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 Theory
Institute — The Argonne Theory Institute is an international
visitors and study center in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology,
mathematics and computer science. It assembles international research
teams with complementary expertise tailored to important emerging
problems. |
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Biosciences — The
basic mission of the Biosciences Division is to conduct multidisciplinary
research that further increases understanding of the fundamental mechanisms
of life and enables valuable advances in health protection, environmental
restoration, energy production, industrial processing and other applications.
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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 Engineering — The
Chemical Engineering Division is a pioneer in developing separations
processes for the nuclear industry. Division activities also include
R&D
on disposal of radioactive and hazardous wastes, and energy-conversion
processes with improved efficiencies, lower costs and reduced environmental
impact. |
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Chemistry — The
Chemistry Division conducts strategic research at the frontiers of chemistry.
Research areas include radiation and photochemistry, photosynthesis, metal
clusters, nanoclusters, chemical dynamics of gases, chemical transformations,
heavy-element separations, and computational and electrochemical processes. |
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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 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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Energy Technology — The
Energy Technology Division conducts research on materials and engineering
problems associated with energy production, transportation, utilization
and conservation.
The multidisciplinary staff includes metallurgists, ceramists, physicists, mathematicians,
and mechanical, electrical and nuclear engineers. |
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Engineering Research — Argonne's
Engineering Research programs divisions and programs are developing
technologies to make nuclear energy safer, economically competitive
and environmentally friendly energy resource for the nation and the world. |
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Environmental Assessment — The
Environmental Assessment Division conducts applied research, assessment,
and technology development in such areas as risk and waste management,
natural resources, integrated assessments, restoration, pollution
prevention environmental policy analysis and planning, and environmental
management. |
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Environmental Research — Argonne's
Environmental Research Division conducts multidisciplinary research on
significant environmental issues. The division does numerical modeling,
laboratory investigations and field work to integrate fundamental and
applied research throughout its programs. |
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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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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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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
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. |