National Laboratories, Physical Sciences
Study by UChicago, Argonne researchers found fit is key to protect wearers against COVID-19 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public. Because N95 and surgical masks are...
Medicine, National Laboratories
UChicago, Argonne scientists’ research is starting point for treatments, vaccines, testing Virtually all of the ways to fight COVID-19 hinge on finding antibodies. These little molecules can latch onto viruses and disable them, but they have to be custom-made for a...
Computing and Data Science, National Laboratories
A new approach for using a quantum computer to realize a near-term “killer app” for the technology received first prize in the 2019 IBM Q Best Paper Award competition, the company announced. The paper, “Minimizing State Preparations in Variational Quantum Eigensolver...
Computing and Data Science, National Laboratories, Physical Sciences
Scientists at Argonne National Lab, UChicago search for COVID19 treatments and analysis As COVID-19 makes its way around the world, scientists are working around the clock to analyze the virus to find new treatments and cures and predict how it will propagate through...
Medicine, National Laboratories
Drugs previously in development for SARS could be effective for COVID-19 A potential drug target has been identified in a newly mapped protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease first discovered in 2019 (known as COVID-19). The structure was...
National Laboratories, Quantum
Real-world experiment in Chicago suburbs achieves quantum entanglement across 52-mile fiber network Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago entangled photons across a 52-mile network in the Chicago suburbs, an important step in...
