BioMed Central to free scientists and clinical researchers from copyright restrictions
...of commercial biomedical publishing by focusing on adding value and offering services that complement the freely-available original research and literature of the future." BioMed Central will, in addition to publishing primary research papers free-of-charge on the internet, provide commentary, reviews, news...Adding acetone to compost remediates chunk TNT contaminated soil
...inogenic substance. Researchers have found that by adding acetone -- the main component of nail polish remover -- to this composting method, they can safely dissolve away the chunks and biologically degrade the TNT. Modifying a standard composting recipe, researchers at the Department of Energy's Idaho Nati...Penn State researcher says energy density should be listed on nutrition facts label
... small changes in the energy density of a food, by adding vegetables or fruit or by reducing fat content, it can have a big effect on intake." Rolls is one of three researchers scheduled to speak at a Hot Topic Minisymposium, Energy Density- A New Approach to Foods? Sunday, April 16, at the Experimental Bi......ectrons, which the researchers have tapped into by adding a chemical called neutral red. Molecules of neutral red insert themselves into the bacterial membrane, where they hijack the reaction's electron-transport process, and shuttle electrons onto an electrode. "It's like an electric plug," says Zeikus. ...Chemical industry science leaders keynote CIIT meeting
... for his studies on the cell-signaling process and adding to our understanding of environmental endocrine-active compounds. Dr. Czech will speak on "Fat as an Endocrine Organ: Target for Environmental Toxins." A public reception will follow at 5 p.m. Those interested in attending the public meeting and rece...Michael Czech to receive CIIT Founders' Award
...n the study of diabetes. He is also recognized for adding to the fundamental knowledge of the cell signaling process,which improves our understanding of potential actions of environmental endocrine-active compounds. The Founders' Award will be presented at the public session of CIIT's Annual Meeting, May 9,...Benzene responsible for high percentage of leukemia deaths induced by smoking
...ental or occupational pollutants estimate risks by adding up risks from individual chemicals. Simply adding the risks may not provide an adequate level of safety if interactions among the chemicals occur. "W...Freedom of information - The impact of free access on biomedical science
... business." "Not all publishers and librarians are adding enough value to the information they handle," says Jan Velterop, Director of Publishing at Nature who will also be speaking at the conference. "If they are going to continue to earn their existence, they must find new ways to serve the scientific co...Carbon diem: Grants awarded to research that seizes excess carbon dioxide
...hat cost only $10 per ton of carbon, equivalent to adding a fraction of a cent per kilowatt-hour to the cost of electricity. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, in collaboration with universities and other national laboratories, have been awarded almost $1.4 million ...Weight training helps to maintain good health, study finds
...erested in maintaining good health should consider adding weight training to their exercise regimen, according to a new Ohio University study. The research, published in a recent issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, counters other studies and news reports that have given weight lifti...Lutein supplements may improve vision
...ectronic pen pals said their vision improved after adding luteinsupplements to their diets. She then asked Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D., an assistant professor ofophthalmology at Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute, for help in designing vision tests for a study of thesupplement. The subjects took lutein supplements w...To combat poaching, Florida officials use wildlife forensics
...f evidence is just that cut and dried," Cook said, adding that, as a result of the UF lab's work, all game officers in the state are now equipped with sampling kits to obtain DNA evidence during investigations.......lt in mental deterioration as we age," said Yaffe, adding that this mechanism needs further study. The researchers studied women in four communities of the United States, who were part of the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), a long-term study of coronary heart disease and stroke in older adults. Mental......isk. In accounting for the lesser effectiveness of adding folate-rich foods to the diet, the authors point out that as little as 50% of naturally occurring folate maybe available from a mixed diet. This study is the first to compare the effects of similar amounts of folate derived from different sources an......ay may still exist in Borrelia burgdorferi, simply adding iron to a diet or as a medical therapy would do little good. Still, because other metals such as manganese are used by the bacterium, the discovery of how iron is unneeded by the bug could point toward an entirely new way to limit the occurrence and...Genetic method has promise for assessing environmental cleanup
... you took steps to enhance biodegradation, such as adding fertilizer or oxygen, or something else to improve...You have some assessment tool to determine whether adding oxygen had any effect." In some ways, the method is better than simply measuring the changing concen...Scientists issue telomerase caution
... contrast, telomerase maintains telomere length by adding nucleotides one at a time to existing chromosomal ends in a regulated fashion. Experiments in other laboratories had indicated that the use of telomerase expression to extend the life-span of cultured cells did not appear to transform these cells i...Can a deadly spider replace chemical pesticides?
...ineering toxin genes into viruses is preferable to adding them to plants, such as Bt maize. Not only does it mean that people do not have to eat plants that produce insecticidal toxins, but only target insects will be affected, he says. "These viruses can be exquisitely specific, right down to infecting ind......t, because it doesn't permit replacing genes, only adding extra ones--and in no particular location. Drs. Golic and Rong then introduced into the same flies instructions for producing the necessary molecular sewing implements: two different pairs of genetic "scissors." One of these cuts the inserted g......d further significant reductions in cholesterol by adding Benecol® spread to their diet, according to a ...o 208, which was still not low enough. "By simply adding Benecol to his diet, his total cholesterol dropped to 161," he said. Benecol also reduced ...