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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory are learning more about how nano-scale catalytic systems work, and their research could be the key to improved processes for refining biofuels and producing other chemicals.

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Ames Laboratory senior scientist Bill McCallum talks about controlling the element cerium for use in rare-earth magnets. McCallum is working to develop a rare-earth magnet that uses more abundant cerium in place of neodymium. McCallum's work is being funded through a recent grant by ARPA-E, the Department of Energy's advanced research agency.

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The Des Moines Register's Marco Santana talks with Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies founders Andrew Heidloff and Joel Rieken after the Ames Lab startup company's business plan was selected as the winning entry in the Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition. IPAT received $25,000 for having the top business plan.

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A group of researchers led by Edward Yu, Ames Lab and Iowa State University scientist, has discovered the mechanism that allows drug resistant tuberculosis to defy treatment. The findings, published in the journal by the journal Nucleic Acids Research, a research team led by Yu describes the structure of a regulator that controls the expression of the multidrug efflux pump in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.