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Anthrax Relatives Non-Friendly But Non-Lethal
A Los Alamos National Laboratory team working as part of the U. S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has explored the genomes of two non-lethal bacteria closely related to the cause of anthrax, Bacillus anthracis. A paper in this month's Journal of Bacteriology describes the genomic sequencing and comparative analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis 97-27 and Bacillus cereus E33L.

The sequences of these two new B. cereus group members will contribute significantly to studies of the evolution of host range and virulence, said Jean Challacombe, among the leads of the 46 listed authors on the paper, "Pathogenomic Sequence Analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis" in the May issue of the journal more>>>

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High Flux Isotope Reactor’s Cold Source Will Bring a New Class of Neutron Research
Expect unprecedented cold in Melton Valley this fall. The chill will be confined mostly to one of the High Flux Isotope Reactor’s neutron beam facilities.

Although much of the autumn fanfare around ORNL will be a couple of ridges over at the by then completed Spallation Neutron Source, its companion facility for neutron research, HFIR, will be channeling neutrons down the new beam line with a new but long-sought feature. For the first time, HFIR will be offering its neutrons cold.

HFIR’s new “cold source” will give the research reactor’s users the ability to apply neutron analysis to additional classes of materials, says Steve Nagler, interim director of the Center for Neutron Scattering. more>>>

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 Researchers Look to Nature for Design Inspiration
Georgia Tech researchers studying nature’s masterful and time-tested design techniques to find answers for some of science’s toughest design challenges presented their research May 11 and May 12 at the International Symposium for Biologically-inspired Design and Engineering at Georgia Tech.

In an effort to create brain-inspired sensors and gain new insight into how memories are formed in the human brain, Hang Lu, an assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a researcher with the Center for Biologically Inspired Design and Engineering (CBID) at Georgia Tech, is studying how sensory- and memory-related genes are expressed and regulated in tiny micro-sized worms by observing the worms’ behavior on an equally micro-sized chip. more>>>

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Strategic Lab Management Conference – Coming in October
Lab managers need to understand a vast array of quality systems requirements—systems that require intricate documentation and workflow management. Health, safety and environmental regulations are changing rapidly, and lack of knowledge about these changes is no excuse. Attracting and retaining quality staff is a major challenge. And within the next several years, the majority of lab managers will be involved in a major expansion, retrofit, renovation or replacement of their facility.

Reed Science Group’s Strategic Lab Management Conference will show you how to manage quality issues, comply with a changing regulatory environment, transfer technology to market, reduce capital and supply costs and evaluate state-of-the-art laboratory information management systems. more>>>


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Advanced Condensation Particle Counters TSI’s Series 3770 Condensation Particle Counters (CPCs) include four models, each offering high performance. Features include USB and Ethernet connection, color displays, internal data logging and water removal system. The Ultrafine CPC offers particle detection down to 2.5 nm. Other models detect particles as small as 4 nm and 10 nm with aerosol flow rates ranging from 50 to 1000 cm3/min. more>>>

Laboratory Solids Mixer and Dry Ekato Solidmix’s laboratory VPT/VST solids mixer-dryer allows users to carry out bulk solids blending or drying tests in a vertical apparatus, as well as manufacture small batches of high valued products. The basic unit consists of a cylindrical jacketed mixing vessel, which has a capacity to 5-L, depending on the agitator impeller type used. more>>>

	Waterproof, Handheld pH Meter Stores 500 Data Sets Cole-Parmer’s waterproof, handheld 600 Series meters feature a –2.00 to 19.99 pH range, expandable to 0.001 resolution. Combined with accuracies up to ?.002 pH, the devices can store up to 500 data sets. more>>>