Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
... human and other genomes." The 4Pi microscope is manufactured by Leica Microsystems in Mannheim, Germany, based on technology developed by Stefen Hell of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gttingen, Germany. The "4Pi" designation refers to the unique way in which light is emitted. "Imagine ...PCB breakdown in rivers depends on sediment-specific bacteria, find Carnegie Mellon U. scientists
...ere generated worldwide largely by industries that manufactured plastics, paints, lubricants, transformers and other materials. In the mid-20th century, companies along the Hudson and other rivers in upstate New York collectively released more than one million pounds of PCBs into the water, not knowing that these...Nucleic acid-amplification testing further safeguards nation's blood supply
... by NHLBI. Results of screening by the NAT system manufactured by Roche Molecular Systems were also included in the study....New study in moths shows insects not entirely ruled by instinct
...s are training moths and bees to detect odors from manufactured explosives. "In principle, if we can understand how insects learn and distinguish between odors, we could 'train' these animals to recognize any detectable odor of interest," he said. The findings currently appear online in the Proceedings of the Nat...Protein engineered to detect nerve gas
...st invented by the Germans before World War II and manufactured in large quantities by the former Soviet Union. In developing the PMPA detector, the Duke researchers used the same general design technique that they had previously used to tailor proteins to sense glucose, lactate, TNT and the brain chemical seroto...Nanoparticles illuminate brain tumors for days under MRI
...umors, researchers used Combidex, a ferumoxtran-10 manufactured by Advanced Magnetics Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Each iron oxide nanoparticle is the size of a small virus and is much smaller than a bacterium but much larger than an atom or standard gadolinium contrast molecule, Neuwelt said. "It's an iron oxide cry...Nanoscale contact optimizes adhesion
...hesion could still be achieved if the shape can be manufactured to a sufficiently high precision. From a practical point of view, it is necessary to reduce the contact size to achieve robust optimal adhesion. These principles could be of great value to artificial materials design....Labs-on-a-chip to detect milk contamination
...nal Electrophoresis that disposable sensors can be manufactured on-demand in an inexpensive process. With collaborator Eric Johnson, Beebe tested the technique to rapidly detect the botulism toxin, botulinum neurotoxin, the most poisonous substance known. "Although outbreaks due to contaminated food are rare, the...Institute for OneWorld Health CEO advocates focus first on developing world markets
...aria medicines will be among the first drugs to be manufactured through an innovative process developed by fellow panelist Jay D. Keasling, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Keasling's team engineered a biotechnology process to make artemisinin, an anti-malar...Latest findings on PCBs to be subject of June workshop at Illinois
...lychlorinated biphenyls) -- long-lasting chemicals manufactured and widely used before being banned or restricted since the late 1970s. The talks at the International PCB Workshop will be reviews that highlight new findings and suggest new ways to look at existing information, said co-organizer Larry...Christopher Walsh wins 2004 Promega Biotechnology Research Award
...ced antibiotic, has led to the construction of new manufactured compounds, which are as strong as naturally produced tyrocidine, while targeting infections more selectively. His work on vancomycin resistance, which showed how pathogenic enterococci eliminate a key hydrogen bond in their cell walls to alter the ef...Genetic sequence identified for anti-bacterial sea slug protein
... natural or synthetic form of the protein could be manufactured for the marine industry as an environmentally friendly alternative to toxic heavy metals, such as copper, normally applied on materials to prevent biofilm development. Biofilm formation is the precursor to the growth of barnacles and other damaging o...BioTime awarded NIH grant to aid Hetacool development
...market BioTime products; competition from products manufactured and sold or being developed by other companies; the price of and demand for BioTime products; the availability of ingredients used in BioTime products; and the availability of reimbursement for the cost of BioTime products (and related treatment) fro...Researchers begin promising new trial to fight colorectal cancer
...L in a head-to-head comparison study. Eloxatin? is manufactured by Sanofy-Synthelabo and Genentech manufactures Avastin?. "The findings from this study have the potential to affect the standard of care for metastatic colorectal cancer," said Howard Hochster, M.D, lead investigator of the TREE 2 study. "We are...Current smoke alarms pass life-saving tests
...led laboratory setting as well as in two homes---a manufactured home and a three-bedroom, two-story brick house. The layout of the manufactured home also was considered representative of apartments and condominiums of about 100 square meters (o...Seeing how plants split water could provide key to our future energy needs
...ss on an industrial scale, allowing hydrogen to be manufactured as a fuel. Professor Jim Barber of Imperial's Department of Biological Sciences explains: "Without photosynthesis life on Earth would not exist as we know it. Oxygen derived from this process is part of the air we breathe and maintains the ozone laye...NAFTA arbitrators in environmental case agree to formal public input, a first for trade hearings
...ights when it banned a polluting gasoline additive manufactured in Canada. Methanex, of British Columbia, says its NAFTA Chapter 11 rights were violated when the state banned MTBE, a suspected carcinogen. The breakthrough, communicated to IISD late Friday, was welcomed by the Institute's President David Runnalls...New advance to combat antibiotic-resistant pneumonia and malaria
...mplex. Yeast is an excellent resource that can be manufactured in large quantities and can be easily modified to take on the qualities of more dangerous pathogens. The researchers were able to genetically transfer into the yeast cytochrome b mutations like those found in the atovaquone resistant pneumocystis an...Purdue engineers develop quick, inexpensive method to prototype microchips
... that take a lot less time to make and that can be manufactured in any lab are going to speed up the rate of research." Mosier said, "The capability for rapid prototyping and working out design considerations before the manufacturing step is important to any development, from the micro-scale on up. "It's alwa...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2004
.... Up to 10 percent of the lab's 300,000-watt lamp, manufactured by Vortek Industries of Canada, is in the ultraviolet spectrum, making it far more lethal to bacteria than lower-powered mercury vapor and xenon lamps. Researchers also believe the lamp can be used to neutralize chemical warfare agents on, for exampl...