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20-May-2002
HERPES database online
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
To aid in the search for cures and vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has released a publicly available Web database containing the Human herpesvirus 2 genomic sequence.
20-May-2002
At Los Alamos: Tracking the identity and origin of biological threats
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Northern Arizona University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed sophisticated tools to analyze and identify the DNA of biological threat agents, including those that cause anthrax and plague.
6-May-2002
Molecular shuttling
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratory researchers observed molecular shuttling on a man-made
membrane that mimics cellular behavior. Recurring movements may evolve into rudimentary tools of
nanoconstruction. These observations were published as the cover story in the April 30, 2002, issue of the chemical
and biophysics journal Langmuir.
1-May-2002
Tungsten photonic lattice changes heat to light
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Tungsten-filament bulbs — the most widely used light source in the world —burn hands if unscrewed while lit. Now a microscopic lattice has potential to transmute the majority of heat wasted by a tungsten filament into the frequencies of visible light, thus helping reduce the world's most serious energy problem.
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- Nature
- Funder
- Sandia National Laboratories
23-Apr-2002
Astronomers link X-ray flashes to gamma-ray bursts
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Astronomers have discovered what may be the lower-energy "poor relations" of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, the fantastically powerful explosions occurring daily in distant galaxies throughout the universe.
23-Apr-2002
A nickel's worth of foil helps make antimatter
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Making antimatter that can't be seen and that otherwise might not exist, filtering it through a nickel's worth of aluminum foil and then capturing it in a "trap" without walls, has the attention of Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Michael Holzscheiter.
22-Apr-2002
Los Alamos researcher explains how protons create movies of nuclear weapon models
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A technique developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Laboratory uses protons to see inside explosively driven models of nuclear weapon components and other seemingly impenetrable objects.
22-Apr-2002
Los Alamos researcher says 'black holes' aren't holes at all
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of South Carolina have provided a hypothesis that "black holes" in space are not holes at all, but instead are more akin to bubbles.
16-Apr-2002
Sandia joins revolution in solid-state lighting
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
A revolution is quietly occurring that promises to change the way we light our homes, offices, and world. Sandia National Laboratories is among the research entities around the country at the forefront of the revolution.