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  • Ames Laboratory Kicks Off "Making Stuff"
    12/07/2010

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory is taking its show on the road, so to speak, later this month and on through April 2011 as a coalition partner in the prestigious “Making Stuff” program, a four-part PBS series from the producers of Nova.

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  • Ames Lab, Iowa State Chemists Discover Proton Mechanism Used By Flu Virus To Infect Cells
    10/21/2010

    The flu virus uses a shuttle mechanism to relay protons through a channel in a process necessary for the virus to infect a host cell, according to a research project led by Mei Hong of  the Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University.

    The findings are published in the Oct. 22 issue of the journal Science.

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  • Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers identify structure that allows bacteria to resist drugs
    09/23/2010

    A research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has discovered the crystal structures of pumps that remove heavy metal toxins from bacteria, making them resistant to antibiotics. The findings are published in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Nature.

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  • Former Intern at The Ames Laboratory Receives Prestigious Graduate Fellowship
    08/16/2010

    Andrew Fidler, a former student in the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has been awarded a prestigious DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship award.

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  • The Ames Laboratory Named an Industry Safety Leader
    08/06/2010

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has been named a 2010 Industry Leader Award winner by the National Safety Council. The Ames Laboratory was one of only 81 companies/organizations to receive the award for their safety performance and the only DOE national laboratory on the list.

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  • Ames Laboratory Names Duane Johnson Chief Research Officer
    07/09/2010

    Duane D. Johnson has been named Chief Research Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory following a national search that spanned several months. Johnson becomes the first to hold the CRO position, which is responsible for initiating, developing and supervising the Lab’s scientific programs and overseeing the scientific division, including approximately 90 researchers, 200 students, and 20 support staff.

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  • Ames Laboratory Wins R&D 100 Award for 3-D Virtual Simulation Software
    07/08/2010

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has won a 2010 R&D 100 Award for osgBullet, a software package that creates 3-D, real-time computer simulations that can help engineers design complex systems ranging from next-generation power plants to highly efficient cars and tomorrow’s video games.

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  • Des Moines Central Academy Wins $1,000 at National Science Bowl
    05/06/2010

    The team of five high school students from Central Academy in Des Moines pocketed a check for $1,000 for their school’s science program by placing in the “Sweet 16” bracket of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2010 National Science Bowl competition, held April 29 through May 3 in Washington D.C.

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  • Ames Laboratory Scientists Win National Technology Transfer Awards
    04/28/2010

    Three U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory scientists have won national Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium.

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  • Ames Laboratory Scientists Assume National Science Advisory Roles
    04/04/2010

    Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have been appointed to National Academies committees. Paul Canfield, Ames Laboratory senior physicist, has been named to the National Academies’ Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee. Pat Thiel, Ames Laboratory senior chemist, has been appointed to the National Academies’ Chemical Sciences Roundtable.

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