(Phys.org) —An international team of researchers, including LLNL physicist Matthias Frank and postdoc Mark Hunter, have for the first time used an ultra-intense X-ray laser to determine the previously unknown atomic-scale ...
General Physics
Mar 14, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Research at SLAC's powerful X-ray laser that could lead to the development of specialized drugs to better combat African sleeping sickness has been recognized by Science magazine as one of the nine runners-up ...
General Physics
Dec 24, 2012
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Structure analysis of the trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B is among the scientific breakthroughs of 2012.
Biochemistry
Dec 21, 2012
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The discovery of the Higgs Boson, an invisible particle that explains the mystery of mass, leads a list of the top 10 scientific advances of 2012 released Thursday by the US journal Science.
General Physics
Dec 21, 2012
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Infectious African sleeping sickness is widespread south of the Sahara Desert. Although the around sixty million people residing in tropical Africa run the risk of becoming infected every day, only around four million of ...
Biochemistry
Dec 14, 2012
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From spoof Twitter accounts to feverish speculation about names, the Internet has gone into a frenzy over the unborn child of Prince William and his wife Catherine as the first royal baby of the online age.
Internet
Dec 4, 2012
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An international group of scientists working at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has mapped a weak spot in the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, pinpointing a promising new target for treating a disease ...
Biochemistry
Nov 29, 2012
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NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Epiomed Therapeutics Inc. of Irvine, Calif., have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize a NASA-crafted, fast-acting nasal spray to fight motion sickness.
Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2012
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Scientists in California have shed light on a marine mystery: how diving mammals can hunt for food at great depths without getting the "bends," according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2012
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Diagnosis is key to the control and prevention of endemic livestock diseases in developing regions. New research has found the use of a low-cost diagnostic decision support tool could lead to the improvement in clinical practice ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2012
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