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Stable isotope research resource

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

The ability to apply research techniques to important problems in biology and medicine depends on the availability of isotopically labeled compounds.

Protein crystallography resource at neutron research center for imaging proteins

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Thanks to a $4.8 million capital commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy, Los Alamos researchers have completed a state-of-the-art neutron diffraction station at Los Alamos' Neutron Scattering Center, part of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, known as LANSCE. The new station went on line in December 2000.

Building a better catalyst for bioremediation

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

There are only a few ways to handle toxic waste. Dump it, put it in a landfill, move it someplace else or change the contaminant into something less hazardous. Dealing with toxic waste is a major problem that is beginning to be addressed in an innovative way: using bacterial enzymes, catalytic proteins produced by living cells, to transform the waste.

Using pathogen sequence data

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

As scientists delve into the vast quantity of biological data currently being produced, the problems of handling such a treasure trove of information are daunting. New tools and techniques for managing, storing, analyzing, mining and visualizing this information are the focus of much attention in the scientific community, especially when the data can have a bearing on public health and even emergency response.

Unmasking the mysteries of chronic beryllium disease

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Beryllium is a unique lightweight metal used in nuclear weapons and, in the commercial sector, for telescope mirrors, golf clubs and a variety of other applications. While solid beryllium and beryllium alloys are safe, fine particulate beryllium is hazardous if inhaled.

Biologically inspired nanotechnology

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Much of today's scientific revolution is taking place at the nanometer scale. There is growing recognition that an ability to design and manipulate materials at the nanoscale will allow scientists to not only improve existing materials, but also develop entirely new classes of intelligent or "smart" materials for everything from miniaturized laboratories and micro-computers to drug delivery systems. To this end, lessons from biology offer revolutionary approaches.

The past and future of the human genome project

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory has a major role in the U.S. Human Genome Project, a joint Department of Energy/National Institutes of Health effort to identify all the genes in human DNA and determine the sequences of the chemical base pairs comprising the genome.

Unraveling anthrax

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bioscience Division researchers have developed technologies that can uniquely identify the origins of biological organisms based on information in the DNA.

Molecular machines and networking

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

We began the 20th century with very little knowledge of the molecules of life. For the first 50 years, researchers focused largely on trying to understand molecules' make up, wondering how molecules were able to do such mysterious things as pass on hereditary information.

Bubble science benefits deep divers

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Nitrogen, that colorless, odorless gas that makes up 80 percent of our air, is perfectly harmless as it's breathed in and out on land, but for underwater divers, it's the enemy.