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Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics
A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics. Carbon cylinders a few billionths of a meter in diameter and a few microns long, these nanotubes are one of the strongest structures known and have unique electrical and thermal properties. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/MSD060630.html

First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine
ARGONNE, Ill. (June 22, 2006) – Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. This window into the inner workings of a hydrogen-powered engine is helping to optimize the engines for street use some day. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news060622.html

Visionary projects receive time on Blue Gene/L supercomputers at Argonne, IBM
ARGONNE, Ill. (June 16, 2006) – Computing projects ranging from understanding Parkinson's disease to modeling climate change have been awarded large amounts of joint time on Blue Gene/L computer systems at Argonne National Laboratory and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/MCS060616.html

Protein structure may lead to treatment for infection targeting cystic fibrosis patients
ARGONNE, Ill. (June 9, 2006) – Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have determined the structure of a key protein believed to play a role in a deadly infection that afflicts the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. This finding, published in today's issue of Science, may lead to a new drug to treat the bacterial infection. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news060609.html

Membrane protein 'factory' may lead to new drug treatments
ARGONNE, Ill. (June 2, 2006) — Biologists at Argonne have engineered and patented a bacterial factory that enables the study of membrane proteins. These proteins are challenging to study, but critical to understand because they represent 60 percent of drug targets. Studies of membrane proteins could lead to new and improved pharmaceutical treatments for a broad range of illnesses such as depression, heart disease, addictions and cystic fibrosis. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/BIO060602.html

'Wild Chicago' takes a road trip to Argonne National Laboratory
ARGONNE, Ill. (June 2, 2006) — Argonne is featured on Wild Chicago, WTTW Channel 11's popular program that showcases area attractions. The program is airing on public television stations throughout Illinois during June and July. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news060602.html

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