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Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted the first Workshop on Radiation Detection Materials and Applications (WoRDMAp) in March 2024. Researchers, developers, and end-users from DOE national laboratories, universities, industry, and other nonproliferation R&D and product development groups attended. The workshop sought to unify radiation detection approaches, identify gaps in the field, and solve commercialization issues that impede new technology and material acceptance. The purpose was to improve next-generation radiation detectors for nonproliferation uses. Working groups refined materials-related research and development priorities after the session. These conversations will be expanded during WoRDMAp II, which will summarize the first workshop's findings, offer working group updates, and propose future research directions to promote nuclear nonproliferation. Over 1.5 days, WoRDMAp II will take place.

Did you know that GPCRs can signal from the nuclear membrane, not just the cell surface? A recent paper explores the potential impact of GPCR signaling from distinct subcellular locations and its implications for drug discovery. 💊✨ Learn more about this cutting-edge research in the Ecosystem today! ➡️https://bit.ly/4dVPOCn #gpcr #drgpcr #drugdiscovery

Use of Rapid Transfer Ports in Life Sciences and Nuclear comparison.

New publication alert🥳: Using a combination of synchrotron X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy courtesy of BM20 at the ESRF, we show how the chemistry of Ln-ThO2 oxides varies between the long- and short-range regimes. Such materials are relevant in probing the complex chemistry of spent nuclear fuel materials and also alternative fuel blends involving mixed cations. The work arises from ongoing collaboration between Forschungszentrum Jülich IEK6 and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) IRE with facility access at the ESRF - The European Synchrotron https://lnkd.in/gm3-jPiA

Are you building a physical product? Ever wonder how much it costs? We get asked this a lot. I really depends on what you're building and where you are. There's steps you can skip, and some you can't. We've taken a quick pass at drawing out what a typical project costs. Of course every project is unique and will have it's own challenges and opportunities but if you're looking to get a range, get in touch and we'll help you out! https://lnkd.in/g5-vumDM Don't forget, if you're building for medical, nuclear, or other heavily regulated industry, there's more costs, and complexities, but the payoff can totally be worth it.

Recent Breakthrough in Plasma Containment Edges Us Closer to #FusionEnergy! ☀️ Researchers have successfully combined two leading models of #fusion containment into a hybrid model that could work better than the sum of its parts. This pioneering approach not only enhances containment but also preserves reactor integrity, promising a new direction in the design of future fusion devices. Read more about this exciting development here. https://hubs.la/Q02wff2m0

The evolution of NMR probes The probe is at the heart of NMR spectroscopy, in terms of exciting nuclear spins and detecting the NMR signal. But how did this game-changing technology develop and how will it continue to push boundaries? Read our latest blog to find out: https://bit.ly/3VHSqxf #NMRSpectroscopy #Biotech #ScientificInstruments #Probes #QUADSystems  

This December, Pellissippi State graduated three students from its brand new Chemical Radiation Technology pathway. This program is a partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and it is designed to help build up a workforce of skilled technicians for the radiochemistry industry, coupling in-depth coursework with hands-on application in the lab. Two of this semester’s graduates, Jon Rowland and Jared Dowell, gained national attention after being featured in the September 2024 edition of “Nuclear News” – a publication dedicated to coverage of the nuclear industry. Learn more about the pathway here: https://loom.ly/H8bPPvA

We're excited to share a recent publication involving two of our scientists, Sridhar Ramamurthy and Jeffrey D. Henderson, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry at Western University (Jian Chen, Dmitrij Zagidulin, James Noel, and David Shoesmith), and three international organizations focused on long-term used nuclear fuel storage: Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Mehran Behazin, Ph.D., Pete Keech), Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (Christina Lilja, Erik Bergendal), and Nagra - Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle (Nikitas Diomidis). This publication delves into the impact of trace amounts of oxygen and sulfur on copper corrosion. The findings indicate that oxy-sulfur species, rather than just sulfide, are necessary to trigger intergranular corrosion in copper. Here a variety of techniques have been employed, including electrochemical measurements, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gFUU5NvZ #collaboration #corrosionscience #nuclearwaste #copper

introducing the folding phase-check out our new opinion article in which we put forward a new hypothesis invoking a protein folding function for the nuclear pore complex. This proposed activity is mediated by highly transient interactions between folding intermediates and aromates within intrisically disordered nucleoporins. These weak and dynamic interactions compete with off pathways (aggregation) to support protein folding of newly synthesized cargo enroute to the nucleus: https://lnkd.in/ecGSs924