DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...rnadoes. The DuPont TM StormRoom TM with Kevlar meets the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s national performance criteria for both hurricane and tornado shelters. In a series of tests conducted by an independent lab, the engineered panels built into the room were able to deflect a 12-foot, 1...Virginia Tech professor honored with DeLaval Award
...sion specialist who conducts quality research that meets the needs of the dairy industry in Virginia and beyond," said Susan M. Puffenbarger, a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent at Franklin County who nominated him for the honor. Nebel joined the Virginia Tech Department of Dairy Science in 1985. In add...The first engineering of cell surfaces in living animals
...rmful biological effects. The Staudinger ligation meets these requirements. It is a reaction between a functional group called an azide (a class of compounds with three nitrogen atoms) and a phosphine (a molecule containing a phosphorus atom). Neither azides nor phosphines have harmful effects -- indeed t...Plant respiration not just an evolutionary leftover, study shows
...ggests that there is more to photorespiration than meets the eye and any attempts to minimize its activity in crop plants would be ill advised. "Photorespiration is a mysterious process that under present condition dissipates about 25 percent of the energy that a plant captures during photosynthesis," said...Hopkins to found first center for comprehensive study of epigenetics
...father.) At some point before, during or after egg meets sperm, epigenetic marks such as those used for imprinting must be reset and re-established, so that a gene passed from father to daughter to son is appropriately marked, for example. Knowing how and when this happens, and whether the process can be c...Fox Chase Cancer Center research shows kidney cancer can be diagnosed in urine
...accurate and simple screening test. A urine test meets these standards. "We used a common laboratory procedure to test the urine of 50 patients with kidney cancer," explained Fox Chase molecular biologist Paul Cairns, Ph.D. "Forty-four of the 50 tests showed gene changes in the urine that were ide...Astrazeneca announces EU marketing approval for Faslodex(TM)
...following 'Faslodex' therapy. 'Faslodex' therefore meets a key unmet need for women with advanced breast cancer, since it can be added in to the sequence of well-tolerated hormonal therapies and may delay the need to resort to cytotoxic chemotherapies with their well-recognised side effects. As such, Faslo...Hydrogen Initiative report from American Physical Society panel released
...rial exists to construct a hydrogen fuel tank that meets the consumer benchmarks. A new material must be discovered. These are very large performance gaps. Incremental improvements to existing technologies are not sufficient to close all the gaps. Significant scientific breakthroughs are needed. Accord...Using a companion crop to control weeds organically
...n 19-cm drill-planted systems, new technology that meets the regulatory criteria for organic production is needed to effectively terminate the inter-seeded rye and alleviate moisture-stress related concerns."...JCI table of contents, January 2, 2004
...org/press/18385.pdf ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY: East meets West: an herbal tea finds a receptor AUTHOR CONTACT: Mitchell A. Lazar University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Phone: 215-898-0198 Fax: 215-898-5408 E-mail: lazar@mail.med.upenn.edu View the PDF of this comme...Teenage pregnancy may put girls at risk for osteoporosis
...-third of these young mothers had a bone mass that meets the definitions of osteoporosis or osteopenia (the precursor condition to osteoporosis) shortly after pregnancy. The study results appear in the December 2003, issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "Adolescents have a narrow window of ...Fox Chase Cancer Center research shows kidney cancer can be diagnosed in urine
...creening test. The researchers say a urine test meets these standards. Currently, kidney cancer is diagnosed after radiographic imaging of the kidney, which may include an ultrasound, CT scan and/or MRI. Biopsy of a kidney mass is often difficult to interpret or may give a false negative result and th...UC San Diego to host two-day conference on 'sustainable development' Dec. 11 & 12
...ainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. "Sustainability is important to the business community for many reasons," says Gordon Forward, Chairman Emeritus of US BCSD and former CEO of Cha...Work begins on powering a sustainable future for the UK
...to ensure that the work supported through SUPERGEN meets the wider objectives for a sustainable future for the UK. More information on SUPERGEN can be found on EPSRC's website: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ . The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK's main agency for funding rese......nce she can still have offspring even if she never meets another animal. "The trick comes in being able to estimate whether the food will be plentiful or not when it is ready to reproduce, because it needs to make the decision to be male or female well before that," said Pilgrim. "This research helps under...The DFG funds a new research vessel
...man research fleet, which in its opinion no longer meets the changed requirements of modern oceanography. In doing so, the commission gave an impetus for the decision by the federal and state working group on "German Research Vessels" (BLAG) to build a new ship capable of navigating the margins of the ice...The 'fixed' hotspot that created Hawaii was not stationary after all, study finds
...oss the Pacific. At that point, the Hawaiian Ridge meets the Emperor Seamounts an older volcanic chain that abruptly changes course, stretching more than 1,000 miles almost due north to the Aleutian Trench. According to most researchers, this sharp northward bend records a change in the direction of the P...Workshop: Will today's innovations in graduate education meet the challenges of the future?
...at is necessary to ensure graduate-level education meets the emerging needs of the nation. Participants included scientists, educators, students, and executives from academia, government, non-profit organizations and industry. "It's recognized that graduate education is evolving right now at an unprecedent...With government nod, gene therapy pioneered at UNC is given to children with rare disorder
...afety and efficacy) clinical trials. The facility meets FDA requirements for germ-free processing. Viral vectors and their components are generated at high purity and concentration levels....Society for Conservation Biology to hold 17th Annual Meeting in Duluth June 28-July 2
...ultural, and forested areas. The areas where land meets water are dynamic. Most are home to unique species and are exposed to many human and natural disturbances. Through this meeting, we will encourage dialogue on land-water interactions, as well as a host of other conservation biology topics." Plenar...