The State of Illinois will provide funding for the design and construction of the APCF, which is slated to open in 2014.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a multi-institutional effort composed of leading scientists from several institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory.

Women like biologist Rosalind Franklin, astronaut Sally Ride and Argonne physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer have made major contributions to the progress of science.

ARGONNE, Ill. — Four researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory lead projects that have been awarded a total of 65 million hours of computing time on Argonne’s energy-efficient Blue Gene/P (“Intrepid”) supercomputer.

Imagine a new-generation nuclear plant – inherently safer, more efficient and able to refine petroleum or manufacture plastics while producing energy.