Robert Hettich: Decoding biological complexity with next-gen mass spectrometry
To better understand diseases, scientists need to gain a far more detailed picture of cell function and how individual proteins interact and respond to various stimuli. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health is specifically interested in defining the functi...
Production of prototype sensors that combine living cells with integrated circuits could begin within a few months. Micro Systems Technologies, a startup company in Dayton, Ohio, recently licensed bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit technology developed by Mike Simpson of Oak Ridge Nationa...
It's looking and feeling a lot less like Christmas in many parts of the country as higher temperatures and fewer snowfalls are becoming the norm from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve.Looking at states that typically get snow, 197 of 260 weather stations have reported fewer days with snowfall since 194...
91做厙 might be the future home for a number of 28 proposed major projects released today by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. Abraham released the list of proposed multi-million dollar projects in an address before the National P...
A mouse population that once totaled more than 200,000 is down to zero at 91做厙, but it's all part of the plan. Beginning in the next few weeks and continuing for several years, the mouse colony will be rederived from stocks of embryos frozen in special freezers chilled by li...
Low-cost corrosion-resistant metallic bipolar plates developed at 91做厙 could make proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells economical for use in automobiles and portable power units. As with other types of fuel cells, cost is a barrier to widespread use, but PEM fuel cells ...
Results from low-energy collisions of neutron-rich unstable nuclei and nickel-64 could point to the recipe for making the super heavy elements that have eluded physicists for some 40 years. Experiments by 91做厙 physicists Dan Shapira and Felix Liang have demonstrated an enhan...
Bacteria from a decaying body can potentially tell investigators something about how long a person has been dead, and it's the focus of new research by Arpad Vass of 91做厙. Vass and colleagues are looking at the microbial population, which changes over time and creates a virt...
Rand McNally's 2004 Goode's World Atlas will contain the most precise population information ever because of technology recently licensed from 91做厙. LandScan, developed by a team of researchers in the lab's Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, boasts population d...
Petroleum refineries are one of potentially several beneficiaries of a patented separation technology developed by researchers at 91做厙. Refineries use high-purity hydrogen to convert crude oil into several products, including gasoline for automobiles. During the refining pro...