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19-Dec-2000
Picturing proteins
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques are
making it possible for scientists to create 3-D images of
protein complexes that are unsuitable for x-ray
crystallography.
19-Dec-2000
The machinery of life
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scientists are using Berkeley Lab's state-of-the-art imaging resources to gain new insight into the structure and function of proteins, including those involved in cystic fibrosis.
19-Dec-2000
Circuits of a cell
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scientists investigate the biochemical "circuitry" of cells.
19-Dec-2000
Seeing the cell nucleus in 3-D
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A new microscopic program called daVinci is helping
researchers better understand how breast cancer
develops.
19-Dec-2000
Form follows sequence
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Powerful new computational tools, such as those
available at nersc, are playing a key role in deciphering
the molecular dynamics of proteins, including creating
"movies" of proteins in motion.
13-Dec-2000
UK's ZeTek, ORNL technology Tennessee-bound
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryReports and Proceedings
ZeTek Power Corp. will soon
be using technology licensed from the Department of Energy’s
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and setting up shop in
East Tennessee.
16-Nov-2000
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Electronics – New transistor on the block. Environment –
Manure: The other energy resource. Energy – Fuel of the
future? Environment – Solving the mercury mystery.
26-Oct-2000
ORNL instrument could spell doom for Asian beetles
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2000 – An invasion of tree-
destroying Asian Longhorned Beetles could be slowed or
perhaps stopped with a larvae detection system being
developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
24-Oct-2000
ORNL sees increase in sales of radioisotope to fight cancer
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 25, 2000 – Sales of radioisotopes to
treat cancer increased significantly this year at the
Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),
although overall revenue from radioisotopes declined.