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Neutron crystallography aids drug design
Researchers have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. - 10/9/12
LANL’s Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award
Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL’s Richard Marquez - 10/4/12
Evolutionary theory, web-search technology combine for DNA analysis
Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications - 10/4/12
LANL shatters records in first year of accelerated shipping effort
LANL set a record for transuranic waste shipments from the Lab to permanent disposal facilities. - 10/3/12
Climate change cripples forests
A team of scientists concluded that in the warmer and drier Southwest of the near future, widespread tree mortality will cause forest and species distributions to change substantially. - 10/1/12
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Other News from LANL
- Neutron crystallography aids drug design Researchers have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. October 9, 2012
- LANL’s Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL’s Richard Marquez October 4, 2012
- Evolutionary theory, web-search technology combine for DNA analysis Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications October 4, 2012
- LANL shatters records in first year of accelerated shipping effort LANL set a record for transuranic waste shipments from the Lab to permanent disposal facilities. October 3, 2012
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