Nuclear science, engineering spark collaborations across Penn State and beyond
The Radiation Science & Engineering Center and the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering jointly map research endeavors with expansion and $9.8M equipment donation
The Radiation Science & Engineering Center is expanding to accommodate growth in nuclear engineering and science at Penn State.
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Nuclear science, engineering spark collaborations across Penn State and beyond
Ashley J. WennersHerron
July 20, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State’s Radiation Science & Engineering Center (RSEC), home to the Breazeale Reactor the nation’s first licensed and longest continuously operating nuclear research reactor, is expanding to accommodate an equipment donation valued at $9.8 million and to facilitate more advanced neutron beam research as well as the growth of nuclear engineering at Penn State. With the support of the College of Engineering, in partnership with
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Plastics in the Environment – Author Perspectives – Part 2 of 2
In 2020, PLOS ONE published a Collection of research articles entitled Plastics in the Environment, submitted to a Call for Papers on this important topic. A year later, we are checking in with some of the authors who are a part of this collection, to hear their thoughts on where this research field is headed, and what all of us can do to support their work.
In this second installment of two, we hear from Lars Hildebrandt (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon), Bishal Bharadwaj (University of Queensland) and Anton Astner (University of Tennessee, Knoxville). They discuss the importance of open sciences practices to tackle global challenges, sustainable alternatives to plastics in various settings, and the challenges posed by the lack of methodological standards.
Researchers invent new technique to measure the speed of fibril growth news-medical.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-medical.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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IMAGE: Transmission Electron Micrograph of fibrils from the protein alpha-synuclein, which is associated with Parkinson s disease. view more
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Amyloid fibrils are deposits of proteins in the body that join together to form microscopic fibres. Their formation has been linked to many serious human diseases including Alzheimer s, Parkinson s and Type 2 diabetes.
Until today, scientists have been unable to reliably measure the speed of fibril growth, as there have been no tools that could directly measure growth rate in solution. However, researchers from the UK s University of Bath and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have now invented a technique that does just that. Results from their study are published in