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Argonne Aided in Nobel Success

All three recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry published papers on their award-winning work based on data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Oct 2009

Carl Zeiss Redefining the Science of Brain Mapping and 3-D Reconstruction

Wide-field, high resolution imaging, huge data storage and manipulation capabilities plus highly automated sample preparation techniques are yielding research results 100-times, or more, faster than ever before. As a result, a number of high-ranking research institutes are adopting these remarkable instruments.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 7 Oct 2009

Improving Breast Cancer Detection Using Highly Sensitive Nanoparticles

Errki Ruoslahti, professor at UC Santa Barbara's Burnham Institute for Medical Research, is the recipient of a $2.8 million award from the Department of Defense for research into detection and therapies for breast ca...

7 Oct 2009

New "Lab-on-a-Chip" Identifies Women at Risk of Breast Cancer

Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than eve...

7 Oct 2009

MIT-Harvard CCNE Collaborator Awarded with Nobel Prize in Medicine

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three scientists - Drs. Jack W. Szostak, Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider. The laureates have solved a major problem in biology: how the chromosomes can b...

6 Oct 2009

New Molecule that can Travel into Cells, Deliver Genetic Cargo, and Packs a Beacon

Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel into cells, deliver genetic cargo, and packs a beacon so scientists can follow its movements in living systems.

6 Oct 2009