http://www.pnl.gov/science/ Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kathryn.lang@pnl.gov christine.novak@pnl.gov http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1162Sam Payne will receive a grant totaling $2.5 million over five years. ]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1159Results: If you want to build a better house, first ask what your buyer needs. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory built a modeling structure for policy-making decisions addressing climate change. Their research identified specific regional stakeholder needs, including real-world decisions faced by industry, regional planners, and policy makers. This unique modeling framework will provide decision support for regional climate mitigation and adaptation planning. The research was published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1161Results: Thought to be an impurity in the industrial catalyst Cu-BTC, the copper ion Cu⁺ is actually part of the material and could expand the catalyst's repertoire, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Caen. By controlling the catalyst's surroundings, the team made the metal organic framework more reactive. The improved reactivity is seen in the material's ability to handle changes in the number of electrons on its copper atoms, switching between Cu²⁺ and Cu⁺. ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1158Results: Strains of bacteria from the genus Yersinia are infectious and virulent: Y. pseudotuberculosis causes intestinal distress, and Y. pestis causes the plague. To better understand and potentially design ways to mitigate Yersinia's effects on human health, researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the J. Craig Venter Institute, and the University of Texas Medical Branch took on the task of refining the genome maps of three Yersinia strains. They used the proteome and transcriptome, collections of proteins and transcripts in the bacteria, to discover new information about the genome. Their results appear in PLoS ONE. ]]>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1160Catalysis Today. This edition of the prestigious scientific journal focuses on mobile emissions control. The articles are based on a symposium at the 22^nd Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, held in Detroit, Michigan, in June 2011. As co-editors, Peden and Szanyi participated in the reviewing and editing of the 31 articles in the issue. ]]>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1157Results: High above the Earth, clouds too thin to see cover the tropics. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have found a creative technique to identify the clouds' origins. Using several satellite data sources, they identified cloud formation mechanisms that occur in two distinct conditions. Knowing the different formation mechanisms will help scientists predict the amount of water vapor in the upper atmosphere, which affects the balance of warming and cooling that determines the Earth's climate. Their research was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. ]]>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1156Results: In studies on a human skin tissue model, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used a systems biology approach to show that an ionizing radiation dose mimicking that received during a CT scan is sufficient to alter genes in two cell layers. The epidermis is the outer skin layer, and the dermis is beneath it. The researchers found 1452 genes altered in the dermis and 428 genes altered in the epidermis. Genes altered in the two layers showed little overlap, but the affected signaling pathways were similar. ]]>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1154Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1155Results: How better to find out what effect ionizing radiation has on human skin than by using the real thing? Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory did that by performing a quantitative mass spectrometry study on a reconstituted human skin tissue model to identify areas affected by ionizing radiation exposure. Their results suggest that even very low doses of ionizing radiation activate cell-signaling pathways, resulting in altered protein phosphorylation and possibly altered protein function. ]]>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=1150Institute for Integrated Catalysis was selected as one of the three research efforts for EMSL's new classification of user proposals called Team Science Projects. These projects will address major scientific challenges related to oil recovery, carbon sequestration, biofuels, and energy storage and production. ]]>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST