Researchers mimic one of nature's key transport machines
6 Jan 2009
To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny transport machines called nuclear pore complexes: protein-coated holes surrounded by flimsy, unfolded protein strands. Now, by building an artificial mimic of this membrane barrier and its pores, scientists have discovered a key to its selectivity and, in the process, have found a practical tool for drug development. Read more …about Researchers mimic one of nature's key transport machines
2 Jan 2009
Neutrinos may seem like lazy particles that hang out and do nothing all day, but shoot them through a big copper tube at near the speed of light and you could explain some of the deepest mysteries of the... Read more …about LANL probes lives of nuclear particles
EYE ON RESEARCH: Professor researches worth of gold pieces
29 Dec 2008
' 1 2 ' LAS CRUCES Gold collectors, appraisers and investors could benefit from research conducted by New Mexico State University associate professor of physics Heinz Nakotte at the Los Alamos National Laboratories at the Lujan Neutron Scattering... Read more …about EYE ON RESEARCH: Professor researches worth of gold pieces
Energy Department Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
18 Dec 2008
Help for the hassled airline traveler was on display Tuesday at the Sunport in Albuquerque. One of the most popular technological hits this year for Los Alamos National Laboratory was the prospect of a detector that could dissolve an annoying security bottleneck at airports around the world, having to do with the difficulty of screening potentially dangerous liquids. A team of researchers... saw the possibility for repurposing a new kind of magnetic resonance imaging system, based on a fraction of the magnetism used in a typical hospital diagnostic instrument. Read more …about LANL shows off liquid detection system
Los Alamos lab aims to sort out harmless liquids
17 Dec 2008
Albuquerque's airport is testing new technology aimed at sorting out harmless shampoos in baggage from liquids that could potentially pose a threat aboard an airplane. Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, who adapted technology first used for medical imaging, unveiled their prototype MagViz machine Tuesday at the Albuquerque International Sunport, where it will be tested. Read more …about Los Alamos lab aims to sort out harmless liquids
Feds to limit nuke program's sites
16 Dec 2008
Posted | | | | | WASHINGTON (AP) The Energy Department gave final approval Tuesday to a program to limit the most dangerous nuclear material to five sites, improving safety and security, and consolidating management of the country's nuclear weapons. Read more …about Feds to limit nuke program's sites
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