Insulin study sheds light on physics of crystal growth
... compound materials such as gallium arsenide offer advantages over silicon but crystals with the desired properties needed for next-generation computer chips are difficult to grow. "Step bunching doesn't occur in insulin crystals, and in this paper we explored why in order to better understand the physics invo......rum extended into the near UV. In a search for the advantages that this UV vision might have, the researchers scanned the natural environment of the degus for UV sources. There was minimal UV reflectance off the plants that degus feed on, and off inorganic ground material (soil, sand, stones). But the scientist...UCR's Thomas Miller awarded prestigious medal from Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
...h Council to persuade American institutions of the advantages of working closely with scientific institutions in Eastern European countries. Miller joined the UC Riverside Department of Entomology in 1967. His research focuses on areas of insect physiology and toxicology. In 1998, he developed a transgenic lin...A tiny pump promises big time performance
...ed, the design of Zhong's device has any number of advantages over current technologies. "Mechanical parts need maintenance and repair," he said. "This is basically a fluid pumping mechanism," with no need for lubrication, repairs, or spare parts. Produced at the scale of a chip, it is also practically weightle...Hebrew University researcher studies 'reorganization' of brain in blind people
... it may be possible to give blind people cognitive advantages that will serve them throughout life. It is important to note, however, that due to the limitations of the fMRI technique, the actual neuronal mechanisms underlying memory cannot be addressed using neuroimaging, and therefore further complementary...Satellites to focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites
... our global environment faces. Romero added: "The advantages of Earth Observation are that it has global coverage, is scalable from big to small areas with time periodicity, and above all it is cost effective."...DuPont receives US EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Award for new innovation
...w bioprocess. Fibers with Sorona® offer unique advantages over both polyester and nylon because they have: stain-resistance, exceptional softness, comfort stretch and recovery, UV- and chlorine-resistance. Since the early 1990s, DuPont has been recognized as a leader in sustainability, earning a number of a...The science of summer haircuts
...rchers who study the biology of hair suggest a few advantages -- from a scientific point of view -- of a short summer haircut: --Less hair keeps the head cool. People can lose up to 50 percent of their body heat from the top of their head. This is why it's important for everyone to wear hats and earmuffs durin...Von Liebig Center awards funding to six projects to commercialize UCSD faculty research
...rmation available on the web. The method has major advantages in predictive capability and computational economy over other approaches, and is a disruptive technology. The von Liebig grant will allow the team to (1) expand the application of this technology to protein-protein interactions in a broader range of...Role reversal: male gets easy ride in insect courtship
...defies this norm, has scientists baffled. "All the advantages in this relationship seem to fall to the male with no obvious advantage for the female, yet the female Zeus bug seems a willing partner in this one-sided affair," says paper author, Dr. Mark Elgar, University of Melbourne Department of Zoology. The m...First company founded on UCF biotechnology formed
...ays chloroplast genetic engineering offers several advantages over other forms of plant genetic engineering: -- The technology is environmentally friendly. The foreign genetic material is totally contained in the chloroplast and is not transferred to the pollen, eliminating concerns about the transfer of introd...Distinctive advantages give optical sensors the edge over conventional systems
...2003--Fiber-optic sensors offer a wide spectrum of advantages over traditional sensing systems, such as small si.... Recent advances in fiber optics and the numerous advantages of light over electronic systems have boosted the utility and demand for optical sensors in an array...First production of a human protein with complex glycosylation in genetically modified yeast
...ws us to take advantage of the inherent commercial advantages of yeast and other fungal production systems," say... therapeutics. The company harnesses the inherent advantages of yeast and other fungal-based protein expression systems by engineering these systems to produce c...Dartmouth bioengineers develop humanized yeast
...human glycoprotein--a process offering significant advantages over current production methods using mammalian ce...his makes it possible to harness both the inherent advantages of fungal protein expression systems and the potential to significantly increase pharmaceutical prod...Male baboons recognize and care for their own offspring
...Also, such male protection offers obvious survival advantages for the juveniles, she said. The sample collections and observations were carried out by Kenyan field assistants Raphael Mututua, Serah Sayialel and Kinyua Warutere. The scientists analyzed the resulting genetic and behavioral data to determine the i...Drug developed for rare disease may help millions more as treatment for cancer, autoimmune diseases
...stages for several autoimmune diseases. One of the advantages to TM is that it carries few side effects. Studies to date show the primary side effect is copper deficiency from overtreating. This causes anemia, but is corrected by lowering the dose or stopping the TM treatment. In Wilson's patients, there is als...Prescribed burns can threaten pine Savannah amphibians
...e longleaf pines: summer fires have the ecological advantages of not interrupting amphibian breeding and of controlling hardwoods more effectively....Brookhaven Lab develops 'ThraxVac' to clean up anthrax
...tary, and the postal service. ThraxVac has several advantages over current methods of killing anthrax spores. The polonium source does not need heavy shielding, so the device is light-weight and easily portable. The use of polonium to produce alpha particles virtually eliminates the health and radiation hazards...New vaccines may address need to protect newborns in the developing world
...zee adenovirus vaccine possesses the immunological advantages of a human adenovirus vaccine, but without the drawbacks of likely pre-existing immunity in its target population. Somewhat to their surprise, the researchers found that the human adenovirus vaccine was as effective as the chimpanzee adenovirus vacci...New gene necessary for plant growth and development discovered
... shapes," he says. Chemical genetics has two major advantages over the genetic approaches traditionally used. First, chemical genetics can permit a researcher to study the effects of more subtle gene changes than eliminating a gene. This is important because a gene may play more than one role, at multiple times...