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PR-BNL-09-14-191J Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA - (CFN, NSLS) - December 18, 2009 - Western News
PR-UWO-09-1-190I The how and why of freezing the common fruit fly - (APS) - December 15, 2009 - The University of Michigan
PR-UMICH-09-2-189I Painkiller undermines aspirin's anti-clotting action - (APS) - December 14, 2009 - The Rockefeller University
PR-ROCKEFELLER-09-2-188I Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme - (NSLS) - December 10, 2009 - DIAMOND
PR-Diamond-09-11-187F Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation Conference - 11th to 14th July 2010 - (DIAMOND) - December 9, 2009 - DIAMOND
PR-Diamond-09-11-186F 7th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science July 2010 - (DIAMOND) - December 3, 2009 - VAI
PR-VAI-09-1-185I VAI Researchers Find Long Awaited Key to Creating Drought Resistant Crops - (APS) November 2009 - November 30, 2009 - ESRF
PR-ESRF-09-7-184G Kick-Off For New “Nano-Friendly” And Ecological ESRF’S Buildings - (ESRF) - November 30, 2009 - European XFEL
PR-European XFEL-09-1-1G The European XFEL GmbH – A new research institution in Northern Germany - (European XFEL) - November 17, 2009 - Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
PR-HELMHOLTZ-09-3-181I Outstanding Results on Research in Synchrotron Radiation rewarded - (BESSY) - November 17, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
PR-DESY-09-6-182I Unique perspectives for Hamburg - (HASYLAB at DESY) - November 12, 2009 - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PR-CSHL-09-2-180I CSHL team solves structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases - (NSLS) - November 10, 2009 - Stanford University
PR-STANFORD-09-2-179C Stanford-led research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics - (SSRL) - November 9, 2009 - University of Saskatchewan
PR-USASK-09-1-178C Form of Mercury in Older Dental Fillings Unlikely to be Toxic – U of S Research Team - (SSRL) - November 8, 2009 - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
PR-EMBL-09-4-177E Drought resistance explained - (ESRF) - November 6, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-10-176F Students swap the classroom for the synchrotron during "Engineering Your Future" careers day - (Diamond) - November 2, 2009 - Carnegie Mellon University
PR-CMU-09-1-175C Carnegie Mellon Researchers Use NMR Methodology To Elucidate Chemical Structure of Natural Compounds - (NSLS) - November 2, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-6-174G Science Begins at the World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser - (LCLS) October 2009 - October 25, 2009 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PR-MIT-09-2-173I Biologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper' - (APS, NSLS) - October 23, 2009 - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
PR-UMUENCHEN-09-2-172I Trembling hands and molecular handshakes - (ESRF, HASYLAB at DESY) - October 22, 2009 - The Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-7-171I Team led by Scripps Research and UC San Diego scientists reveals secrets of drought resistance - (ALS) - October 22, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-8-170J Berkeley Researchers Find New Route to Nano Self-Assembly - (ALS, FOUNDRY) - October 20, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-13-169I Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research - (NSLS) - October 20, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-9-168C Argonne scientists find new set of multiferroic materials - (APS, CNM) - October 15, 2009 - University College London
PR-UCL-09-1-167E Unravelling the secrets of a magic material - (ELETTRA) - October 15, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-9-166C Nanoscale structures revealed on Diamond’s latest beamline - (Diamond, ESRF) - October 9, 2009 - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
PR-UMUENCHEN-09-1-165I Under starter's orders - (ESRF, SLS) - October 8, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-6-162K Two Long-Term Users of the ESRF Win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry - (ESRF) - October 7, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-12-161K Seminal Work for 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Conducted at Brookhaven Lab - (NSLS) - October 7, 2009 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PR-HHMI-09-4-163K HHMI Researcher Thomas Steitz Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry - (NSLS) - October 7, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
PR-DESY-09-5-164K DESY congratulates Ada Yonath, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry - (HASYLAB at DESY) - October 7, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-8-160K Argonne's Advanced Photon Source lit the way to chemistry Nobel - (ALS, APS, ESRF, NSLS, SLS) - October 7, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-5-159I Bacterium helps formation of gold - (APS, ESRF, SSRL) - October 7, 2009 - Swiss Light Source
PR-SLS-09-1-158K Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry is long-term user of Swiss Light Source at the Paul Scherrer Institute - (SLS) - October 5, 2009 - Vanderbilt University
PR-VANDERBILT-09-1-157I First direct information about the prion's molecular structure reported - (ALS, APS, SSRL) - October 1, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-7-154I Scientists decipher missing piece of first-responder DNA repair machine - (ALS) - October 1, 2009 - Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-6-155I Scripps research scientists find missing puzzle piece of powerful DNA repair complex - (ALS) September 2009 - September 30, 2009 - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
PR-EMBL-09-3-153I Putting the squeeze on sperm DNA - (ESRF) - September 29, 2009 - Max Planck Society
PR-MPG-09-1-152C Getting to the roots of lethal hairs - (APS) - September 29, 2009 - University of Michigan
PR-UMICH-09-1-151J U-M physicists create first atomic-scale map of quantum dots - (APS) - September 29, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-8-150I It's all in the smell...How the 100th protein structure solved at Diamond impacts our understanding of how insects smell! - (Diamond) - September 28, 2009 - The Rockefeller University
PR-ROCKEFELLER-09-1-156I "Promiscuous" protein interactions found in the nuclear pore complex - (ALS, APS, NSLS) - September 24, 2009 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PR-HHMI-09-3-146I Evolution is Not a Two-Way Street - (APS) - September 23, 2009 - NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
PR-NCI-09-1-149I Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death - (APS) - September 23, 2009 - University of Oregon
PR-UOREGON-09-3-147I Ratchet-like genetic mutations make evolution irreversible - (APS) - September 22, 2009 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
PR-NIST-09-5-148J New NIST Nano-Ruler Sets Some Very Small Marks - September 16, 2009 - Weill Cornell Medical College
PR-WEILLCORNELL-09-1-144I Weill Cornell Researchers Discover New Anti-Tuberculosis (TB) Compounds - (NSLS) - September 14, 2009 - Cornell University
PR-CORNELL-09-2-143H Stimulus funds help synchrotron research, Energy Recovery Linac stay the course - (CHESS) - September 14, 2009 - FWF Austrian Science Fund
PR-FWF-09-1-141C Under Observation - Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age - (ESRF) - September 13, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-11-140I High-Res View of Zinc Transport Protein - (NSLS) - September 11, 2009 - University of Delaware
PR-UDEL-09-1-142E New X-ray technique illuminates reactivity of environmental contaminants - (NSLS) - September 9, 2009 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
PR-NSERC-09-1-139H Government of Canada Supports World-Class Research with Increased Funding to Canadian Light Source - (CLS) - September 2, 2009 - New York University
PR-NYU-09-1-138C Chemists reach from the molecular to the real world with creation of 3-D DNA crystals - (NSLS, APS) - September 2, 2009 - University of Oregon
PR-UOREGON-09-2-137C Boron-based compounds trick a biomedical protein - (ALS, APS) August 2009 - August 20, 2009 - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
PR-ANSTO-09-1-135C In-situ insights into alloys - (APS) - August 20, 2009 - Cornell University
PR-CORNELL-09-1-132B Cornell synchrotron unveils long-hidden Wyeth painting - (CHESS) - August 20, 2009 - University of California, Berkeley
PR-UCB-09-2-131I New images capture cell's ribosomes at work, could aid in molecular war against disease - (ALS, APS) - August 19, 2009 - Case Western Reserve University
PR-CASE-09-1-130H Case Western Reserve University receives $4M from the NIBIB - (NSLS) - August 19, 2009 - Victorian Government
PR-VICTORIA-09-6-129H Trans Tasman Project Paves The Way For Healthier Food - (AS) - August 19, 2009 - The University of British Columbia Science
PR-UBC-09-1-128C UBC Research Pokes Holes in Hubbard Model, Could Help Solve Enigma of High-Temperature Superconductors - (ALS) - August 19, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-6-127H Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source Receives $11.3 Million To Enable New Types of Scientific Inquiry - (ALS) - August 19, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-7-126IJ Argonne, University of Chicago scientists develop targeted cancer treatment using nanomaterials - (APS) - August 18, 2009 - Technische Universität München
PR-TUM-09-2-123I Fine-tuning an anti-cancer drug - (SLS) - August 17, 2009 - Forschungszentrum Dresden Rossendorf
PR-FZD-09-1-145C Confined electrons live longer - (FELBE) - August 17, 2009 - University of Virginia Health System
PR-UVA-09-1-125I UVA Researchers Determine the 3-D Structure of Anthrax Protein - (APS) - August 16, 2009 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PR-HHMI-09-2-136I A Proliferation of Amyloid Arrangements - (APS, ESRF) - August 13, 2009 - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
PR-EMBL-09-2-124I Raising the alarm when DNA goes bad - (ESRF) - August 11, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-5-122I SLAC Researchers Reveal the Dance of Water - (SSRL, SPring-8) - August 10, 2009 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PR-MIT-09-1-120C Researchers make carbon nanotubes without metal catalyst - (BESSY) - August 7, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-4-116H SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to Receive Additional $21.8M in Recovery Act Funding for New Research Instruments - (LCLS, SSRL) - August 6, 2009 - The Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-5-121I Scripps Research Scientists Find Early Evolution Maximized the "Spellchecking" of Protein Sequences - (SSRL) - August 4, 2009 - Duke University
PR-DUKE-09-1-133B 'Non-trivial' Crystallization Reveals Antibiotic's Molecular Mode of Action - (NSLS) - August 4, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-5-118H Berkeley Lab Receives an Additional $40.3 Million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding - (ALS) - August 4, 2009 - U.S. Department of Energy
PR-DOE-09-2-119H Obama Administration Announces More Than $327 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Science Research - (ALS, APS, LCLS, NSLS, SSRL) - August 3, 2009 - Soil Science Society of America
PR-SSSA-09-1-134E Metal Immobilization using Plant and Poultry Waste Can Revive Soil Ecosystems - (SPring-8) July 2009 - July 28, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-4-115I Jet-propelled Imaging for an Ultrafast Light Source - (ALS, LCLS) - July 27, 2009 - Geophysical Laboratory of The Carnegie Institution of Washington
PR-CARNEGIE-09-4-117E Hydrocarbons in Deep Earth? - (APS) - July 21, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
PR-DESY-09-4-113H Schavan, Gundelach and Biel lay cornerstone at DESY - (XFEL) - July 20, 2009 - Imperial College London
PR-IMPERIAL-09-3-114K Sparkling with success – Diamond fellowship awarded to Imperial life scientist - (Diamond) - July 20, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-3-112I Protein structures revealed at record pace - (ALS) - July 20, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
PR-DESY-09-3-111G Let there be light! - (HASYLAB at DESY) - July 17, 2009 - The Company of Biologists
PR-JEB-09-1-110B Neon blue-tailed tree lizard glides like a feather - (ESRF) - July 14, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-7-109G Local science facility prepares to go into another dimension - (Diamond) - July 14, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-6-107I Researchers image crucial anthrax protein - (APS) - July 2, 2009 - Technische Universität München
PR-TUM-09-1-108I A special pathway makes bacteria vulnerable - (SLS) - July 2, 2009 - ELETTRA
PR-ELETTRA-09-1-106I New R&D imaging technique available for cancer research - (ELETTRA) - July 2, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-6-105I Intense X-rays pave the way for better antibacterial drugs - (Diamond, SOLEIL) June 2009 - June 26, 2009 - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
PR-UPC-09-1-104B A UPC research group uses the Grenoble synchrotron to study Gothic art - (ESRF) - June 21, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-10-99I How Botulism Paralyzes Nerve Cells: New Details Revealed - (NSLS) - June 19, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-4-98B Size Did Matter - (ESRF) - June 18, 2009 - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
PR-LMUM-09-1-102B Size did matter -- evidence of giant sperm found in microfossils - (ESRF) - June 18, 2009 - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
PR-CSIRO-09-1-103B Natural deep earth pump fuels earthquakes and ore - (APS) - June 18, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-5-100A Argonne, UChicago scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism - (APS) - June 15, 2009 - California Institute of Technology
PR-CALTECH-09-1-101C Caltech Scientists Use High-Pressure "Alchemy" to Create Nonexpanding Metals - (APS, NSLS) - June 15, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-9-97G Construction Begins on World-Class Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory - (NSLS-ll) - June 15, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-8-96I X-Rays for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection - (NSLS) - June 15, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-3-95C New Exotic Material Could Revolutionize Electronics - (ALS, SSRL) - June 11, 2009 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PR-HHMI-09-1-94I New Images May Improve Vaccine Design for Deadly Rotavirus - (APS) - June 11, 2009 - Cancer Research UK
PR-CRUK-09-1-93I Yeast 'DNA damage sensor' provides chemotherapy resistance clue - (ALS, SSRL) - June 10, 2009 - University of California - Berkeley
PR-UCB-09-1-92C Graphene opens door to tunable transistors, LEDs - (ALS) - June 10, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-2-91C Bilayer Graphene Gets a Bandgap - (ALS) - June 8, 2009 - Canadian Light Source
PR-CLS-09-3-89C University of Saskatchewan and Canadian Synchrotron researchers shed light on esophageal disease - (CLS) - June 5, 2009 - Carnegie Institution for Science
PR-CARNEGIE-09-3-90C 'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure - (APS) May 2009 - May 20, 2009 - Boston Medical Center
PR-BUMC-09-1-88I Revealing the long-awaited atomic structure of a well-known enzyme - (NSLS, SSRL) - May 13, 2009 - Australian Synchrotron
PR-AS-09-4-87H Budget boost for synchrotron capabilities - (AS) - May 11, 2009 - Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
PR-LNLS-09-2-86H ABTLuS names new board of directors - (LNLS) - May 5, 2009 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
PR-NIST-09-4-85C Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics - (APS) April 2009 - April 30, 2009 - Canadian Light Source
PR-CLS-09-2-82F Canadian Light Source Celebrates 2000th Researcher Visit - (CLS) - April 29, 2009 - Jefferson Lab
PR-JLAB-09-1-83H Jefferson Lab's Free-Electron Laser Joins With Others in New Research Venture - (JLab) - April 28, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-4-84G DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at Argonne - (APS, CNM) - April 28, 2009 - Swedish Research Council
PR-MAXLAB-09-1-81G One step closer to MAX IV - (MAX-lab) - April 28, 2009 - Australian Synchrotron
PR-AS-09-3-80H $14.7 million extension to medical research at the Australian Synchrotron - (AS) - April 24, 2009 - Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt
PR-PTB-09-1-79A At the limits of the photoelectric effect - (FLASH) - April 23, 2009 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
PR-NIST-09-3-78G Discovery of an unexpected boost for solar water-splitting cells - (NSLS) - April 23, 2009 - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
PR-KEK-09-3-77G A New Crystallography Beamline for Pharmaceutical Applications Now Operational - (PF) - April 21, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-2-76I New Era of Research Begins as World's First Hard X-ray Laser Achieves "First Light" - (LCLS) - April 17, 2009 - University of Rochester Medical Center
PR-URMC-09-1-75I Genetic switch potential key to new class of antibiotics - (SSRL) - April 16, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
PR-DESY-09-2-74G Clear the ring for PETRA III - (HASYLAB at DESY) - April 15, 2009 - The University of Iowa
PR-IOWA-09-1-73I UI chemists' DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics - (SSRL) - April 13, 2009 - American Institute of Physics
PR-AIP-09-1-72C Next Generation Nanofilms Created - (HASYLAB at DESY) - April 13, 2009 - The Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-4-71I Scripps Research Scientists Uncover Mimicry at the Molecular Level in a Critical Pathway that Protects Genome Integrity - (SSRL) - April 10, 2009 - Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
PR-HELMHOLTZ-09-2-70E How do they spread? - (Diamond) - April 10, 2009 - The Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-3-69I Scripps research scientists model 3D structures of proteins that control human clock - (ALS) - April 9, 2009 - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PR-CSHL-09-1-67I CSHL researchers explain process by which cells 'hide' potentially dangerous DNA segments - (NSLS) - April 8, 2009 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
PR-NIST-09-2-68J Nano changes rise to macro importance in a key electronics material - (APS, NSLS) March 2009 - March 30, 2009 - Australian Synchrotron
PR-AS-09-2-65I Breast cancer test analysed at Australian Synchrotron - (AS) - March 30, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-7-63K Construction Projects at Brookhaven Lab Win Department of Energy Award - (CFN) - March 29, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-6-61J DNA-Based Assembly Line for Precision Nano-Cluster Construction - (CFN, NSLS) - March 27, 2009 - Brandeis University
PR-BRANDEIS-09-6-62I A splice of life - (SLS) - March 27, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-3-60I Research could lead to more comprehensive flu vaccines - (APS) - March 26, 2009 - Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-2-58I Scripps scientists find structure of a protein that makes cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy - (ALS, APS, SSRL) - March 25, 2009 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PR-UIUC-09-1-59C New drug agent knocks out multiple enzymes in cancer pathway - (NSLS, NSRRC) - March 23, 2009 - Australian Synchrotron
PR-AS-09-1-64I Australian Synchrotron works with industry to unlock cancer secrets - (AS) - March 23, 2009 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PR-SLAC-09-1-57J SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to Receive $68.3 Million in Recovery Act Funding - (LCLS) - March 23, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PR-LBL-09-1-55H Berkeley Lab to Receive $115.8 Million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding - (ALS) - March 23, 2009 - U.S. Department of Energy
PR-DOE-09-1-54H Energy Secretary Chu Announces $1.2 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for Science - (ALS, LCLS, NSLS-II) - March 20, 2009 - SPring-8
PR-SPRING8-09-3-66C Solving the Mystery of a Fullerene Superconductor with a Critical Temperature of 38 K - Electrons start moving under pressure and induce the transformation from a Mott insulator to a metal - (SPring-8) - March 20, 2009 - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
PR-KEK-09-2-52I Triggering an immune system - (PF) - March 19, 2009 - Frankfurt University
PR-GOETHE-09-1-53I A paradigm shift in immune response regulation - (PF) - March 17, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-3-51I Synthesizing the most natural of all skin creams - (ESRF) - March 16, 2009 - Western Economic Diversification Canada
PR-WEDC-09-1-50H Government of Canada Invests in New Research Facilities at the Canadian Light Source - (CLS) - March 12, 2009 - Stony Brook University
PR-STONYBROOK-09-1-48C Team Discovers Metal that Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure - (APS) - March 12, 2009 - Argonne National Labroratory
PR-ANL-09-2-47J Argonne scientists reveal interaction between supersonic fuel spray and its shock wave - (APS, CHESS) - March 11, 2009 - Carnegie Institution for Science
PR-CARNEGIE-09-2-49C Under Pressure, Atoms Make Unlikely Alloys - (APS) - March 4, 2009 - SPring-8
PR-SPRING8-09-2-56J Success in Observation of Transverse Acoustic Wave in Liquid! - Can We Overturn the Conventional Textbook Theory? - (SPring-8) - March 4, 2009 - University of Liverpool
PR-LIVERPOOL-09-1-46I Antibody key to treating variant CJD, scientists find - (SRS) - March 2, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-2-45B Scientists discover the first fossil brain - (ESRF) - March 2, 2009 - American Museum of Natural History
PR-AMNH-09-1-44B Oldest fossil brain found in Kansas and imaged in France - (ESRF) February 2009 - February 27, 2009 - Imperial College London
PR-IMPERIAL-09-2-42I Scientists unlock the secrets of C. difficile's protective shell, paving the way for new superbug drugs and vaccines - (SRS, HASYLAB at DESY) - February 26, 2009 - Uppsala University
PR-UPPSALA-09-1-39C An impossible alloy now possible - (APS) - February 25, 2009 - University of Oregon
PR-UOREGON-09-1-38I Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial - (SSRL) - February 25, 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory
PR-ANL-09-1-37C Argonne scientists pinpoint mechanism to increase magnetic response of ferromagnetic semiconductor under high pressure - (APS) - February 19, 2009 - University of Massachusetts Amherst
PR-UMASS-09-1-34C 'Transformative' Method Developed by UMass for Generating the Smallest, Most Perfect, Ultradense Polymer Films Ever - (ALS) - February 18, 2009 - Princeton University
PR-PRINCETON-09-1-40I Quantum dance: Discovery led by Princeton researchers could revolutionize computing - (ALS, SLS, SSRL) - February 18, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-5-35K Lord Lieutenant launches Diamond's involvement with the Oxfordshire Science Festival - (Diamond) - February 16, 2009 - Rice University
PR-RICE-09-1-33I Image pinpoints all 5 million atoms in viral coat - (CHESS) - February 15, 2009 - Stanford University
PR-STANFORD-09-1-32B Using synchrotron X-rays to tease the hidden secrets of dinosaurs and old documents - (SSRL) - February 15, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-4-29I Leading edge facility to strip history bare - (Diamond) - February 13, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-3-28I Diamond’s latest results mark the first step towards a world reclassification of viruses - (Diamond) - February 13, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-2-27I UK leading the way in corneal research - (Diamond) - February 13, 2009 - Diamond Light Source
PR-DIAMOND-09-1-26I X-ray eyes bring us closer to early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease - (Diamond) - February 13, 2009 - Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
PR-HELMHOLTZ-09-1-31A 'Science:' Novel quantum effect directly observed and explained - (ALS, SLS, SSRL) - February 12, 2009 - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
PR-KEK-09-1-24A First Glimpse of a Protein Molecule Breathing Caught in Action - (PF) - February 11, 2009 - Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
PR-LNLS-09-1-25G Brazil is going to build its second Synchrotron Light Source - (LNLS) - February 10, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-5-30H NSLS-II Contract Will Mean Hundreds of Jobs for Long Island - (NSLS-II) - February 9, 2009 - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
PR-WHOI-09-1-43E Carbon Acts Like Rustoleum Around Hydrothermal Vents - (ALS) - February 8, 2009 - The Scripps Research Institute
PR-SCRIPPS-09-1-41I Scripps Research Scientists Create First Crystal Structure of an Intermediate Particle in Virus Assembly - (APS) - February 8, 2009 - National Science Foundation
PR-NSF-09-1-20E Iron on its Route to the Sea-Floor: A New Path - (ALS) - February 8, 2009 - University of Southern California
PR-USC-09-1-22E Iron From the Deep May Feed Oceans - (ALS) - February 8, 2009 - University of Minnesota
PR-UMN-09-1-21E U of Minnesota-led study reveals mysteries of deep-sea nutrients - (ALS) - February 6, 2009 - National Institute of Standards and Technology
PR-NIST-09-1-23I Long-Sought Protein Structure May Help Reveal How 'Gene Switch' Works - (APS, NSLS) - February 4, 2009 - European Molecular Biology Laboratory
PR-EMBL-09-1-19I New findings reveal how influenza virus hijacks human cells - (ESRF) - February 4, 2009 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PR-ESRF-09-1-18I The deadly knife of the influenza virus made visible - (ESRF) - February 3, 2009 - Monash University
PR-MONASH-09-1-15I Monash research breakthrough to treat malaria - (AS) - February 3, 2009 - Carnegie Institution for Science
PR-CARNEGIE-09-1-17I High pressure yields novel single-element 'compound' - (ESRF, HASYLAB at DESY, NSLS) January 2009 - January 29, 2009 - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
PR-DESY-09-1-16H DESY and India to collaborate in advanced materials research - (HASYLAB at DESY) - January 25, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-4-12C New Catalyst Paves the Path for Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells - (CFN, NSLS) - January 23, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-3-11GH Brookhaven Lab Receives $28 Million to Support Crystallography Facility - (NSLS) - January 20, 2009 - Imperial College London
PR-IMPERIAL-09-1-13I MRSA's 'weak point' visualised by scientists - (Diamond, ESRF, SRS) - January 16, 2009 - SPring-8
PR-SPRING8-09-1-14I Successful Structural Determination of Vault in Higher Organisms Using SPring-8 Beamline - (SLS, SPring-8) - January 16, 2009 - Brown University
PR-BROWN-09-1-10I Brown Researchers Work Out Structure of TIGAR, a Possible Cancer Flag - (NSLS) - January 15, 2009 - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
PR-MDANDERSON-09-1-8I E. coli Persists Against Antibiotics Through HipA-Induced Dormancy - (ALS) - January 12, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-2-7GH Department of Energy Approves Construction Start of NSLS-II Project - (NSLS-II) - January 12, 2009 - Iowa State University
PR-IOWASTATE-09-1-6I Iowa State University researchers discover structure of key Ebola protein - (ALS) - January 12, 2009 - Roswell Park Cancer Institute
PR-ROSWELL-09-1-9I First Molecular-Level Enzyme Images Could Improve Breast-Cancer Therapy - (APS, CHESS) - January 9, 2009 - Dartmouth College
PR-DARTMOUTH-09-1-5I Dartmouth researchers find new protein function - (NSLS) - January 9, 2009 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PR-BNL-09-1-4I Researchers First to "See" Reactive Oxygen Species in Vital Enzyme - (APS, NSLS) - January 8, 2009 - Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
PR-HWI-09-1-3I Scientist First in World to Unravel the Molecular Structure of the Key Breast Cancer Target Enzyme That Makes All Estrogens - (APS, CHESS) - January 7, 2009 - Canadian Light Source
PR-CLS-09-1-2FK Robert J. Sawyer Named Writer-In-Residence at Canadian Light Source - (CLS) - January 5, 2009 - Burnham Institute for Medical Research
PR-BURNHAM-09-1-1I Burnham Researchers Discover "On Switch" for Cell Death Signaling Mechanism - (NSLS)
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