Chemical and Biological Sciences News

New understanding of a common plant enzyme could lead to better crop management

New findings about chitinases, enzymes found naturally in plants, could allow farmers to address fungal infections sooner and more efficiently.

Ames National Laboratory to host new SCGSR student James Knoop

James Knoop, a graduate student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was selected for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award.

Spedding Postdoctoral Fellowship in Separation Science seeking applicants

Ames Laboratory seeks strong candidates for a distinguished Spedding Postdoctoral Fellow, focusing broadly on energy-relevant separation science and related topics.

Ames Lab, Iowa State alumna Hoffman recognized with Enrico Fermi Award

Darleane C. Hoffman is a newly announced recipient of the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award

New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainable

A new hybrid catalyst converts carbon dioxide into ethylene in one pot. The catalyst was developed by scientists from Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University, University of Virginia, and Columbia University.

Pat Thiel's research commemorated in special journal issue

The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology highlights the research accomplishments of Ames Lab scientist.

Rxn Rover software helps small chem labs easily access AI for reaction optimization

A new open-source software helps small chem labs access artificial intelligence.

A 'fairly simple' breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficient

A new catalyst extracts hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials easily and efficiently.

Conceptual art, hydrogen storage catalysis

Ames Lab awarded up to $2.89M for fundamental rare-earth separations research

A team led by scientists at Ames Laboratory will research separation processes taking place in ionic adsorption clays

Porting a computational chemistry code to exascale architectures

A series aimed at sharing best practices in preparing applications for the supercomputer Aurora