The expansion of a nearby national laboratory could create new Chicago science jobs.

Argonne National Laboratory is bidding for a government-funded research facility that would create hundreds of new jobs.

According to a ChicagoBusiness article, the laboratory wants to house a $550 million facility for rare isotope beams to conduct fundamental physics research, a project recently approved by the federal government after being delayed for many years. The facility also would be used to conduct research into the origins of elements.

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