100 trillion microbes live in each of our bodies. A billion trillion trillion exist in just the oceans. Adding in air, trees, plants, dirt and animals makes that number nearly unfathomable.
At humanities festivals, physics and chemistry typically get left off the menu in favor of poetry and philosophy, but not at this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF).
A breakthrough in components for next-generation batteries could come from special materials that transform their structure to perform better over time.
When Hurricane Irene barreled up the East Coast this August, forecasters had a pretty good idea of the track the storm would take, along with its expected wind, rain and storm surge.
Although lithium-ion technology dominates headlines in battery research and development, a new element is making its presence known as a potentially powerful alternative: sodium.
New life has been pumped into the study and modeling of hydropower storage plants, thanks to a new $1.9 million Department of Energy grant awarded to a project led by Argonne National Laboratory.
When a nasty strain of E. coli flooded hospitals in Germany this summer, it struck its victims with life-threatening complications far more often than most strains — and the search for explanation began.
As the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors unfolded in Japan, several employees at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory were lacing up their boots.