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Researchers Discover Metallic Material With the Highest Thermal Conductivity

Anyone who has ever been frustrated by an overheating mobile phone or wondered how devices will withstand the heat generated by artificial intelligence (AI) applications may be excited to learn about a recent discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about cooling pathways in electronics.

13 Apr 2026

Scientists Reveal Structural Secrets of Superconductors at Near Room Temperatures

Scientists discovered how tiny changes in superhydride structure enable superconductivity at near room temperatures but extreme pressure - offering clues for designing more practical superconductors.

6 Apr 2026

New Attosecond Measurements Challenge Existing Models of Electron Interaction

Scientists used a free-electron laser to measure delays as short as an attosecond in X-ray photoemission. Photoemission is where an atom or molecule absorbs light and emits an electron.

3 Apr 2026

Advanced Microscopy Visualizes Hidden Atomic Motifs in Semiconductors

Semiconductors are the foundation of modern electronics. Many semiconductors are made primarily of one element with a few other atoms added to the mix.

1 Apr 2026

Unraveling Iridium's Hidden Chemistry at the Solid and Liquid Interface

By unraveling iridium's hidden chemistry at interfaces between a solid and liquid, Argonne scientists are helping strengthen the scientific basis for technologies that produce fuels and valuable chemicals and critical materials.

31 Mar 2026

Advanced Microscopy Reveals How Light Interacts With Tiny Nanoframes

Argonne and Northwestern University scientists teamed up to understand how light interacts with metallic nanoframes, with implications for biosensing, quantum information science and beyond.

27 Mar 2026

Switchable Quantum States Found in New Type of Nickel Compound

A team of researchers led by Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated that a compound of nickel, sulfur and potassium can switch between quantum states, a trait that could be valuable in devices such as transistors and sensors.

26 Mar 2026

Scientists Develop Machine Learning Framework to Accelerate Catalyst Discovery

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory developed a new machine learning framework that can accelerate the search for better catalysts -- the materials that speed up chemical reactions -- and offer more reliable results.

25 Mar 2026

New AI Model Reconstructs Molecular Structures From Ion Explosion Data

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the movement of the molecule's ions after they are blasted apart by X-rays, a technique called Coulomb explosion imaging.

24 Mar 2026

AI and Supercomputers Predict Carbon Transformations Under Extreme Conditions

Scientists at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory are using supercomputers and AI to predict how carbon behaves under extreme conditions. Their discoveries enable the design of advanced materials for medicine, energy and national security -- before they are ever made in a lab.

18 Mar 2026

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