2018 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Argonne scientists have invented a membrane (shown here) that, when exposed to sunlight, can clean itself and also actively degrade pollutants. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Sunlight Turns Membrane Into a Self-cleaning, Pollutant-eating Powerhouse

researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have invented a membrane that, when exposed to sunlight, can clean itself and also actively degrade pollutants. The advance paves the way for membranes that can last longer and perform better than those in use today, lowering costs.

Frederick Davis, one of the 2018 VetTech interns, works in the calibration shop at Fermilab. Photo: Reidar Hahn

Fermilab's Recruitment of Veterans is a Win-Win for Everyone

Fermilab has expanded its VetTech internship program, seeking out veterans for technical and computing positions across the laboratory.

As part of Argonne’s new manufacturing science and engineering summer program, college students studying advanced manufacturing technologies tour each other’s labs to learn about various R&D jobs in that field and student projects. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Robots and Remote Systems to the Rescue

This summer, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory educated a group of college interns on how to use robotic systems to advance manufacturing.

A rendering of the completed Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array, known as GRETA. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

A Next Step for GRETA: A Better Gamma-Ray Detector

A new high-resolution gamma-ray detector system – designed to reveal new details about the structure and inner workings of atomic nuclei, and to elevate our understanding of matter and the stellar creation of elements – has passed an important project milestone.

Unleashing A World of Quantum Opportunities

Working with interagency partners, the Department of Energy is striving to advance quantum computing, the next frontier in the Information Age.

Department of Energy to Provide $100 Million for Particle Physics Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million for new and renewal university grants for the study of high energy physics. The grants are expected to cover the full range of particle physics research, including work based on proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the study of neutrinos, the search for dark matter and dark energy, the advance of particle accelerator and detector technologies, and particle physics theory.

NVIDIA's latest deep learning high-performance computing system

Leading-edge AI Computing System Now at Home with Brookhaven Lab's Computational Science Initiative

The Computational Science Initiative (CSI) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory now hosts one of the newest computing systems aimed at enhancing the speed and scale for conducting diverse scientific research: the NVIDIA® DGX-2™ Artificial Intelligence supercomputer.

Dancing Atoms in Perovskite Materials Provide Insight Into How Solar Cells Work

A new study is a step forward in understanding why perovskite materials work so well in energy devices and potentially leads the way toward a theorized “hot” technology that would significantly improve the efficiency of today’s solar cells.

Shallow cumulus clouds gather over the Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory.

LASSO Case Study: Tapping ARM’s Doppler Lidars

To improve models, researchers tap Doppler LIDARs to estimate critical cloud-based updrafts and downdrafts that carry heat and moisture.

A conceptual illustration of a neutron converting to a proton through an interaction with the weak current of the Standard Model. Image credit: Evan Berkowitz/Jülich Research Centre and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Award Finalists Demonstrate Improved QCD Code for Supercomputing

Modeling nuclei using fundamental quantum mechanics equations is a big job to manage, even for the world’s fastest computers.

PhD students Kevin Miao, left, Alexandre Bourassa and postdoctoral researcher Sam Bayliss work in Awschalom's lab at the University of Chicago.

Argonne Poised for Pivotal Discoveries and Impact in a Quantum World

Quantum materials display unusual properties at the atomic and subatomic scale that, if properly engineered, could lead to new classes of devices and computing capabilities that far exceed the capabilities of existing technology. A new X-ray technique developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory may help scientists learn more about its nanoscale properties.

Land and atmosphere—as in this LBNL photo titled “Sky and Field,” by Roy Kaltschmidt—and how they consequentially interact are the chief current research interest of atmospheric scientist Ian Williams.

'A Different Kind of Earth System Model'

Ian N. Williams is a research scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is among many national laboratory scientists developing new ways to integrate land-atmosphere interactions into climate-predictive models.