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Showing releases 51-75 out of 191 releases.
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
 Nature MaterialsBerkeley researchers find new route to nano self-assembly By adding select small molecules to mixtures of nanoparticles and polymers, Berkeley Lab researchers can direct the self-assembly of the nanoparticles into arrays of one, two and even three dimensions with no chemical modifications. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
Science ExpressTeam led by Scripps Research and UC San Diego scientists reveals secrets of drought resistance A team of biologists in California led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, has solved the structure of a critical molecule that helps plants survive during droughts. Understanding the inner workings of this molecule may help scientists design new ways to protect crops against prolonged dry periods, potentially improving crop yields worldwide, aiding biofuels production on marginal lands and mitigating drought's human and economic costs.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Contact: Keith McKeown
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
'Perspectives on Energy Policy' report now available Energy leaders call for independent energy council, recommend outcomes and values-based policies. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 22-Oct-2009
ScienceModel microbial community for studying expanding dead zones characterized The expansion of oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) affects the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on the seafloor. In the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Science, researchers from the University of British Columbia and the US DOE Joint Genome Institute describe the metagenome of an abundant but uncultivated microbe from a fjord on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, that is silently helping to shape the ecology of OMZs worldwide. Contact: David Gilbert
Public Release: 21-Oct-2009
Sandia, SRC win LES award for NINE program outreach Sandia National Laboratories' National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE) program, operated in conjunction with the Semiconductor Research Corp., has won a "Deal of Distinction" award from the Licensing Executives Society (US and Canada), Inc. The award -- a glass sculpture -- will be presented today in San Francisco. Contact: Neal Singer
Public Release: 21-Oct-2009
ScienceStandards for a new genomic era A team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly available genetic sequencing information. The new standards could eventually allow genetic researchers to develop vaccines more efficiently or help public health or security personnel more quickly respond to potential public-health emergencies. Contact: James E. Rickman
Public Release: 21-Oct-2009
Installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the US fell in 2008 Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic power systems in the US, showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent. Contact: Allan Chen
Public Release: 21-Oct-2009
NatureTrigger of deadly food toxin discovered A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers the toxin to form, which could lead to methods of limiting its production.
National Institutes of Health, Pew Charitable Trusts, US Department of Energy, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Contact: Jennifer Fitzenberger
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
Journal of Molecular BiologyGenomes of 2 popular research strains of E. coli sequenced Researchers from the United States, Korea, and France have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two important laboratory strains of E. coli bacteria, one used to study evolution and the other to produce proteins for basic research or practical applications. The findings will help guide future research and will also open a window to a deeper understanding of classical research that is the foundation of our understanding of basic molecular biology and genetics.
Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Consortium National de Recherche en Genomique, DOE Office of Science, National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: Kendra Snyder
Public Release: 20-Oct-2009
Sandia joins forces with Boeing, Caltrans, others on fuel cell-powered mobile lighting application Sandia National Laboratories, with help from the Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation, and others, is leading an effort to develop a commercially viable, fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system. Contact: Mike Janes
Public Release: 19-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPopping the cork on biofuel agriculture Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin -- the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. Adjusting the permeability of plant tissues by genetically manipulating the expression of this enzyme could lead to easier agricultural production of crops used for biofuels.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh
Public Release: 18-Oct-2009
Nature ChemistryMajor advance in organic solar cells Professor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Center for Polymers and Organic Solids today announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells.
US Department of Energy, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Contact: Tony Rairden
Public Release: 16-Oct-2009
On the road to fusion energy, an accelerator to study warm dense matter Warm dense matter exists in the cores of gas giant planets and the preliminary stages of nuclear fusion, among other inaccessible places. With an accelerator being built at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of the Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory, a collaboration among Berkeley Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, scientists will soon be able to study warm dense matter in the laboratory.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
Public Release: 15-Oct-2009
ScienceIBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere The invisible structures of space are becoming less so, as scientists look out to the far edges of the solar wind bubble that separates our solar system from the interstellar cloud through which it flies. Using the High Energy Neutral Atom Imager, led by Los Alamos National Laboratory, the NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission has sent back data that indicates a "noodle soup" of solar material has accumulated at the outer fringes of the heliosphere bubble.
NASA
Contact: Nancy Ambrosiano
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
Scientists to use artificial photosynthesis and nanotubes to generate hydrogen fuel with sunlight A team of four chemists at the University of Rochester have begun work on a new kind of system to derive usable hydrogen fuel from water using only sunlight. The project has caught the attention of the US Department of Energy, which has just given the team nearly $1.7 million to pursue the design.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Jonathan Sherwood
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories Scientists will examine cloud computing as a cost-effective and energy-efficient computing paradigm to accelerate discoveries in biology, climate change and physics. A program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Department of Energy will examine cloud computing as a way to accelerate discoveries in a variety of disciplines. Contact: John Bashor
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
NatureRutgers physicists discover novel electronic properties in two-dimensional carbon structure Rutgers researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices. The new findings, previously considered possible by physicists but only now being seen in the laboratory, show that electrons in graphene can interact strongly with each other. The physicists discovered that the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene is even more robust than in standard semiconductors.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, Alcatel-Lucent
Contact: Carl Blesch
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Emission capture study funded for paper industry Battelle and Boise Inc. will conduct the first-ever feasibility study of new carbon capture and storage technology in the $140 billion pulp, paper and paperboard industry, under a $500,000 project announced by the Department of Energy.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Geoffrey Harvey
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2009 Graphene, a single-layer sheet of graphite, has potential as a remarkable material, particularly for electronics and composite applications. Information sharing technologies are being integrated into a freight tracking system that could revolutionize the industry. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 12-Oct-2009
Nature Structural & Molecular BiologySilence of the genes Berkeley researchers have solved the structure of a protein complex that helps determine the fate of human cells. Called a RISC-loading complex, this structure consists of small RNA molecules that control whether genetic messages are silenced or expressed.
National Institutes of Health, Human Frontier Science Program
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 11-Oct-2009
Nature GeoscienceBanded rocks reveal early Earth conditions, changes The strikingly banded rocks scattered across the upper Midwest and elsewhere throughout the world are actually ambassadors from the past, offering clues to the environment of the early Earth more than two billion years ago.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy
Contact: Huifang Xu
Public Release: 9-Oct-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesHyper-SAGE boosts remote MRI sensitivity Hyper-SAGE can increase the strength of a remote MRI or NMR signal 10,000 times, making it possible to detect ultra-low concentrations of clincal and environmental targets. This enhanced sensitivity presents a path to the molecular imaging of clinical targets such as lung and other cancers.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
Public Release: 9-Oct-2009
Key new ingredient in climate model refines global predictions For the first time, climate scientists from across the country have successfully incorporated the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change, questioning previous assumptions regarding carbon feedback and potentially helping to refine model forecasts about global warming. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 8-Oct-2009
Microbial Communities: Stewards of the BiosphereSymposium highlights communal living by micro-organisms The US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is hosting a special symposium on microbial communities research Friday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. It will be webcast live at http://imse.labworks.org/2009/microbial/october/pasm.htm. PNNL has organized the symposium to launch its new research focus on exploring the ins and outs of microbial communities, known as the Microbial Communities Initiative. Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 8-Oct-2009
ScienceEstablishing standard definitions for genome sequences With conservative estimates of 12,000 draft genomes hitting the public databases by 2012, researchers may be surprised to find that these datasets describe genomes that are not complete. Recognizing the problem, a group of researchers from several sequencing centers, including the DOE Joint Genome Institute has proposed four additional categories between "draft" and "finished" status that expand upon the so-called "Bermuda standard" in the Oct. 9 issue of the journal Science. Contact: David Gilbert
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