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Argonne National Laboratory, located about 30 miles sourthwest of Chicago's Loop, served as part of Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb during World War II. After the war, the federal government established Argonne as the country's first national laboratory. The lab, employs nearly 3,000, about 1,000 of those scientists and engineers, and operates with an annual budget of about $500 million. The lab is funded by the Department of Energy. Besides doing research into nuclear energy, the lab conducts a broad range of basic scientific inquiries and operates several user facilities for the benefit of scientists from all over the country. The Advanced Photon Source, the country's brightest...
Argonne National Laboratory, located about 30 miles sourthwest of Chicago's Loop, served as part of Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb during World War II. After the war, the federal government established Argonne as the country's first national laboratory. The lab, employs nearly 3,000, about 1,000 of those scientists and engineers, and operates with an annual budget of about $500 million. The lab is funded by the Department of Energy. Besides doing research into nuclear energy, the lab conducts a broad range of basic scientific inquiries and operates several user facilities for the benefit of scientists from all over the country. The Advanced Photon Source, the country's brightest X-ray machine, is an example of such user facilities. Argonne operates a Blue Gene/L supercomputer from IBM that is used by several outside researchers and is installing two Blue Gene/P supercomputers that will give the lab one of the most advanced supercomputer centers in the world. Argonne is managed by a consortium headed by the University of Chicago.
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Internet specialists see 'clouds' gathering
Making use of all the knowledge online is a huge challenge that may be solved by cloud computing, which researchers say is the next logical step for the Internet. Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are working with...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hewlett-Packard Co., Barry Lynn, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Intel Corp.
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Muslim charities are urged to get bureau accreditation
Chicago Tribune reporterMuslim charities across the nation are being urged to seek accreditation from the Better Business Bureau to help lift suspicions about their activities and wariness among potential donors. The BBB's Wise Giving Alliance and Muslim Advocates, a San...Tags: Chicago Lawn, Theater, Marquette Park, Islam, University of Chicago
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Tiny pumps ease heart treatment
Cardiologists at the University of Chicago are using the world's smallest heart pump to offer therapy to patients who otherwise are too sick to be treated. Dr. Neeraj Jolly, an interventional cardiologist with extensive experience in using artificial...Tags: Medical Staff, University of Chicago, Massachusetts, Colleges and Universities, Health Organizations
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List of sites for possible nuclear waste recycling facilities scrapped
Chicago Tribune reporterIn February of 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy stirred controversy by announcing it was considering recycling nuclear waste and building facilities at Argonne National Laboratory and on a site near Morris to aid in the effort. Now, the Department...Tags: Natural Resources, Government, National Government, Illinois, Waste
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A cutting-edge medical treatment project
Recently there have been some unfortunate misconceptions reported regarding the state-of-the-art Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center ("NIU, firm at odds on cancer centers; University sued over how it won state's OK to build," Metro,...Tags: Research, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, Lower House, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Mentors propel biotech neophyte
Looking for a way to combat chemical warfare, a local firm also may have found a powerful new antibiotic, thanks to a little help from its mentor friends in Chicago's biotech community. The biocatalyst developed by Oak Brook-based Lybradyn Inc. works...Tags: Purdue University, Oak Brook, Illinois, Biotechnology, Computer Hardware
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New DuPage County tech park looking for tenants
Chicago Tribune reporterAfter a splashy grand opening under a ballroom-size tent, the DuPage County National Technology Park in West Chicago is now landscaped, lighted, paved with three miles of roads and circled by 130 miles of underground fiber-optic lines (with room for 20...Tags: Chicago, West Chicago, Batavia, Northern Illinois University, Rental Service
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Ex-Argonne employee gets drug treatment, suspended sentence in theft
A former Argonne National Laboratory employee was sentenced Monday to 2 years of drug-offender probation and given a 90-day suspended sentence for stealing thousands of dollars worth of metal equipment from the facility in DuPage County. Jay Goatley, 43,...Tags: Crimes, Robert Anderson, Punishment, Plainfield, Metal and Mineral
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Quest for alternative fuels starts with an engine at Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago Tribune reporterIn a bright corner of a nondescript Argonne National Laboratory building, five engineers are tinkering with a contraption that looks a little like an internal combustion engine, microbrewery and pipe organ. It's the omnivorous engine project, which could...Tags: Natural Resources, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Vehicles, Ethanol, Naperville
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Harper College starts a program in the science of the super-small
Chicago Tribune reporterPlenty of students might stumble trying to define nanotechnology, but that hasn't stopped dozens of community colleges from launching programs based on the "tiny science," including one set to debut this fall in Palatine. Harper College will be the first...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Minnesota, Engineering, Illinois, Technology
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Rayon may aid energy alternatives
Processing rayon into activated nanocarbon can help America achieve energy independence, a former Motorola executive believes, and he seeks to raise $7 million to build a Chicago-area factory for that purpose. "We can achieve the cost and performance...Tags: Kentucky, Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, International Business Machines Corporation
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More Fermilab job cuts averted
Chicago Tribune reporterFermilab, which spent the last six months bracing for layoffs and forcing employees to take unpaid furloughs, was granted a reprieve from further staff reductions Monday when President George W. Bush signed a bill granting emergency science funding to the...Tags: Batavia, Judy Biggert, Retirement, Unemployment, Richard Durbin
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