APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Flavor enhancement ADVANTAGES: Reduced cost Reduced variability Improved materials handling ABSTRACT: Terpenes are biofuel candidates for auto, diesel and jet engines, provided they can be produced at sufficiently high productivity and at competitive cost. These same terpenes can be widely used as flavor … [Read more...] about Engineering Microbes for Biosynthesis of Terpenes 2016-005
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Optical-Cavity Phase Plate for Controllable, Stable Phase Shift in TEM and Cryo-EM Applications 2017-080
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biological research using high resolution cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) Hard-matter material characterization Other forms of research using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ADVANTAGES: Ensures data of equally high quality for entire data collection period Equally useful for radiation-tolerant and … [Read more...] about Optical-Cavity Phase Plate for Controllable, Stable Phase Shift in TEM and Cryo-EM Applications 2017-080
Specialized Diamond Materials for NMR Signal Enhancement 2016-156
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Materials characterization for commercial manufacturing quality control development of unique materials research and education ADVANTAGES: Enables smaller, more versatile characterization devices Can be used to characterize almost any kind of material ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab’s Alex Pines has led a team of researchers in … [Read more...] about Specialized Diamond Materials for NMR Signal Enhancement 2016-156
Low Field Xenon NMR 2016-166
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Drug binding assays Protein assays Other chemical and biological analysis ADVANTAGES: Enables xenon NMR in miniaturized assays and portable devices ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab’s Alex Pines and a team of researchers have developed a technology to use hyperpolarized xenon at low magnetic fields – on the order of the Earth’s magnetic … [Read more...] about Low Field Xenon NMR 2016-166
Ultrafast Optical Pulse Combining Lasers 2016-052
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Laser-based accelerator facilities for scientific research Short pulse micromachining ADVANTAGES: Enables fiber lasers to be used in high energy ultrafast applications Can be added to existing laser technology without affecting size or reliability Considerably reduces complexity of the combining optics Decreases the negative … [Read more...] about Ultrafast Optical Pulse Combining Lasers 2016-052