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Schematic of a neural network surrogate model for an accelerator section. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Argonne scientists to use AI and machine learning to “tune” user facilities, starting with ATLAS

Argonne scientists awarded funding to improve Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System.

Accelerator Science and Engineering, ATLAS, Argonne Wakefield Accelerator

The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines would not have been possible without years of research into similar viruses. Work done at the Advanced Photon Source between 2009 and 2013 led to an increase in effectiveness of several of the COVID-19 vaccines. (Image by Shutterstock/PalSand.)

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Advanced Photon Source research helps make COVID-19 vaccines more effective

More than a decade of virus research at the APS laid the groundwork for more effective COVID-19 vaccines and helped speed their rapid development.

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Q&A with Junhong Chen: Argonne’s lead water strategist addresses questions on managing our precious water resources

Argonne’s lead water strategist addresses questions on managing our precious water resources.

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Argonne’s Yung Liu (left) explains the essentials of nuclear packaging and his ARG-US remote monitoring systems technology to students. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Argonne fast-tracks training in nuclear packaging

Argonne scientists play a central role in coursework on securing nuclear packaging at the University of Nevada, Reno. Graduates of this program help ensure our nation’s safety and security.

Global Security, National Security, Nuclear Safety

Stuart Stock, center, of Northwestern University, talks with Rachel Sabino, right, of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 while Argonne scientist Ali Mashayekhi, left, makes adjustments to the apparatus holding a 1,900-year-old Egyptian mummy. (Image by Mark Lopez / Argonne National Laboratory.)

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Under wraps: X-rays reveal 1,900-year-old mummy’s secrets

Researchers used the powerful X-rays of the Advanced Photon Source to see the preserved remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without disturbing the linen wrappings. The results of those tests point to a new way to study mummified specimens.

Materials Science and Engineering, Medical Science, X-Ray Science and Technology

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Jump into Computer Science Education Week

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Pavan Balaji named Distinguished Member by the ACM

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Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?

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Argonne National Laboratory Deploys Cerebras CS-1, the World’s Fastest Artificial Intelligence Computer

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory Leverages Unprecedented Performance from Cerebras CS-1 to Solve Deep Learning Computational and Science Problems

High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence

Analytical Chemist Yifen Tsai prepares a sample for analysis on the high-resolution ICP-Mass Spectrometer.

Correcting nonlinearity and mass-bias in measurements by ICP quadrupole mass spectrometry

Argonne scientists have demonstrated a technique that can improve the relative standard deviation in the measurement of inorganic isotopes by ICP-QMS by an order of magnitude or more.

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MOFs for Methane Manipulation

Researchers using the Advanced Photon Source have found a way to “activate” methane so that it can be converted into products like liquid fuels, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, and much more.

Analytical Chemistry, X-Ray Science and Technology

(Left) Electrons transiting the 80 mm long metamaterial structure generate high power microwaves. (Right) Photo of the beam line at the ANL Wakefield Test Accelerator

Metamaterials for next-generation accelerators

An experiment at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator demonstrates the potential of a novel metamaterial structure to yield higher accelerating gradients than current particle accelerator technology provides.

Accelerator Physics, Physics

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