News tagged with national laboratory
From the works of Shakespeare to the genomes of viruses (Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What does uncovering the true authorship of plays attributed to Shakespeare have to do with identifying our genetic ancestors or classifying new life forms? All involve the comparative analysis ...
Research Highlights Potential for Improved Solar Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Los Alamos researchers led by Victor Klimov has shown that carrier multiplication—when a photon creates multiple electrons—is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation ...
Tailor-made recombinant proteins in mammals
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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A new way to direct chemical modifications to specific sites on recombinant proteins - including the monoclonal antibodies so important in the pharmaceutical industry - has been developed by Carolyn Bertozzi ...
Lawrence Livermore lab faces age discrimination lawsuits
Feb 04, 2009 |
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A law firm on Tuesday announced its intention to file age discrimination complaints with a state agency on behalf of 100 workers laid off in May by Lawrence Livermore National Security.
Discovery fleshes out metabolism of key environmental and energy bacteria
Feb 02, 2009 |
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An international collaboration of researchers has discovered a new enzyme in a species of bacteria with potential environmental cleanup and energy roles. This is the first multi-protein enzyme of its kind. ...
New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the human scale, the tightly wrapped spinning columns of air in a tornado contain terrifying destructive power that ravages communities. At the nanoscale, however, closely coiled magnetic ...
Shocking: Environmental chemistry affects ferroelectric film polarity the same way electric voltage does
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Ferroelectric materials are interesting scientifically, and, while they are used for some things now, they are potentially useful for even more applications in the future,” Brian Stephenson tells PhysOrg.com. Stephe ...
A supercharged metal-ion generator: Higher-quality coatings through 'runaway' self-sputtering
Jan 29, 2009 |
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In the electronics industry, thin metal films are deposited on silicon wafers with a sputter gun, which uses energetic ions - atoms with a positive charge - to knock the metal atoms off a target. Scientists at the U.S. Department ...
Helium rains inside Jovian planets
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look.
Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...
New Catalyst Paves the Path for Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has ...
Plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity paves the way to future nanolasers
Jan 24, 2009 |
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The principle behind whispering galleries - where words spoken softly beneath a domed ceiling or in a vault can be clearly heard on the opposite side of the chamber - has been used to achieve what could prove ...
ORNL goes solar with 288-foot span of panels
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory wants its energy operations to be as advanced as its energy research.
New imaging method lets scientists 'see' cell molecules more clearly
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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Scientists have always wanted to take a closer look at biological systems and materials. From the magnifying glass to the electron microscope, they have developed ever-increasingly sophisticated imaging devices.
Spallation Neutron Source gets initial go-ahead on second target
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has given its initial approval to begin plans for a second target station for the Spallation Neutron Source, expanding what is already the world's most powerful ...
