The mission of the Biosciences Division is to use state-of-the-art technology to conduct multidisciplinary basic research that will increase our understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of life with the goal of enabling important advances in environmental protection and remediation, energy production and sustainability, and human health and welfare. |
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Research could lead to more comprehensive flu vaccines
ARGONNE, Ill. (March 27, 2009) — New findings from research performed on the influenza virus using X-rays generated by the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory may help pave the way for the development of a new, more effective vaccine that could combat a wide range of strains of the common and frequently deadly illness. Read more. |
NIH awards Argonne $800,000 to develop tool to measure distances within proteins
ARGONNE, Ill. (Sept. 3, 2008) — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have won an $800,000 EUREKA award from the National Institutes of Health to develop MADMAX, a precise molecular ruler for measuring distances within a protein. Read more. |
Argonne, University of Chicago researchers pursue grasses as Earth-friendly biofuel
ARGONNE, Ill. (July 18, 2008)—At a small site on the Batavia campus of Fermilab, ecologist Julie Jastrow of Argonne National Laboratory pushes the scientific frontier in a new and exciting way: She watches the grass grow. Read More. |
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