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Why Scientists are Teaming up to Study the Microbiome: A Q&A with Jack Gilbert

Jack Gilbert, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago and group leader for microbial ecology at Argonne, is one of the founding members of the Unified Microbiome Initiative (UMI) governing board.

Dartmouth-Led Study Explores Wave-Particle Interaction in Atmosphere

A Dartmouth-led study sheds light on the impact of plasma waves on high-energy electrons streaking into Earth's magnetic field from space.

Ocean Temperatures of the Past May Tell Us About Global Climate Patterns of the Future

In a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, a Yale-led research team explored differences in ocean temperatures over the last 5 million years.

How Bacteria Vaccinate Themselves Against Viruses

Working off data acquired at the DOE’s Advanced Light Source, researchers have discovered the structural basis by which bacteria are able to capture genetic information from viruses and other foreign invaders for use in their own immunological system.

UT-Led Research Benefiting Alternate Fuels and Materials

As interest in biofuels has surged in recent years, the question about how to best handle lignin—a material found in the cell walls of plants that is a byproduct of biofuel production—has become a primary concern. Thanks to ongoing research being led in part by Art Ragauskas, UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, an answer to that problem could be just over the horizon.

UCI-Led Study Offers Model to Predict How Microbiomes May Respond to Change

Scientists studying microbiomes have created a framework for predicting how the composition of these complex microbial communities may respond to changing conditions.

Researchers Design Computational Tool to Prospect Novel Bioconversion Pathways

Researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State have developed a two-step workflow to optimize metabolic networks for the production of chemical products and biofuels.

UMD Discovery Could Enable Portable Particle Accelerators

A new discovery by physicists at the University of Maryland could hold the key to the construction of inexpensive, broadly useful, and portable particle accelerators in the very near future.

Antimatter Not So Different After All

Kefeng Xin, a graduate student at Rice, is one of a handful of primary authors who revealed evidence this week that the attractive force between antiprotons is similar to that between protons — and measured it.

“Shrinking Bull’s-Eye” Algorithm Speeds Up Complex Modeling From Days to Hours

MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that vastly reduces the computation of virtually any computational model.

Open Science Grid Using SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Virtual Clusters

Successful integration led by a team including UC San Diego Professor Frank Würthwein is seen as a “milestone” for the greater research community.

Plant Metabolic Protein Tailored for Nighttime Growth

A group of researchers at the Carnegie Institute for Science have found a protein that is necessary for photosynthetic organisms to perform their nightly work and, surprisingly, the role of this protein was linked to the construction of the plant’s cellular membranes.