We're just a few weeks away from our annual user meeting. I'm looking forward to the scientific dialogue we'll have around the Rhizosphere and particularly the role and interaction of microbes and plants in the soil. We've selected a great set of speakers from a cross section of research and from organizations stretching around the globe. We'll spend the first day learning about their latest research findings and then the second day learning how certain techniques such as laser ablation and mass spectrometry can advance our scientific understanding of the rhizosphere.
I encourage you to register for the user meeting before July 26. And we hope to see you here in August.
- Allison
EMSL's new 3.4 petaflops supercomputer named. The new EMSL supercomputer has a name, it's Cascade. It was chosen from more than 150 entries. Read more.
Watch EMSL on YouTube. In the May iDirector, EMSL Director Allison Campbell talks with EMSL Scientist Nancy Hess about the capabilities of the new Radiochemistry Annex. A very cool video – while studying terrestrial ecosystems, scientists used EMSL's X-ray computed tomography to image a Casablanca lily bud.
Kudos
The AVS Science and Technology Society named Mark Engelhard, EMSL, a Fellow of AVS for his sustained and outstanding scientific and technical contributions.
The American Society for Mass Spectrometry awarded David Koppenaal, EMSL, and a team of EMSL users and co-authors, its Ron Hites Award for outstanding research publication.
Using EMSL capabilities, Igor Kuvychko, Karlee Castro, Steven H. Strauss and Olga Boltalina from Colorado State University, and S. H. M. Deng and Xue-Bin Wang from PNNL, discovered new potent organic acceptor materials. Their findings were published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and featured in Chemical & Engineering News.
Registration continues for EMSL Integration 2013: Plants, Microbes and Their Interactions. Register for this year's user meeting or go to the meeting website for more information.
To learn about EMSL's achievements, visit our News Center.
Understanding the carbon cycle
Scientists working at EMSL are increasing our fundamental knowledge of the biological systems that control the release of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The goal is to help improve our understanding of carbon dioxide's role in global climate change. A team of scientists is studying microbes in soil and their role in the carbon cycle. Read the full story.
Catalyzing innovation
The June edition of Industrial Biotechnology included an article highlighting EMSL users studying microorganisms at the fundamental level to better understand these natural bioproducers. Findings from the featured studies will help improve the industrial processes that generate biofuel and produce biochemicals. Read the full article [PDF].
NWChem 6.3 available
EMSL released the 6.3 version of NWChem, its premier open-source computational chemistry software, with an extensive suite of new capabilities.
NWChem allows researchers to tackle large complex and challenging molecular-scale scientific problems in the areas of catalysis, materials, geochemistry and biochemistry on highly scalable, parallel computing platforms to obtain the fastest time-to-solution. Read more.
Watch the latest iDirector video – Allison Campbell, EMSL director, talks with Niri Govind, Molecular Science Computing Division scientist, about NWChem 6.3.
Science highlights
Check out EMSL's Science Highlights. Here are some recent write-ups:
- Long distance – Scientists challenge conventional wisdom when they find bacteria can move electrons long distances, even under starving conditions. Participants: Washington State University, EMSL, Argonne National Laboratory and PNNL
- Go with the flow – Scientists use EMSL's Chinook supercomputer to validate pore-scale flow simulations. Participants: Montana State University and PNNL.
If you have feedback – ideas, suggestions, questions – about EMSL's The Molecular Bond, please address those to EMSL Communications team at emslcom@pnnl.gov.
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