Argonne’s collaborations in Kansas and across the United States have led to groundbreaking discoveries and development of new technologies that help meet the nation’s needs for sustainable energy, economic prosperity, and security.
The EVS Applied Geosciences and Environmental Management (AGEM) program improves methods for characterizing and restoring environmental sites contaminated with carbon tetrachloride.
Researchers develop low-cost models to predict how short-term and long-term changes in weather patterns affect the local scale — down to neighborhoods or specific critical infrastructure.
When the X-rays blast electrons out of one atom, stripping it from the inside out, it steals more from its neighbors – a new insight that could help advance high-resolution imaging of whole viruses, bacteria and complex materials.
Before farmers settled the Midwestern United States and planted crops, the extensive root systems of prairie grasses — including the tall, strong-stemmed switchgrass species — enriched the soil, creating millions of acres of prime farmland.