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MU Researchers Develop Advanced Three-Dimensional “Force Microscope”

By Guest PostDecember 29, 2013Scienceadvanced, biology class, cell, develop, dynamic changes, force microscope, gatekeepers, gavin king, justin grayer, krishna sigdel, molecules, mu researchers, pharmaceutical companies, real-time, studying membrane proteins, three-dimensional, trajectory, university of missouri

Innovation could lead to faster drug therapies and increased understanding of proteins on the microscopic level

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Membrane proteins are the “gatekeepers” that allow information and molecules to pass into and out of a cell. Until recently, the microscopic study of these complex proteins has been restricted due to limitations of “force microscopes” that are available to researchers and the one-dimensional results these microscopes reveal. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a three-dimensional microscope that will yield unparalleled study of membrane proteins and how they interact on the cellular level. These microscopes could help pharmaceutical companies bring drugs to market faster. (more…)

SOI Collaborating With WHOI On Construction of World’s Most Advanced Deep-diving Robotic Vehicle

By Guest PostDecember 6, 2013Environment, Scienceadvanced, andy bowen, autonomous mode, challenger deep, chemical data, conventional rov cable, deep submergence laboratory, eric king, Eric Schmidt, hrov, james cameron, mariana trench, marine operations, marine robotics, nereus, oceanographic institution, research vehicle, robotic undersea, san francisco, schmidt ocean institute, ship falkor, soi, unols, victor zykov, whoi, woods hole

Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) has begun working with the Deep Submergence Laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to design and build the world’s most advanced robotic undersea research vehicle for use on SOI’s ship Falkor. The new vehicle will be capable of operating in the deepest known trenches on the planet, including the nearly 11,000-meter-deep Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. The design will capitalize on lessons learned from past WHOI vehicle designs, as well as advanced technologies developed for DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the submersible and science platform that explorer and director James Cameron piloted to Challenger Deep in 2012 and donated to WHOI in 2013.

On Sunday, December 8th, Victor Zykov, SOI’s director of research, will publicly discuss the project for the first time at a University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System’s (UNOLS) Deep Submergence Science Committee meeting in San Francisco. (more…)

Taking ‘Multi-Core’ Mainstream

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2013Technologyadvanced, agency, algorithms, automatic, automatic parallelization, complexity, computer programmers, defense, environments, fundamental issues, harnessing, independent core, inputs, john cavazos, lane mclaughlin, lehigh university, loops in parallel, machine code, michael spear, modern software, multicore computer environments, multicore computer processors, new algorithms, nsf, open source software, parallel code, parallel programs, parallelization, parallelization techniques, pi, power, principal investigator, profile driven, projects, prototype, research, smart, software developers, source code, speculative parallelization, techniques, tool, ud professor, university of delaware

UD professor works to overcome challenges in harnessing power of multicore computer processors

Computer processors that can complete multiple tasks simultaneously have been available in the mainstream for almost a decade. In fact, almost all processors developed today are multicore processors. Yet, computer programmers still struggle to efficiently harness their power because it is difficult to write correct and efficient parallel code.

According to the University of Delaware’s John Cavazos, to effectively exploit the power of multi-core processors, programs must be structured as a collection of independent tasks where separate tasks are executed on independent cores.

The complexity of modern software, however, makes this difficult. (more…)

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MU Researchers Develop Advanced Three-Dimensional “Force Microscope”

SOI Collaborating With WHOI On Construction of World’s Most Advanced Deep-diving Robotic Vehicle

Taking ‘Multi-Core’ Mainstream