A Georgia State University chemist and his colleagues are among a just a few teams in the country who have been given access to powerful supercomputers by the U.S. Department of Energy to model the mechanisms surrounding the replication and repair of DNA. This research may lead to further understanding about basic processes underlying cancer and degenerative diseases. (Georgia State University website, 2010)
Georgia State University physicists played a role in the discovery of the hottest temperature ever recorded in a laboratory at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. – 7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit (4 trillion degrees Celsius). (Georgia State University website, 2010)
Georgia State University scientists have found that the gas nitric oxide – an air pollutant found in cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust – is also produced in cells of the nervous system and serves physiological functions. This discovery has implications for better understanding the nervous system’s development and its diseases. (Georgia State University website, 2010)
A renowned expert and author of an award-winning book on the science of climate change will focus on one of the world’s most challenging issues during a Georgia State University seminar Friday, Jan. 22. (Georgia State University website, 2010)