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- Breaking the Barrier Toward Nanometer X-ray Resolution
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will allow the efficient focusing of x-rays down to extremely small spots and is an important breakthrough in the development of a new, world-leading light source facility that promises advances in nanoscience, energy, biology, and materials research. - Brookhaven Lab Physicist Ilan Ben-Zvi Wins Free Electron Laser Prize
Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the 2007 Free Electron Laser (FEL) Prize along with James Rosenzweig of the University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsored by the International Free Electron Laser Conference, which was held this year in Novosibirsk, Russia, the prize consists of an award citation, a plaque, and approximately $2,500 for each recipient. - Experiments challenge models about the deep Earth
In the first experiments able to mimic the crushing, searing conditions found in Earth's lower mantle, and simultaneously probe tell-tale properties of iron, scientists have discovered that material there behaves very differently than predicted by models. The research also points to the likelihood of a new zone deep in the Earth. The work is published in the September 21, 2007, issue of Science. - lightsources.org News Briefs for October 2, 2007
Light shed on Parkinson's culprit- European scientists have developed a new technique to detect attogram quantities of iron in living cells. - providing further evidence of the role the metal plays in Parkinson's disease... Scientists Spot Sneaky 'Neurodegenerative' Iron At The European Synchrotron- Scientists suspect that iron accumulation plays a role in neurodegenerative processes such as Parkinson's disease, but its distribution in neurons has never been observed because of the lack of techniques to do so. Until today... - Tough enough for Mars, but deinococcus is from Earth
Results of a recent study titled "Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks," will be published in the Sept. 26 edition of PLoS ONE. The study headed by Michael J. Daly, Ph.D., associate professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU), Department of Pathology, reports the whole-genome sequence of Deinococcus geothermalis. - India, Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan Sign Synchrotron Science Agreement
An agreement was signed today by the Government of India with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and the University of Saskatchewan to promote cooperation between Indian and Canadian researchers in synchrotron science. - Cystic fibrosis patients may breathe easier, thanks to bioengineered antimicrobials
By better understanding how antimicrobials bind and thereby get inactivated in the mucus of air passages, researchers at the University of Illinois may have found a way to help cystic fibrosis patients fight off deadly infections. - Scientists decipher mechanism behind antimicrobial 'hole punchers'
The rapid development of bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics (such as penicillin or vancomycin) has become a major public health concern. Because resistant strains of bacteria can arise faster than drug companies can create antibiotics, understanding how these molecules function could help companies narrow their focus on potential antibiotics and bring them to market sooner. - Laying of the Foundation Stone for PETRA III
Today the laying of the cornerstone for the PETRA III experimental hall-the most brilliant storage-ring-based X-ray source worldwide is celebrated. "Being the most powerful light source of its kind, PETRA III will offer scientists excellent experimental possibilities with short wave X-ray radiation of very high brilliance"... - New DNA-Based Technique For Assembly of Nano- and Micro-sized Particles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new method for controlling the self-assembly of nanometer and micrometer-sized particles. The method, based on designed DNA shells that coat a particle's surface, can be used to manipulate the structure... - lightsources.org Newsbriefs for September 11, 2007
---------------------------NEWS-------------------------------------------- CNETNews.com--Stanford's x-ray vision Leader-Post--Ottawa helping synchrotron get clients - (CLS) The federal government has announced a $2-million cash injection for a new program at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron ... - X-ray images help explain limits to insect body size
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have cast new light on why the giant insects that lived millions of years ago disappeared. In the late Paleozoic Era, with atmospheric oxygen levels reaching record highs, some insects evolved into giants. When oxygen levels returned to lower levels, the insect giants went extinct. - Drell appointed acting director at SLAC as Dorfan accepts new university position
Persis Drell, deputy director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), has been appointed acting director by university President John Hennessy while the search for the successor to Jonathan Dorfan continues during the fall. - Tiny Tubes and Rods Show Promise as Catalysts, Sunscreen
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications. - Canada's New Government Invests $2 Million to Attract First Time Industrial Users to Synchrotron
Canada's New Government is investing $2 million towards a new program which will offer reduced fees to first-time users of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron, giving industry another reason to conduct research at this world-class national facility.
