Recent News
Better bioremediation through metal-ligand complex studies
New details about how bacteria and metals interact highlight the importance of considering metal-ligand complexes as part of bioremediation strategies. As part of EMSL's Biochemistry Grand Challenge, scientists used spectroscopy and computational tools to determine the kinetics of electron exchange when the metal, iron, is coupled to ligands of geological and environmental significance.Full Story
New knowledge gained about enamel formation
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and University of Southern California used nuclear magnetic resonance resources at EMSL to study the mechanisms behind self assembly of the protein, amelogenin, into nanospheres – an initial step in building tooth enamel. Full Story
Xanthan gum gives positive results in remediation
Using resources at EMSL, a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team found a way to enhance cleanup effectiveness and efficiency by incorporating the inexpensive and readily available polymer, Xanthan gum, into the remediation process. Full Story
Yanwen Zhang Named to Journal's Advisory Editorial Board
Yanwen Zhang, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s EMSL, was invited to serve on the advisory editorial board of Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section B. Full Story
Baer named AAAS Fellow
Don Baer, Lead Scientist for Interfacial Chemistry at the Department of Energy’s EMSL, was recently named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Full Story
Recent patent describes a new method to separate and characterize ions
With resources at the Department of Energy’s EMSL, researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory devised a fundamentally new approach to identify ions in gases and separate their mixtures, termed High-Order Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry Full Story
