- Number 326 |
- December 6, 2010
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Discovering how the flu virus infects healthy cells
Science is closer to understanding how the flu virus infects healthy cells thanks to researchers at the Ames Laboratory. The team, led by Mei Hong, associate scientist and an Iowa State professor of chemistry used solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the structure and workings of a proton channel that connects the flu virus to a healthy cell.
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New and improved “hash” for the Cray XMT
“Hashing strategies” are methods for slicing and dicing data to assign it to locations within a computer. Now, scientists at DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories have improved hashing strategies for multithreaded machines. They adapted two of the most commonly used variations of hashing strategies to run efficiently on the Cray XMT.
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Free-Electron Laser goes over the rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow of visible light is an untapped goldmine of research potential, where energy sources, novel materials and environmental research are possible. That goldmine may soon be open to researchers using the Free-Electron Laser at DOE's Jefferson Lab.
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Seismic surveys track carbon dioxide movement underground
Researchers at DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory and collaborators at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a correlation between acoustic wave velocities measured in the laboratory and relative carbon dioxide (CO2) saturation, which allows researchers to calibrate and refine the interpretation of seismic reflection surveys.
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New standard proposed for supercomputing
A new supercomputer rating system was released by an international team led by DOE's Sandia National Laboratories at the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans on Nov. 17.
