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Los Alamos scientists see new mechanism for superconductivity

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Sandia aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program.

Funder: US Department of Agriculture/Cooperative State Research

Sandia, SES win Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovator Award

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Chuck Andraka, Sandia National Laboratories engineer, and Bruce Osborn, chief operating officer of Stirling Energy Systems, were honored with a Popular Mechanics magazine Breakthrough Innovator Award Oct. 15 during a ceremony at the Hearst Tower in New York City.

Funder: Stirling Energy Systems

Parallel 'nano-soldering' technique chosen for year's top-50 by Nanotech Briefs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

A new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many pre-patterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

FBI unveils science of anthrax investigation

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia researchers identified that the form of bacillus anthracis mailed in the fall of 2001 to several news media offices and to two US senators was a nonweaponized form of the spores. Five people were killed. Sandia's information was crucial in ruling out state-sponsored terrorism.

Nanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria as they infect healthy cells. The unexpected shielding may explain why vaccines fare poorly against some invaders. Sandia researchers now have formed similar nanotubes that could be used to duplicate the phenomenon.

Journal: Langmuir
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories

Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.

Funder: National Nuclear Security Administration

Battling bird flu by the numbers

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally.

Journal: PLOS One

Turning fungus into fuel

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry researchers has announced.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology
Funder: US DOE Joint Genome Institute

Language of a fly proves surprising

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A group of researchers has developed a novel way to view the world through the eyes of a common fly and partially decode the insect's reactions to changes in the world around it. The research fundamentally alters earlier beliefs about how neural networks function and could provide the basis for intelligent computers that mimic biological processes.

Journal: PLOS Computational Biology
Funder: DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Science Foundation