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Recently Added Features
Willard F. Libby 'first proposed his idea of carbon dating in 1947 and over the next 12 years he researched and perfected the process. Libby discovered that when plants absorb carbon for photosynthesis they also absorb certain amounts of carbon-14. He deduced that when the plant dies, it no longer absorbs any of this carbon and that carbon-14 decays at a predictable rate. Libby found a way to determine the age of plant-based artifacts utilizing the decay rate of carbon-14. This process has been used to determine the age of mummies, prehistoric artifacts and dwellings.' [added 3/2010]
Melvin Calvin's body of scientific work into how plants capture energy from the sun resulted in a key series of reports about the path of carbon in photosynthesis and eventually sparked the U.S. Department of Energy's solar energy research. [added 1/2010]
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". All three Nobel winners conducted research at Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL) Advance Photon Source (APS); additionally, Ramakrishnan and Steitz conducted research at Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS); and Steitz also conducted research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Advanced Light Source (ALS). [added 10/2009]
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Recently Added Database Reports
- A/CONF.15/P/2390; Progress in the Use of Isotopes: The Atomic Triad - Reactors, Radioisotopes and Radiation, August 1958 [added 3/2010]
- BNL-34681; Neutron Scattering and the 30 S Ribosomal Subunit of E. Coli, June 1982 [added 10/2009]
- CC-3643; Radiocarbon from Pile Graphite; Chemical Methods for Its Concentrations, October 1946 [added 3/2010]
- Conf-721019--(P1); Radiocarbon Dating, Memories, and Hopes, October 1972 [added 3/2010]
- Conf-721019--(P1); Vulcanism and Radiocarbon Dates, October 1972 [added 3/2010]
- CONF-8308110-5; Chemical and Physical Characterization of the Activation of Ribulosebiphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase, August 1983 [added 10/2009]
- CONF-871190-1; The Morphology of Emulsion Polymerized Latex Particles, November 1987 [added 10/2009]
- IAEA-SM--87/40; History of Radiocarbon Dating, August 1967 [added 3/2010]
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- UCRL--65; AECD-1912; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis, March 1948 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--119; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis II. Amino Acids, May 1948 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--133; Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis III. , June 1948 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--254; AECU-113; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis IV. The Identity and Sequence of the Intermediates in Sucrose Synthesis, December 1948 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--363; AECU-356; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis V. Paper Chromatography and Radioautography of the Products, June 1949 [added 1/2010]
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- UCRL--387; AECU-433; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis VI., June 1949 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--399; AECU-413; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis VII. Respiration and Photosynthesis, July 1949 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--584; Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis VIII. The Role of Malic Acid, January 1950 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--591; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis IX. Photosynthesis, Photoreduction, and the Hydrogen-Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Dark Reaction, February 1950 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--658; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis X. Carbon Dioxide Assimilation in Plants, April 1950 [added 1/2010]
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- UCRL--908; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XI. The Role of Glycolic Acid, September 1950 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-1366; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XII. Some Temperature Effects, June 1951 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-1510; Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XIII. pH Effects in C{sup 14}O{sub 2} Fixation by Scenedesmus, October 1951 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--1386; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XIV., June 1951 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--1609; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XV. Ribulose and Sedoheptulose, January 1952 [added 1/2010]
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- UCRL-1658; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XVI. Kinetic Relationships of the Intermediates in Steady State Photosynthesis, June 1952 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-1871; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XVII. Phosphorus Compounds as Intermediates in Photosynthesis, July 1952 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-2074; Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XVIII. The Identification of Nucleotide Coenzymes, January 1953 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-1946; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XIX. The Identification of Sucrose Phosphate in Sugar Beet Leaves, September 1952 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL-1950; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XX. The Steady State, September 1952 [added 1/2010]
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- UCRL--2369; Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis XXI. The Cyclic Regeneration of Carbon Dioxide Acceptor, October 1953 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--2040; Photosynthesis: The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis and the Primary Quantum Conversion Act of Photosynthesis, November 1952 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--9583; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis, October 1960 [added 1/2010]
- UCRL--9966; The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis [Nobel Prize Lecture], December 1961 [added 1/2010]
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Recently Added Laureates
Laureates recently added to R&D Accomplishments are:
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