Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...ienced by scientists by downloading the EventScope interface from the Internet at: http://www.eventscope.org/atacama ...JCI table of contents September 15, 2004
...eletal myoblasts at the myocardial/skeletal muscle interface can become functionally coupled with host cardiomyoblasts, likely through fusion events between donor and host cells. TITLE: Spontaneous and evoked intracellular calcium transients in donor-derived myocytes following intracardiac myoblast transplanta...Computer scientists at UH developing 'nurturing' computers
...in combination with novel sensing, algorithmic and interface methods to enhance the user's experience and, at the same time, create a new preventive medicine paradigm. At a distance of up to several feet from the subject, a computer will be able to monitor the actual health of its user during computer use. ...Protein vaccine fully protects mice from lethal aerosol challenge with ricin toxin
...hain (RTB) binds the toxin to the cell surface, an interface that is essential for the ricin A-chain (RTA) to enter the cell. Once inside the cell, RTA effectively stops new protein synthesis and causes cell death. Previous attempts to develop a ricin vaccine suggested that isolated RTA could induce protec...Related productivity tools complement computed tomography in lung cancer detection
...t from the recently introduced ultrasound research interface (URI) that can help in developing working alliances between geographically isolated scientists and clinicians. The URI is meant to share medical data and introduce research protocol. It is also expected to augment ultrasound characterization of speci...Proteomic research centers target bioterrorism agents, infectious diseases
...ons will be enabled through VBI's PathPort/ToolBus interface and other methods. VBI's Core Computational Facility will provide disk storage space for raw and processed data. The facility's six Timelogic DeCypher boards will accelerate specific algorithms related to bioinformatics research, such as BLAST and m...UCSD undergraduates participate in collaborative studies abroad on cyberinfrastructure
...da is pursuing the development of a graphical user interface for pathway editing and integration in Cytoscape, while Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) undergrad Smith will help install a wireless network while extending the Ecogrid in Taiwan's Ecological Parks. Smith will also enhancing software of the Co...JCI table of contents, 1 July 2004
...sed on identifying reactions at the maternal-fetal interface in the placenta. Adrian Erlebacher and colleagues, from Harvard School of Public Health, have now, however, identified new means by which maternal immune activation can lead to pregnancy failure. Here, the authors provide a mouse model of early pregn...A pregnant pause for unexpected interactions
...sed on identifying reactions at the maternal-fetal interface in the placenta. Adrian Erlebacher and colleagues, from Harvard School of Public Health, have now, however, identified new means by which maternal immune activation can lead to pregnancy failure. Here, the authors provide a mouse model of early pre...Growing replacement teeth and dental tissues
... failure with traditional dental materials through interface failure and bacterial microleakage, etc. Clearly, the future for regenerative and tissue-engineering applications to dentistry is one with immense potential, capable of bringing quantum advances in treatment for our patients. The need for high-quali...Device that rapidly detects nerve agents named one of 'greatest army inventions' for 2003
...Lean,Va. Dr. Russell's research has focused on the interface between enzymes and materials like polymers. As such, the Agentase Nerve Agent Sensor makes use of the pH-dependent catalytic activity of enzymes that have been embedded in a polymer sponge-like material. If contamination is detected, within seconds ...Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds
...we've found to be effective," von Recum said. "The interface went beyond a layer of connective tissue cells these old implants essentially became embedded in the body as connective tissue and bone grew into them. Their removal was nearly impossible, as it usually resulted in major bone loss in some types of i...Promising research: From employment issues to virology
...he systematic investigation of interactions at the interface between structures and processes of technical systems. Across the boundaries of their individual fields of research, these scientists are searching for methods and approaches with which to specifi-cally influence the production mechanisms in the run-...20 May AAAS lecture: Computers that Respond to Human Emotion
...mental next-generation application will be a human interface whereby a computer can recognize, and respond to, ... bored, confused or frustrated. "So instead of an interface emotion going only one way, like smiling paper clips that pop up on your screen, it needs to be resp...Laser technique used to build micro-polymeric structure on a human hair, without harming it
...are: fiber optics and the hardware that is used to interface them with electronics. "While there are applications of the technique we used in the optical communications area that are being pursued by us and by others, writing a structure on a hair does not have direct bearing on optical communications," Fourka...Annual Chemical Biology Symposium at Yale May 14, 2004
...ght and applaud new developments in science at the interface of chemistry and biology. The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Room 110, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut. The annual symposium began in 1998, fueled by the energy of several young and...DFG establishes first German-Sino Research Training Group
...ar biology and pathophysiology of the lungs at the interface between basic and clinical research. In cooperation with the Norwegian universities in Bergen and Oslo, the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim will work on the subject "Development and Application of Intelligent Detectors". In this Research Trai...Physics tip sheet #41 - April 5, 2004
...A new form of high-density water that forms at the interface between water ice and silicon dioxide has been discovered by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart. Because the earth's crust is primarily composed of silicon dioxide, the discovery may be important for understandin...UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
... his team to productize the tool by enabling it to interface to common industry formats, linking it to simulation tools, and filing for appropriate intellectual property rights. George Varghese, Professor "NetControl: Setting the Internet on AutoPilot" $50,000 As the Internet expands, it is taking more and mor......dults. Several sessions look at bioethics and the interface between science and policy. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) offers programs on the pharmacology of ADHD in 2004, mechanisms of adverse drug reactions, frontiers in anticoagulant pharmacology, and several ...