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Green isoprene

A new transcriptomics-based model predicts how much isoprene B. subtilis will produce when stressed or nourished—this insight into isoprene regulation is helping advance synthetic biology approaches to engineer microbes to produce isoprene and other high-value metabolites.

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Forecast calls for better models

To better understand how atmospheric aerosols influence cloud formation and climate, scientists characterized cloud droplets and ice crystals collected at the North Slope of Alaska as part of the ISDAC field study sponsored by DOE-BER.

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Gut reaction

Determining how microbial symbionts within a termite’s intestinal tract transform its lignocellulosic diet into useable energy—or its very own biofuel—may provide a new pathway for generating cost-effective biochemical conversion methods.

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Scaled up

Integrated computational and experimental studies show that predictive models of biogeochemical interactions in soils are more accurate and scalable if they consider the reaction chemistry in distinct soil pore structures.

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Sulfur cleans up

By employing nano zerovalent iron to promote sulfide generation in technetium (Tc)-contaminated groundwater, scientists offer a fundamental geochemical understanding of Tc sequestration and a potential new remediation strategy.

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Tunable transfer

Scientists have gained the first quantitative insights into electron transfer from minerals to microbes by studying that transfer in a nature-inspired, protein and iron-based 'tunable' nanoparticle system.

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The switch

A first-of-its-kind molecular switch has been discovered in the food-poisoning bacterium Salmonella Typhimurium. Reported in PNAS, this discovery was made possible with the help of top-down proteomics strategies at EMSL.

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Agents of change

Scientists used EMSL’s nano-DESI and mass spectrometry capabilities to analyze the molecular composition of atmospheric organic aerosols, or OA, and uncovered a new method for investigating OA that may lead to more precise climate models.

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  • Catalysis
  • Energy Storage
  • Solar Power

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Environment

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  • Contaminant Cleanup
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Vehicle Emissions

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Health

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  • Biomarkers for Disease
  • Nanoparticle Interaction with Cells
  • Radiation Effects
  • Drug Development and Delivery

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  • Explosives Detection
  • Advanced Materials
  • Forensics-Related Capabilities

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The William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory