Applied Sciences on the run: EMSL’s Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science Research

Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Science Theme provides studying reaction mechanisms at the mineral-water, microbe-mineral, and fluid-fluid interfaces at the molecular scale and understanding the effect of these mechanisms on the fate and transport of contaminants.     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: EMSL’s Science of Interfacial Phenomena Research

Science of Interfacial Phenomena Theme provides developing an understanding and gaining control of atomic- and molecular-level structure-function relationships at interfaces     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: EMSL Scientific Grand Challenge

Scientific Grand Challenges differ from typical proposals because they involve the collaboration of researchers from multiple institutions, including universities, national laboratories, and industry, worldwide.     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: Argonne National Laboratory Research Programs

Argonne National Laboratory is recognized for its excellence in connecting basic research to innovative technology. Argonne's research programs fall into four broad categories: Basic Science, Energy Resources, Environmental Management and National Security     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: Argonne Tandem-Linear Accelerator System

Scientists have been able to observe and study only about half the nuclei believed to exist. The CARIBU upgrade to the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System will provide the first glimpse of many more.     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Institute

Solar energy has extraordinary potential to address three daunting challenges the world faces in the next 50 years:     more...

Applied Sciences on the run: Argonne’s work in energy science and engineering

Argonne’s work in energy science and engineering (ESE) is rooted in its strong scientific and engineering expertise in the physical sciences, chemical sciences, nuclear, and mechanical engineered systems, and in the decision and information sciences.     more...

Solar Power Race with Handicaps: China Starts after West

China plans the largest solar power plant. The project is part of an 11,950-megawatt renewable-energy park planned for Ordos City in Inner Mongolia     more...

Who will win in solar power war? West vs. China

German solar energy companies are pursuing two strategies to escape the economic downward spiral: Several firms have already set up or are planning production facilities in Asia to slash costs.     more...

Physical explanation for the discovery of Methane spewing into the oceans

Methane gas would speed up global warming by trapping the Earth's heat radiation about 20 times more efficiently than does the better-known greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide     more...