Congratulations to the following researchers on having their U.S. patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technologies invented at Argonne:
Catalytic nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures, method for making nanosheets to lower soot light off temperatures Patent No.: US 10,040,057
Hee Je Seong (ES)
High performance supercomputing … Read More
In February, during the last severe snowstorm of the season, Claybourne White (PSC) assisted the Advanced Photon Source (APS) in providing continuity of operations by superintending facility users’ safety overnight.
The APS operates on a 24/7 basis, and users visiting the lab often stay at the Guest House. Thus, they can remain safely on site … Read More
Registration is now open for the 2018 APS/CNM Users Meeting which will be held Monday, May 7, through Thursday, May 10, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Building 402. The meeting includes a lineup of workshops and symposia that highlights the ongoing momentum of research being conducted at the APS … Read More
Harry B. Gray, the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and the Founding Director of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology, will present “Solar-Driven Water Splitting” Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
This event is hosted by the Advanced Photon Source.
John M. Byrd
John M. Byrd has accepted the position of director of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Accelerator Systems Division (ASD) in Argonne’s Photon Sciences Directorate, effective July 3, 2017.
“I am confident John’s leadership … Read More
Mark Sutton, a James McGill Professor of Physics at McGill University, will present “X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy: Past, Present and Future” Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
Abstract
Fluctuations, Brownian motion, or thermal noise are where materials store thermal energy. Fluctuations are … Read More
Join Katherine Riley, director of science for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) and guest host Stephen Streiffer, associate laboratory director for Photon Sciences, for the next “Conversations with Kearns” on Monday, May 22, 2017, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bldg. 213 Cafeteria. All employees are invited to attend.
Riley will provide an … Read More
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Nestor J. Zaluzec (PSC), Argonne senior scientist, educator and inventor, has been awarded the 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award for Physical Sciences by the Microscopy Society of America (MSA).
The Society’s Distinguished Scientist Awards … Read More
A special short training course “Beyond Rg: Materials SAXS Short Course 2017″ will be held Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Bldg. 402 Conference Center.
The objective of the short course is to raise the capabilities of the materials small-angle scattering (SAS) and grazing-incidence SAXS (GISAXS) community by providing an intermediate-level … Read More
“This is the most cutting-edge place in the world in my field, in materials science. The APS enables all kinds of collaborations — it’s the only place I’ve worked so far that has scientist from all over the world.”
— Rostislav Hrubiak, Photon Sciences (PSC)
This image was taken at Argonne’s Lab Fest … Read More
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