Recognized for excellence in connecting basic research to innovative technology,
Argonne is at the forefront of scientific and technological advancement. The
links below provide access to the home pages of Argonne's major research divisions
and programs.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Educational
Programs — Argonne's link to the educational
community, the Division of Educational Programs offers
scientific education programs for graduate students, undergraduates,
K-12 students and faculty members. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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National
Security — Argonne's National Security programs draw from all the
laboratory's research divisions to develop new technologies that help
protect the nation from attack and from accidental incidents, such
as natural disasters. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |