Beckman Institute News Stories
Scientific American --
A story about an agreement between Mircosoft and the National Science Foundation to offer free acess to computer servers uses the work of Beckman Institute faculty member Klaus Schulten (fifth paragraph) as an example of how supercomputing resources can be used to advance research.
Published Friday, February 05, 2010
The Spring 2010 Beckman Institute Graduate Student Seminar series begins on Wednesday, February 10. The seminar will feature three short talks from graduate students Xing Liang, Hunter McDaniel and Jeehae Park. The seminar will be held in Beckman Institute Room 1005 and a pizza lunch will be served.
Published Wednesday, February 03, 2010
How we interpret the visual world might be more akin to a “wave” than a “stream” of consciousness according to a recent and ongoing research line at the Beckman Institute.
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Chemistry World --
Beckman faculty member Yi Lu and colleagues have developed a sensor that uses non-cross-linked gold nanoparticle-DNA conjugates, bound to a lead-activated DNAzyme mounted on a solid dipstick platform that can be used to detect lead levels in paints.
Published Monday, February 01, 2010