Argonne researchers trace the development of an HIV antibody that could lead to a vaccine for the virus.
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University, Argonne big on data
Projects involving “big data” – data too large to extrapolate and analyze with standard systems – can revolutionize the way clinical researchers analyze and collect medical data.
Obama discusses energy policy, sequester at Argonne
The President discussed the potential effects of the $85 billion sequester cuts on federal funding for clean energy research at Argonne National Laboratory on Friday.
UChicago launches Metaknowledge Network
The initiative will study “knowledge about knowledge.”
Argonne National Laboratory scientist breaks into acting
UChicago chemist, Marius Stan, is a guest-star on the popular TV show, Breaking Bad.
Argonne helps Boeing
Argonne offered battery expertise to Boeing at the request of a U.S. Representative.
UChicago and Argonne get grant for urban planning
The two institutions will create a new Urban Center for Computation and Data.
Argonne launches alt. energy hub
The new Joint Center for Energy Storage Research will develop batteries that are five times more powerful, five times cheaper, in five years.
Art, science revisit Picasso
Chicago Ideas Week gives Art Institute experts and Argonne scientists a chance to reveal discoveries about Picasso’s paint choices.
Argonne battery will drive Chevy Volt
Argonne also unveiled new business agreements with GE Intelligent Platforms and LG Chem, Ltd., a Korean chemical company.
Newly-appointed Argonne director Isaacs to work towards alternative energy storage
Isaacs plans to put Argonne at the cutting edge of research in X-ray science and energy development.
The Way Things Work: Nuclear waste
The U of C’s nuclear experiments—as well as modern efforts to clean them up—trace their roots to a killjoy administrator, an Italian physicist, and a gang of singing teenagers.
Final stimulus package contains less aid to research and higher ed, but billions remain
Scott Sudduth, associate vice president for federal relations, singled out Fermilab as being “among the big winners.”
University bids for $550-million Department of Energy accelerator
Argonne is competing to win a $550 million contract from the government to build a new nuclear physics facility that would create beams of rare unstable atomic nuclei.
Roy Ringo, alumnus and innovative Argonne nuclear physicist, dead at 91
Roy Ringo (Ph.D. ’41), a pioneer nuclear researcher at Argonne National Laboratory who helped establish the weak force, died last Wednesday.