Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...t said Nguyen but unfortunately they were too busy moving on to university to pursue commercialization opportunities. As part of the ABC that year they were also able to present their findings at the biotechnology industries' international conference in Toronto. "I never realized how big the fiel...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...eract with each other." He added that the field is moving toward integrating divergent research methods to relate underlying molecular events to behavioral changes. "I'm very interested in learning what these multiple factors are--those that affect executive function in non-demented aging and those ...Cancer vaccine based on pathogenic listeria bacteria shows promise targeting metastases
...velopment for Cerus. "With this strain, we are now moving from essentially pure research to developing clinical applications, planning for manufacturing and performing toxicity studies to submit to the FDA." One hope for this and other cancer vaccines is that they will stimulate the immune system to seek ou...Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies
...he activating molecules, called anandamide. After moving to Vanderbilt two years ago, the researchers found that anandamide regulates implantation of the mouse embryo in the wall of the uterus. At low concentrations, it synchronizes embryo development with uterine receptivity so that successful implantatio...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...researchers have made ranging from engines with no moving parts to better ways to see the stars," Secretary ...wer of sound to operate at high efficiency with no moving parts. Swift is a technical staff member in LANL's Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics Group as we...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...creasingly important as the United Statesconsiders moving toward an Internet-based votingsystem, the panelis.... "There seems to be a general consensusthat we're moving to a vote-anywhere voting system[involving use of the Internet] that will givecitizens a very wide r...Binocular rivalry: Fulfilling visual expectations
...first one figure and then the other. When the same moving dots, corresponding to the two walking figures, were scrambled such that one half of each walker was presented to each eye, rivalry was all but abolished. Although our brain does not recognize walking figures until long after the point at which in...Wastewater could treat itself, power city
... a valuable energy source in the future. "We're moving towards a future where we see our wastewaters and other wastes as resources," says Bagley. "If electricity costs go up, like they have in places like California, this could be a cost-effective and renewable energy source." ...Brain has center for detecting sound motion
...toward [her] face." When the researchers presented moving sounds to the patient while they recorded from the...tests, she stated "I do not perceive the sounds as moving at all, but rather as being completely stable." In contrast, she could still perceive the location o...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
...rial salamanders regained their larval stage after moving back to the water. This may have happened in three separate lineages of Plethodontids, which is surprising for a seemingly complex feature biologists have assumed arose just once, very early in the history of salamanders. Tongues also are distinctive...Cell's gatekeeper for ammonia revealed in unprecedented detail
... NH4+ enters the channel from either end -- either moving from outside the cell to the interior or in the reverse direction a proton is stripped away, leaving ammonia gas, NH3. When the ammonia reaches the other side, it regains a hydrogen atom again to become NH4+. "This mechanism provides the precise fi...Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...al samples to the IMB for analysis. "I see biology moving towards specialized high-tech centers like the IMB, bringing in investigators from all over the world," he said....Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
...really interested in the ways in which it could be moving around, and whether or not it can jump between species," Collins said. The salamander virus is related to another iridovirus strain that is endemic in frog populations. But preliminary analysis by the team has found that the salamander-killing virus ...New fumigant to replace gas that damages ozone layer
...dvantages for the agricultural industry. "BOC is moving forward with the registration of EDN within the next two months and we are in the process of finalising a supply agreement," Mr Smith says. "Introducing EDN, initially into the South Pacific market, also satisfies the needs of growers, fumigators and...Molecular motor myosin VI moves 'hand over hand,' researchers say
...ry out such essential tasks as muscle contraction, moving chromosomes during cell division, and reloading nerve cells so they can repeatedly fire. How these little proteins perform their duties is becoming clearer to scientists using an extremely sensitive measurement technique. Myosin VI, they found, move...The future of HIV therapeutics is brightening, according to Gladstone Institutes Director
...virus particle) into host CD4 T-cells, are quickly moving down the drug development pipeline. Chief among these therapeutics are drugs known as chemokine receptor antagonists that interfere with HIV's ability to bind to CCR5, one of two key surface receptors needed for the virus to penetrate the cell. Altho...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...nd their patients. We look forward to deliberately moving the idea of a biological pacemaker from proof-of-concept to first human application." Collaborative research at the two universities has demonstrated that adult human mesenchymal stem cells can be genetically engineered to express a specific gene re...Synthesized molecules studied as weapon to stop cell division in cancer cells
...ot done animal trials." Etzkorn concludes, "We are moving closer to validating Pin1 as an anti-cancer target. There is now a small community of scientists looking at inhibiting Pin1, but once it is validated as a target, more researchers will step in." Etzkorn's talk, "Protein mimics inhibit enzymes that re...Ecologists help keep death off the roads
...f roads in Germany means that many lynx are killed moving around the landscape. According to the researchers: "The dense transport system results in high mortality. This gives clear management directives for dealing with reintroductions of lynx in Germany."...Muscling their way into the food chain: Zebra mussels alter fish populations in the Hudson River
...r and colleagues observed, with open-water species moving downriver, away from the invasion, and shoreline species moving upriver. This has been the first study to link the spread of the zebra mussel to the management of...