Seeing Blue: Fish Vision Discovery Makes Waves Oct 17, 2009
The research team included Takashi Tada, a post-doctoral fellow in biology, and Ahmet Altun, a post-doctoral fellow in biology and computational chemistry. Vision 'like a painting. (Science Daily)
Fish vision discovery makes waves in natural selection Oct 17, 2009
The research team included Takashi Tada, a post-doctoral fellow in biology, and Ahmet Altun, a post-doctoral fellow in biology and computational chemistry. The scabbardfish (Lepidopus fitchi) is now the only fish known to have switched from ultraviolet to violet vision, or the ability to see blue light. (EurekAlert!)
New Supercomputer To Reel In Answers To Some Of Earth's Problems Jul 30, 2009
Chinook's top job is to run NWChem, a computational chemistry program that allows researchers to simulate and predict the chemistry within and between molecules ... Unlike a consumer buying a PC, EMSL purchased a custom-made machine from HP specifically designed for the demands of computational chemistry. (Science Daily)
Legally blind, Hingham's Minkara soars at Wellesley Jun 25, 2009
This year Minkara has studied computational chemistry with Professor Radhakrishnan, investigating how enzymes and proteins recognize one another, research aimed at improving medicines for diseases such as HIV.. Her ongoing work has already led to some interesting insights about the importance of certain specific drug-target chemical interactions in this system, Radhatrishnan said. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Physical science organizations honor Chicago faculty members Apr 17, 2009
The Hewlett-Packard Awards program is spotlighting Aaron Dinner, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and the College, and three other outstanding tenure-track junior faculty members nationally for their computational chemistry research. Archer will receive the Kistler Award on Thursday, April 16 at the University of Washington. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Collaboration leads to success: Most powerful computer of its kind in western N.Y. available worldwide Apr 7, 2009
The system is cost-effective in solving large computational problems in areas including bioinformatics, computational chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, medical imaging, weather and ocean modeling ... MCIL has been responsible for grid-enabling critical applications in areas such as structural biology, bioinformatics, ground water modeling, earthquake engineering and computational chemistry. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Blue light specials Mar 23, 2009
PNNL scientist Asanga Padmaperuma will present a poster highlighting the team's use of computational chemistry to develop multifunctional emitter materials for blue OLEDs. The Department of Energy's solid state lighting program is funding the OLED research. (EurekAlert!)
Superconductivity: The New High Critical Temperature Superconductors Feb 24, 2009
No theory has been able to account properly for high temperature superconductivity, although it seems to bear a strong relationship with the magnetic properties of materials, explains Francesc Illas, who is also director of the UB s Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB). In 2008, the discovery of a new family of high critical temperature iron and arsenic superconductors (AsFe) marked a second major revolution in the world of superconductivity. (Science Daily)
Nigeria: Scientist Claims Diabetes Cure Feb 8, 2009
Nelson, 61, who holds a doctorate degree in Molecular and Computational Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, hails from Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2001, worked with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council. (allAfrica.com)
New Open-source Software Permits Faster Desktop Computer Simulations Of Molecular Motion Feb 7, 2009
The project is described in a paper that was scheduled to be posted online Feb. 3 in the "Early View" section of the Journal of Computational Chemistry. The key to the accelerated simulations OpenMM makes possible is the advantage it takes of current graphics processors (GPUs), which cost just a few hundred dollars. (Science Daily)
