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A detailed understanding of key chemical reactions that take place in interstellar space has been provided by groundbreaking research at two US Department of Energy national laboratories and two European universities.

Argonne National Laboratory, IBM and the US Department of Energy Office of Science announced today that IBM will soon be shipping its first external Blue Gene/P system to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. This state-of-the-art system will provide the computational science community with a leading computing capability dedicated to advancing knowledge and solving the most challenging scientific problems facing the Nation, including predicting climate change or understanding complex biological systems.

Materials that change temperature in magnetic fields could lead to new refrigeration technologies that reduce the use of greenhouse gases, thanks to new research at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ames National Laboratory.

With an eye toward learning more about the elements that make up the universe and everything in it, Argonne scientists have reached the latest milestone in an upgrade of ATLAS, a leading facility for nuclear structure research in the United States.

A computer software program that helps developers of alternative vehicles, developed at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has won a national award for technology development. Argonne's Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit enables automotive designers to overcome time and cost constraints for advanced vehicle design, such as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

FCStone Carbon LLC, a subsidiary of major commodity trader FCStone, and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory announced that they are working together to quantify biofuel carbon credits reductions and trading in the marketplace.