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1-Jan-2001
Joint institute for nanoscience planned Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington are preparing to form a joint institute in early 2001 that will bring together the resources of both institutions to pursue major discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Diagnostics software powers the bottom line High operations and maintenance expenses can quickly eat away a company's profits. On the flip side, finding a way to keep equipment running efficiently can improve productivity and greatly reduce costs. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Software tools making it easy to be apart but work together Even kindergartners understand the importance of sharing and working together, yet adults in the workplace are still looking for simple ways to do these very things—especially when team members are in different locations. Information scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a set of web-based tools to encourage and improve interactions among team members and the data they need. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Laboratory science and technology contributing to environmental mission With the end of the Cold War and the nonproliferation treaties that followed, the United States was faced with a new challenge arising from its nuclear armament efforts: dealing with a legacy of radioactive waste and contaminated areas at sites formerly used for nuclear research, development, production and testing. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
New companies have roots at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Over the last 35 years, more than 30 companies based on technologies developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have sprouted up. The latest, Wave ID, is a wireless communication company formed in late 2000. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
The science of materials that build themselves Years before nanotechnology became the buzzword at research institutions across the country, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory were studying how molecules arrange themselves to form materials on the nanoscale. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Study of ice leads to cool new research Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory who studied how ice on comets can store large quantities of gas and release them as the comets near the sun are applying the same approach to new research. They're learning more about how nano-structures could be used to control and enhance chemical reactivity. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Making the most of metal oxides on the nanoscale On first blush, two scientists striving to exploit unique electronic and magnetic properties of metal oxides that occur in the nanoscale may seem to be working toward the same end. They're using the same equipment and some of the same methods, but their research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its potential applications are quite different. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Nanotechnology moves into the spotlight It's science on the smallest of levels. It's the truth in the statement that good things come in small packages. Nanotechnology is an area of research and development that centers on phenomena that occur at dimensions so tiny that they're hard to imagine—in the range of one billionth of a meter. Yet the potential impacts are tremendous. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Big possibilities from tiny technologies Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and around the world are exploring nanoscience and nanotechnologies, where dimensions are in the range of one billionth of a meter. Bill Rogers manages Pacific Northwest's Nanoscience and Technology Initiative and was recently appointed the associate laboratory director for the Environmental and Health Science Division, which he renamed the Fundamental Science Division. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
A click away from new technologies Looking to bring a new technology to the market or to form commercial partnerships around a new technology? Check out Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's updated list of technologies available for licensing or commercialization at . Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Going deep for research Pacific Northwest's scientific dive team collects valuable information about the marine environment that simply is not available in any other way. For example, they use underwater videography and hydroacoustics to study fish behavior and conduct population assessments. Contact: Greg Koller
1-Jan-2001
Systems biology ORNL scientists are conducting research in functional genomics—the study of genomes to determine the biological function of all the genes and their products—and proteomics—the study of the full set of proteins encoded by a genome. Contact: Billy Stair
31-Dec-2000
Random acts of brightness Costas Soukoulis, an Ames Laboratory senior physicis and former Iowa State University graduate student Xunya Jiang, now working at DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc., near Berkeley, Calif., have developed a theoretical model that simulates the phenomenon of random lasing, in which photons that follow random paths create a multiple-light-scattering laser. Contact: Steve Karsjen
31-Dec-2000
The stuff that came in from the cold Despite the best efforts of particle physicists and astrophysicists, most of the Universe is still missing. We know where it is, but we don't know what it is. It is all around us, but we can only see it by looking far, far away. That is the challenge for the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS). Contact: Judy Jackson
19-Dec-2000
Form follows sequence Powerful new computational tools, such as those available at nersc, are playing a key role in deciphering the molecular dynamics of proteins, including creating "movies" of proteins in motion. Contact: Ron Kolb
Contact: Ron Kolb
19-Dec-2000
Picturing proteins Electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques are making it possible for scientists to create 3-D images of protein complexes that are unsuitable for x-ray crystallography. Contact: Ron Kolb
19-Dec-2000
The crystal robot Innovative robotics designed and built by Lab researchers will grow protein crystals for experimentation at a rate once only dreamed of. Contact: Ron Kolb
19-Dec-2000
The machinery of life Scientists are using Berkeley Lab's state-of-the-art imaging resources to gain new insight into the structure and function of proteins, including those involved in cystic fibrosis. Contact: Ron Kolb
19-Dec-2000
Seeing the cell nucleus in 3-D A new microscopic program called daVinci is helping researchers better understand how breast cancer develops. Contact: Ron Kolb
31-Dec-1999
Evaluating vehicle emissions controls ORNL researchers are developing software tools for supercomputers that will simulate engine exhaust from various lean-burn diesel and gasoline engines as it flows through envisioned catalytic converters designed to chemically transform pollutants into harmless emissions. Contact: Billy Stair
31-Dec-1999
Polymers plus quasicrystals — A puzzling interaction Sometimes trying something that really shouldn't work can lead to an amazing discovery. That's what happened to Valerie Sheares, an Ames Laboratory associate and Iowa State University assistant professor of chemistry. The discovery, a polymer-quasicrystal composite, has the best characteristics of each of the constituent parts. It's opened the door for a variety of innovative uses. Why it works, however, remains a puzzle—one that Sheares is eager to solve. Contact: Steve Karsjen
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