First x-ray laser gets funding
...esearch capabilities of LCLS with a new center for ultrafast science that will share the LCLS facility. The Department of Energy awarded $4.7 million for three years, and the W. M. Keck Foundation in early January awarded Stanford $1 million for developing research programs in the center. "The LCLS offers a ne...Key molecule in plant photo-protection identified
...a second). To identify these steps, we needed the ultrafast spectroscopic capabilities that have only recently become available." The Berkeley researchers used femtosecond spectroscopic techniques to follow the movement of absorbed excitation energy in the thylakoid membranes of spinach leaves, which are larg...Rutgers findings a step toward safer chemicals in labs and industry
...pectroscopy technique that allowed them to measure ultrafast movements of the atoms and molecules in the RTILs. The technique enabled the scientists to detect molecular vibrations and rotations as fast as 20 quadrillionths of a second. They have applied these research methods to several other classes of the i...Biggest physics meeting of the year
...n subjects is abundant: planetary interiors (A42), ultrafast chemistry (R13), liquid splashing (P8), biological swarming (G8), optical clocks (K1), snake infrared vision (Y26), nanoplumbing (N26.4), Bose-Einstein transistors (B43.10), serial crystallography (A29.11), microscale synthetic swimmers (B29.2), plas...NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective
...method has the potential to become an inexpensive, ultrafast DNA sequencing technique. Most nanopore sequencing approaches involve either the protein pore alpha-hemolysin or artificial pores in inorganic materials. This team will use protein-engineering to tailor an alternative protein pore, Mycobacterium smeg...NRC team uses new Quantum Technology to control molecules
...r scale game. The knob the researchers used is an ultrafast laser pulse (shown here as a wiggly black arrow) which re-shapes the hill (or tilts the board) as the molecule is sliding down the slope, using an interaction called the Dynamic Stark Effect. In this molecular 'Labyrinth' game, the interaction defle...U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
...sequent molecules of oil or sugar. "The secret is ultrafast flash volatilization [vaporization]," said Schmidt. "It happens here because we vaporize the fuel and mix it with oxygen before it sees the catalyst so it doesn't burn to char. This is potentially 100 times faster than what is currently available to ...Brown team finds crucial protein role in deadly prion spread
...t healthy protein into abnormal protein through an ultrafast process. This good-gone-bad conversion is one way that prions multiply and spread disease. But scientists believe that there is another crucial step in this propagation process fragmentation of existing prion complexes. Once converted, the thinkin...5 Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
... in 1974. His research involves the development of ultrafast non-linear laser techniques to study molecular processes, intermolecular interactions and structure in complex molecular systems. Fayer earned bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of California-Berkeley in 1969 and 1974. He is an affil......carry out a single flop. Wang was able to use the ultrafast laser facility (funded by the National Science Foundation), which acts like a high-speed motion picture camera that can capture data from these lightning-fast reactions. "He tried a really hard experiment, and he was actually able to measure the...