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Show Monday, September 11, 2006 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE New building attracts magnet research Julie Jay The Daily Utah Chronicle A new S14 million facility designed to house magnets powerful enough to suspend refrigerators, stop pacemakers and erase credit cards was dedicated last Friday, Sept. 8. University of Utah President Michael K. Young said at the ceremony that the David M. Grant NMR Center will support research in a range of disciplines. "Only law is excluded in the fields that they can do research on in this building," Young said, adding that the state-of-the-art magnetic device will be a "magnet for top scholars... LISA TERAN/ 77ir /Wy Vi-jh Chromdc and a magnet to attract top David M. Grant speaks at the dedication of the David M. Grant Nuclear Magnetic Resonance students across a whole Center also known as the Gauss Haus, which is located underground between the north and range of fields." south wings of the Henry Eyring Building. The new facility honors David Grant, dis- of which comes from a hertz NMR, with 300,000 ing solid samples like coal tinguished professor of National Institutes of times the pull of Earth's and oil shale, as well as chemistry at the U, who Health grant, for the magnetic field, to be low- proteins. ered in from the roof withMerrill Hailing, a firsthelped to develop much building. year chemistry graduate of the theory and experiThose who toured the in two years. mental techniques that new center saw large and In the next five years, student, said he is "looking allowed nuclear magnetic very tall, empty rooms, the U hopes to purchase a forward to being trained resonance to be used suc- which will be filled with 900-megahertz or possibly on the new NMRs" and cessfully to analyze mol- most of the existing NMR a i-gigahertz NMR, which "plans to use them for reecules and their structure devices on campus, con- can reach maximum field search," in a diverse range of ma- taining magnets which strength almost 400,000 Future NMR research terials. generate fields 38,000 to times that of the earth's at the U may help clean up mercury from power Both Grant and his col- 226,000 times stronger magnetic field. The 800-megahertz and plant emissions as well laborator, Ron Pugmire, than the earth's magnetic 900-megahertz NMRs as provide information associate vice president field. for research and profesSpecial architectural de- will assist graduate stu- about how HIV infects sor of chemical engineer- signs were engineered in dents, postdoctoral stu- cells. USA TERAN/ The Daily Utah Chnir.icle ing, were instrumental in order to allow a $2 million dents and top scientists j.jay@ This 600 megahertz magnet lies in the new David M. Grant securing funding—part to $2.5 million 800 mega- at the U in better analyzchronicle.utah.edu NMR Center. RESEARCH -...FUNDING DOWN BY MORE THAN $16 MILLION continued from Page I partments will often spend the awarded money over the course of more than one year, so the numbers might be slightly skewed. Additionally, while overall research awards are down, several colleges have seen record increases, including the College of Mines and Earth Science, with an increase of more than $3 million, and the College of Health, with more than a $400,000 increase. The colleges of nursing, fine arts and social work also saw increases in research awards. CHESS CLUB LOOKS FORWARD TO WINNING SEASON continued from Page 1 player is given five minutes to play a game. "With Ivan at first board on the first team, we finally have a very strong player who can Many students don't think about the research going on across campus, said Kristyn Orgill, a junior in international studies, and research projects don't get the credit they deserve. "I think it is sad that researchers don't get the money that they need," Orgill said. "But it depends on the research, and sometimes it just doesn't outweigh other causes." for student loans and more, it's... s.glaittli@chronicle.utah.edu beat masters," Williams said. The BYU match will probably take place before the ICC season starts Oct. 14. With previous seasons full of losing records, the team is still getting used to the feeling of victory. When asked his goal for the season, senior president and computer science major Toly Zharkikh laughed. "To take third place/' Zharkikh said. r.mcconkie@chronicle,utah.edu matching students and financial needs Introducing the mChoice account from Mountain America Credit Union. In just one stop, get your student loan and all the other financial services you want. Plus, with a bunch of free exfras, it's really the way to gol student loans, free checking, auto loans, home mortgages, family finances, freebies. White & Yellow Gold Platinum Titanium Tungsten Bridal & Wedding Rings Custom Designs ^ do it today. Anniversary Bandsj Certified Stones 1-800-748-4302 www.macu.com JiEWELElSS Loose Diamond Headquarters Biomat USA Earn up to $240/month Donating Plasma! Study while you donate. 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