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Wednesday,
June 21, 2006
You
Scream, I Scream…There’s Something
in my Ice Cream!
Looks like ice cream. Smells like ice cream.
But does it sound like ice cream? A new ultrasonic
technology could tell ice cream manufacturers
if foreign objects have fallen into their tasty
product before a customer finds it at the bottom
of their cone. It could also be used in quality
assurance of other food process streams.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Visionary
Projects Receive Time on Blue Gene/L Supercomputers
at Argonne, IBM
Computing projects ranging from understanding
Parkinson's disease to modeling climate change
have been awarded large amounts of joint time
on Blue Gene/L computer systems at Argonne National
Laboratory and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center
in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The computer time
is available to researchers through the Department
of Energy Office of Science's INCITE program
— Innovative and Novel Computational Impact
on Theory and Experiment.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Study
Reveals Biochemical Signature of Cocaine Craving
in Humans
Ask anyone who has been addicted to drugs and
they’ll tell you that the mere sight of
someone using their drug of choice — or
even people, places, or objects associated with
drug use — can trigger an intense desire
for the drug. Using sophisticated brain-imaging
techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
Brookhaven Lab, and the University of Pennsylvania
have uncovered the brain chemistry that underlies
such “cue-induced” craving in cocaine
addicts.
Monday, June 12, 2006
June
12 Issue of DOE Pulse. Pulse is a Newsletter
About Accomplishments at the Department of Energy's
National Laboratories. Here is Some of What
You'll Find in This Issue:
* Pacific Northwest: Disappearing snowcaps
* Argonne: Watching materials grow
* Ames: Detecting hidden files
* Jefferson: Mapping pion's charge
Feature: SLAC develops software for GLAST
Researcher profile: Fermilab MINOS spokesperson
Rob Plunkett
Scientists
Take “Snapshots” of Enzyme Action
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Brookhaven National Laboratory, the New York
Structural Biology Center, and SGX Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., have determined the atomic crystal structure
and functional mechanism of an enzyme essential
for eliminating unwanted, non-nutritional compounds
such as drugs, industrial chemicals, and toxic
compounds from the body. The detailed mechanism
of action will help scientists understand how
these compounds are eliminated and what goes
wrong in cases where normal metabolism fails.
Friday, June 9, 2006
Protein
Structure May Lead to Treatment for Infection
Targeting Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's
Argonne National Laboratory have determined
the structure of a key protein believed to play
a role in a deadly infection that afflicts the
lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. This finding,
published in today's issue of Science, may lead
to a new drug to treat the bacterial infection.
Tuesday, June 2, 2006
'Wild
Chicago' Takes a Road Trip to Argonne National
Laboratory
Argonne is featured on Wild Chicago, WTTW Channel
11's popular program that showcases area attractions.
The program is airing on public television stations
throughout Illinois during June and July.
Membrane
Protein 'Factory' May Lead to New Drug Treatments
Biologists at Argonne have engineered and patented
a bacterial factory that enables the study of
membrane proteins. These proteins are challenging
to study, but critical to understand because
they represent 60 percent of drug targets. Studies
of membrane proteins could lead to new and improved
pharmaceutical treatments for a broad range
of illnesses such as depression, heart disease,
addictions and cystic fibrosis.
Thursday, June
1, 2006
Secretary
Bodman Statement on Dr. Orbach Swearing In as
DOE Under Secretary for Science
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman administered
the Oath of Office to Dr. Raymond L. Orbach
to be the Department of Energy's (DOE) first
Under Secretary for Science. Dr. Orbach was
unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate
on May 26, 2006. President Bush nominated Dr.
Orbach for the new position, created by the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, in December 2005.
Dr. Orbach will continue to serve as the Director
of the DOE Office of Science, a position he
has held since March 2002.
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