'Wild Chicago' takes a road trip to Argonne National Laboratory

ARGONNE, Ill. (June 2, 2006) — Argonne is featured on Wild Chicago, WTTW Channel 11's popular program that showcases area attractions. The program is airing on public television stations throughout Illinois during June and July.

The segment features Argonne director Robert Rosner, physics division director Don Geesaman and scientist Patricia Fernandez showing host Ben Hollis some of the laboratory's research, including the Advanced Photon Source, the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System and Gammasphere.

Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, advance America 's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.

For more information, please contact Steve McGregor (630/252-5580 or media@anl.gov) at Argonne.