Fact Sheets on Selected Argonne Science and Technology Highlights

These fact sheets provide information about recent science and technology accomplishments and initiatives at Argonne National Laboratory. If you would like more information on one of these topics, please feel free to contact the person indicated on that fact sheet. Please send general comments about this Web resource to Evelyn Brown at eabrown@anl.gov or 630/252-5510.

Strategic Initiatives

• Center for Nanoscale Materials — created August 2002.
• The Rare Isotope Accelerator Project: 'The Tool for Observing the Small' (248k PDF file)— created November 2003.
• The Rare Isotope Accelerator Project: How It Works (2 MB PDF file) — created August 2002.
• Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle — created August 2002.
• Petaflops Computing and Computational Science to Open New Research Frontiers — created August 2002.
• Protein Production and Characterization Facility (5.9 MB PDF file)— created November 2003.
• Functional Genomics Initiative to Map Cellular Behavior — created August 2002.

Emerging Initiatives

• Cutting-Edge Science and Technology Help Safeguard National Security — created August 2002.
  • Nuclear Nonproliferation, Treaty Verification, Arms Control, and Counter-Terrorism — created August 2002.
  • Homeland Infrastructure Assurance — created August 2002.
  • Argonne Provides Full Support against Chemical and Biological Terrorism — created August 2002.
• Looking Down the Road — Transportation Technologies Research at Argonne — created August 2002.
  • "X-Ray Vision" Allows Groundbreaking Engine Research — created August 2002.
  • Developing and Evaluating Advanced Vehicle Technologies — created August 2002.
  • New Bifunctional Catalysts Promise Dramatic NO_x Reductions for Heavy Vehicles — created August 2002.
  • Partnering to Develop Tomorrow's Transportation Technologies — created August 2002.
• Forefront Science Aims to Meet Environmental Grand Challenges — created August 2002.

Scientific and Technical Research Highlights

• Workforce Development: Mentoring America's Future Scientists — created August 2002.
• Ensuring Safe and Productive Science at the Advanced Photon Source — created August 2002.
• What Makes up Earth's Core? — created August 2002.
• Using Brilliant X-Rays to Study Iron — created August 2002.
• Pinning Down Pheromones — created August 2002.
• Exploring Microbial Proteins for Bioremediation Capabilities — created August 2002.
• Sounding the Alarm about Cadmium-Related Bone Loss — created August 2002.
• Protein Modeling Seeks to Isolate the Culprit in the "Breast Cancer Gene" — created August 2002.
• Ultrafast Chemistry — created August 2002.
• ZEUS Experiment Reveals What's in a Proton — created August 2002.
• Neutrons Reveal Secrets of "Gas Cages" — created August 2002.
• Fingerprints of Stardust Tell Secrets of the Origin of Earth Elements — created August 2002.
• Probing Atomic Nuclei for Quark Effects — created August 2002.
• Using "E-Laboratories" to Study Complex Adaptive Systems — created August 2002.
• Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Puts Site Characterization on the Fast Track — created August 2002.
• Quantifying Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide Cycles — created August 2002.
• Implantable, Rechargeable Microbatteries for BION™ Microstimulators — created August 2002.
• Improving Nuclear Reactor Safety: The Melt Coolability and Concrete Interaction Program — created August 2002.
• Nabbing Nuclear Smugglers — created August 2002.