Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material
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29-Mar-2012
Supercomputing the difference between matter and antimatter
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Using breakthrough techniques on some of the world's fastest supercomputers -- located at DOE labs and elsewhere -- an international collaboration has reported a landmark calculation of a kind of subatomic particle decay that's important to understanding matter/antimatter asymmetry. The research helps nail down the exact process of kaon decay, and is also inspiring the development of a new generation of supercomputers.
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy, Science and Technology Facilities Council/UK, University of Southampton, RIKEN Laboratory in Japan
20-Mar-2012
New catalyst for safe, reversible hydrogen storage
DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
A new catalyst reversibly converts hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide to a liquid under very mild conditions, with applications for efficient, safe storage and transport of hydrogen fuel.
6-Mar-2012
Study reveals how protein machinery binds and wraps DNA to start replication
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists have deciphered molecular-level details of the complex choreography by which intricate cellular proteins recognize and bind to DNA to start the DNA replication process. The research may point to ways to block unwanted cell division.
- Journal
- Structure
- Funder
- US Department of Energy/Office of Science., Uehara Memorial Foundation, UK Medical Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institutes of Health
15-Feb-2012
Drinking alcohol shrinks critical brain regions in genetically vulnerable mice
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Brain scans of two strains of mice imbibing significant quantities of alcohol reveal serious shrinkage in some brain regions - but only in mice lacking a particular type of receptor for dopamine, the brain's "reward" chemical. The study provides new evidence that these dopamine receptors may play a protective role against alcohol-induced brain damage.
- Funder
- NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
3-Jan-2012
N.E. Chemcat Corp. licenses Brookhaven Lab's electrocatalyst technology for fuel cells
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
N.E. Chemcat Corporation, Japan's leading catalyst and precious metal compound manufacturer, has licensed electrocatalysts developed by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory that can reduce the use of costly platinum and increase the effectiveness of fuel cells for use in electric vehicles. In addition, the license includes innovative methods for making the catalysts and an apparatus design used in manufacturing them.
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
30-Nov-2011
First analysis of tumor-suppressor interactions with whole genome in normal human cells
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists investigating the interactions, or binding patterns, of a major tumor-suppressor protein known as p53 with the entire genome in normal human cells have turned up key differences from those observed in cancer cells. The distinct binding patterns reflect differences in the chromatin (the way DNA is packed with proteins), which may be important for understanding the function of the tumor suppressor protein in cancer cells.
- Journal
- Cell Cycle
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
29-Nov-2011
Gray matter in brain's control center linked to ability to process reward
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. A new study conducted at the Brookhaven National Laboratory is the first to show this link between structure and function in healthy people -- and the impairment of both in people addicted to cocaine.
- Journal
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Funder
- Stony Brook University, National Institutes of Health
17-Oct-2011
Impurity atoms introduce waves of disorder in exotic electronic material
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists reveal how substituting just a few atoms can cause widespread disruption of the delicate electron interactions that give a particular "heavy fermion" material its unique properties, including superconductivity.
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
19-Sep-2011
Scientists solve long-standing plant biochemistry mystery
DOE/Brookhaven National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists have discovered how an enzyme "knows" where to insert a double bond when desaturating plant fatty acids. Understanding the mechanism may lead to new ways to engineer plant oils as a renewable replacement for petrochemicals.
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy