Since their discovery about fifteen years ago, plastic solar cells made from semiconducting polymers and fullerene derivatives (“buckyballs”) have shown promise for future commercialization.
The ongoing search for evidence of past or present life on Mars includes efforts to identify organic compounds and biomarkers, such as proteins in Martian soil, but their absence to date remains a mystery.
Argonne engineers in the Center for Transportation Research are developing an advanced combustion system that achieves high efficiency (diesel-like) and current level power density while producing ultra-low emissions.
Julius Jellinek of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has been elected a recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award.
The mineral-fluid interface is the principal site of low-temperature geochemical processes at and near Earth’s surface, and exerts a powerful influence on natural geochemical cycles.
ARGONNE, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will host the 1st International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Applications Sept. 15-17, 2008.