Argonne releases new version of award-winning vehicle simulation modeling software

ARGONNE, Ill. (Dec. 19, 2006) — Argonne National Laboratory's Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) enables designers to overcome time and cost constraints for advanced vehicle design, such as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. Because it would be impossible to build and test every different powertrain option manually, PSAT provides the modeling and simulation capabilities for automotive designers to quickly examine the multitudes of possible configurations and understand the impacts of performance and fuel economy. More...

Nalco, Argonne team up to improve water management for coal-based power plants

ARGONNE, Ill. (Dec. 14, 2006) — Nalco Company, the global leader in industrial water treatment, and Argonne National Laboratory today announced a joint research partnership to develop advanced technologies to reduce, reuse and recover power plant cooling water. More...

Argonne to lead DOE's effort to evaluate plug-in hybrid technology

Argonne National Laboratory has been designated by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies as the lead national laboratory for the simulation, validation and laboratory evaluation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and the advanced technologies required for these vehicles. More...

Biochip technology could become standard diagnostic tool for human, veterinary medicine

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a biochip technology system that may one day become a standard diagnostic tool for identifying human and veterinary infectious diseases. More...

Argonne and partners help biorefineries compete with oil refineries

Argonne researchers are partnering with industry and other national laboratories to develop biorefineries that compete economically with oil refineries. Argonne is one of five DOE laboratories working to replace 30 percent of today's motor fuel with alternative biofuels by 2030. More...

Argonne inventions win five R&D 100 Awards

The separative bioreactor for the production and recovery of biobased products, which will enable biobased chemical products to be used in place of petrochemicals, developed jointly with Archer Daniels Midland Company. More...

First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine

ARGONNE, Ill. (June 22, 2006) – Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. This window into the inner workings of a hydrogen-powered engine is helping to optimize the engines for street use some day. . More...

APS X-rays reveal the real chemistry behind mercury mixed in mustard agent

The U.S government halted its incineration of mustard agent from the 1940s when it was found contaminated with mercury. Argonne and University of Chicago researchers are helping learn how to dispose of the contaminated mustard agent safely. More...