Argonne Research Divisions

Advanced Photon Source — The Advanced Photon Source provides the nation's most intense beams of X-rays for forefront basic and applied research in such fields as materials science, biology, physics, chemistry and the environmental, geophysical and planetary sciences.

Argonne Accelerator Institute — The Argonne Accelerator Institute works with all accelerator activities at the laboratory to best use our extensive resources, to enhance the capabilities of our existing facilities, to strategically determine the next steps forward in accelerator development and construction, and to oversee a dynamic and acclaimed accelerator physics portfolio.

Argonne Leadership Computing Facility — The mission of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility is to provide the computational science community with a leading computing capability dedicated to breakthrough science and engineering.

Biosciences — The mission of the Biosciences Division is to use state-of-the-art technology to conduct multidisciplinary basic research to increase our understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of life and enable important advances in environmental protection and remediation, energy production and sustainability, and human health and welfare.

Center for Nanoscale Materials — Understanding and control of material properties at the nanometer scale promises tremendous potential for the advancement of science and technology. The Center for Nanoscale Materials is one of five national research centers devoted to understanding and controlling the properties nanoscale materials.

Chemical Sciences and Engineering — The Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division conducts basic and applied R&D around five theme areas: fundamental interactions, catalysis and energy conversion, electrochemical energy storage, nuclear and environmental processes, and national security.

Computation Institute — The University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory established the Computation Institute in 2000 to address the most challenging problems arising in the use of strategic computation and communications.

Computing, Environment and Life Sciences — The mission of Argonne 's Computing, Environment and Life Sciences directorate is to enable groundbreaking scientific and technical accomplishments in areas of critical importance in the 21st century. The goals are threefold: advancing biology, advancing the intersection of computing and biology, and advancing all activities involving computation.

Decision and Information Sciences — The mission of Argonne's Decision and Information Sciences Division is to develop innovative decision tools, models and information systems and to apply them to the resolution of energy, environmental and other related problems of regional, national and global significance.

Energy Sciences and Engineering — Argonne's work in energy science and engineering is rooted in its strong scientific and engineering expertise in the physical sciences, chemical sciences, nuclear, and mechanical engineered systems, and in the decision and information sciences.

Energy Systems — The Energy Systems Division is a leading center for research and development into energy and environmental issues. The division is an engineering organization with expertise in transportation technologies, industrial processes, applied biological processes, and environmental evaluation and restoration.

Environmental Science — The Environmental Science Division conducts applied research, assessment, and technology development in the following areas: risk and waste management; natural resource systems and integrated assessments; restoration and pollution prevention; environmental policy analysis and planning; and environmental management systems.

High Energy Physics — The High Energy Physics Division at Argonne National Laboratory conducts research in areas of both theoretical and experimental particle physics as well as accelerator development.

Infrastructure Assurance Center — Argonne's Infrastructure Assurance Center provides service and support to public and private organizations working in the areas of infrastructure protection, mitigation, response and recovery.

Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology — The Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology accelerates the transition of basic discoveries in genome science into practical benefits for society. The institute bridges two extraordinary research communities, the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory.

Intense Pulsed Neutron Source — The Intense Pulsed Neutron source is one of the nation's most productive user facilities for neutron scattering experiments to understand that structure and properties of condensed matter.

Materials Science — The Materials Science Division's mission is to develop new materials for society. Current materials of interest include superconductors, magnetics, ferroelectrics, organic crystals and diamond coatings.

Mathematics and Computer Science — The mission of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division is to increase scientific productivity in the 21st century by providing intellectual and technical leadership in the computing sciences: computer science, applied computational mathematics and computational science.

Nuclear Engineering — The Nuclear Engineering Division's mission is to apply Argonne's world-class expertise in nuclear reactor technology to the development of advanced nuclear reactor systems to problems of national and international significance.

Physics — The Physics Division has active experimental and theory groups that study the properties of nuclei and atoms. Major experimental facilities used by the division's scientists include the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System and the Advanced Photon Source.

Structural Biology Center — The Structural Biology Center (SBC) operates a national user facility for macromolecular crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source. The SBC makes available to scientific community two experimental stations that are well suited for a wide range of crystallographic experiments.

Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center — The Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC) is a Department of Transportation state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and high-performance computing center dedicated to solving a host of intractable transportation problems, including traffic congestion in major cities, the effects of stresses on transportation infrastructure and the crashworthiness of vehicles.

Transportation Technology R&D Center — Argonne Transportation Technology R&D Center brings together scientists and engineers from many disciplines to find cost-effective solutions to the problems of transporting people and goods from one place to another — issues like vehicle emissions and energy supply.