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22-Feb-2005
NuSTAR satellite approved for further study by NASA
DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) satellite may soon give astrophysicists a new window on the universe. Designed to image high-energy X-ray radiation, it will capture sharp images of black holes, supernovae, and galactic nuclei. And if NASA gives the project final flight approval early next year, it could be in orbit by the end of the decade.
18-Feb-2005
Scientists advance in detection and attribution of climate change
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Access to the next generation of climate change experiments has helped scientists obtain more comprehensive estimates of the expected "signal" of human influences on climate.
- Meeting
- AAAS 2005 Annual Meeting
14-Feb-2005
Mining geothermal resources
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
It's beautiful on beaches and receives kudos for its use in paint, tires, paper, toothpaste, and even in kitty litter--but it's a real pain in geothermal power plants.
11-Feb-2005
Experiment and theory have a partner: Simulation
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Even before Lawrence Livermore opened in September 1952, cofounders E. O. Lawrence and Edward Teller recognized the need for a computer and placed an order for one of the first production Univacs.
11-Feb-2005
LCLS collaboration revs up
DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) collaboration met in January to focus on beginning to build the world's first X-ray free electron laser.
4-Feb-2005
First GLAST tracker arrives at SLAC
DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The Gamma Ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite project celebrated a milestone last month with the arrival of the first tracker module at SLAC.
1-Feb-2005
Key mechanism in genetic inheritance during cell division identified
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A key mechanism in the passing of genetic material from a parent cell to daughter cells appears to have been identified by a team of Berkeley researchers. Their study may explain how a complex of proteins, called kinetochores, can recognize and stay attached to microtubules, hollow fibers in the walls of biological cells that are responsible for the faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell division.
- Journal
- Cell
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy, National Institute of Medical Services, Howard Hughes Medical Institutes
1-Feb-2005
Russian weapons workers begin new commercial venture
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
One of the most remarkable political developments of the 20th century was the collapse of the Soviet Union. The satisfaction in the West of the downfall of communism, however, has been tempered by increasing worries that nuclear weapon materials and expertise might be transferred from the former Soviet Union (FSU) to unfriendly nations or even terrorist groups.
31-Jan-2005
Spectroscopy for the real world
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
One good thing leads to another. A team of scientists used a first-of-its-kind spectroscopy system at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to obtain the first direct observations of negatively charged ions accumulating on the surfaces of salt solutions.
- Journal
- Science