devices to ensure their safety, performance and reliability from inception to recycling.

1-Nov-2023

Borrowing semiconductor industry know-how to make better batteries

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

For the first time ever, Argonne researchers demonstrate a semiconductor coating technique for use on the powder form of sulfur-containing, solid battery electrolytes.

30-Oct-2023

How microelectronics will take computing to new heights

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory is leading research to reimagine more energy efficient microelectronics for a future driven by data and artificial intelligence.

27-Oct-2023

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm celebrates revolutionary X-ray laser upgrade at SLAC

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The Secretary and other U.S. Department of Energy officials spent an afternoon touring SLAC’s energy labs, the superconducting-accelerator-powered Linac Coherent Light Source, and the Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera. At a celebratory gathering, they commended staff for their vision and dedication in bringing LCLS-II “first light” to fruition.

26-Oct-2023

At the root of bulked-up plants

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists identified a gene “hotspot” in the poplar tree that triggers dramatically increased root growth. The discovery supports development of better bioenergy crops and other plants that can thrive in difficult conditions while storing more carbon belowground.

26-Oct-2023

Entrepreneurship program at Argonne opens applications for startups

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, seeks innovators to embed at Argonne and develop their clean energy or climate technologies.