Roadsides Benefit From Waste, UF Researchers Say
... researchers are studying how the organic material aids the establishment of new grass. Along two-lanes near Steinhatchee and Melrose, they're using the compost as top dressing and looking at how it boosts the growth of the grass already there. In UF's state-of-the art Turfgrass Envirotron, where grasses ...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...ty of Arizona (3pBV3) will describe how ultrasound aids the introduction of geneticmaterial in living cells. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty India's recent display of its nuclear weapons capability has heightened the importance of theComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the global moratori...Duke Study Finds More Genes May Be Affected By Toxic Cadmium
...lt formcontains exactly 959 cells. Its simplicity aids in pinpointing universalgenetic traits. The C. elegans genome -- the DNA sequences that make up its gene-bearingchromosomes -- has also been almost entirely sequenced. And many of theroundworm's genes and proteins have been found to perform ...Researchers Discover A Common Protein's Deadly Role In Breast Cancer
...t cancer," he stressed,"but it is possible that it aids or stimulates tumor growth once the tumor hasbeen established." In examinations of human breast cancer cells and human breast tumor specimens,the scientists discovered that the insulin receptor is present in two slightlydifferent forms - small amoun...A molecular chink in the armor of tuberculosis
... of the bacterial cell, where the lipid apparently aids the infection process. "This finding established that PDIM is required for virulence, and has to be exported from the cell," said Jacobs. "What’s particularly exciting about the discovery of the mmpL7 mutant is that the gene is a member of a ...'Obesity gene' causes cancer of fat tissue, Schepens scientists find
...ho investigate cures for blinding eye diseases and aids for victims of low vision. Many diagnostic techniques and devices, surgical methods and medications related to eye diseases were developed by Institute faculty....An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...ion can be used to measure ambient air quality and aids in monitoring hazardous gas. Daniel Hartmann -- University of California at San Diego Daniel Hartmann designed a microlens fabrication technique that offers several advantages over conventional technologies including room temperature processing and...Breast cancer susceptibility gene
...DNA damage within the cell nucleus, and presumably aids in their repair. In addition to more clearly delineating the pathway of BRCA1 response to UV light-induced DNA damage, Dr. Abraham and colleagues have found that mutations which alter ATR expression or activity may increase ones susceptibility to th...UCSD researchers create a home for liver cells on a silicon chip
...criminating. The porous silicon bioreactor design aids in mimicking the conditions found in liver. Individual cells are contained within well-like structures no wider than a human hair whose surface can be chemically modified to mimic the extracellular matrix distribution found in the liver. The porous...Super hearing in flies may improve hearing aid technology
...will enable the manufacture of directional hearing aids that are smaller, simpler and cheaper than current...mple and sensitive directional microphone. Hearing aids that incorporate directional microphones would help the hearing impaired filter out background noise...Fly on a treadmill demonstrates super directional hearing
Super fly lends an ear to bio-inspired hearing aids and robotic listening devices, Cornell neuroscient...g that it has inspired a new generation of hearing aids and nanoscale listening devices. But it wasn't until the scientists ran an experiment on a fly-siz...Carbon monoxide has unexpected benefits, but don't try it at home
...ctivates an enzyme called guanylate cyclase, which aids in blood vessel dilation and eases the way for blood flow, restoring needed oxygen to the tissues. This, in turn, prevents other harmful processes, such as the activation of a gene that leads to increased production of plasminogen activator inhibito...Color vision out of the corner of the eye
...seen by the infant eye; or some biochemical marker aids the specific connectivity. The latter possibility might be more plausible, but the sequence differences for the genes encoding the M- and L-cone visual pigments involve just a handful of amino-acids, and it is difficult to see how such a marker could...Computerized tool helps predict outcome of treatment for early stage prostate cancer
...f all three nomograms by compiling the statistical aids into a palm-based software application called Prostogram, which is available to physicians free of charge a http://www.nomograms.org . The brachytherapy nomogram was developed using information from the medical records of 920 patients treated at M...U-M scientists find gene for low-frequency hearing loss
...omes more severe over time, and eventually hearing aids are required. Patients with different types of mutations affecting both copies of the gene develop Wolfram Syndrome 1 - a rare, devastating condition involving juvenile diabetes, optic atrophy, and often deafness and psychiatric illness. The wider si...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
...ut that it depends on the participation of folding aids such as the heat shock protein Hsp60, a molecular chaperon. Recently, Franz-Ulrich Hartls research has also concentrated on the analysis of neuro-degenerative diseases that feature mal-folding and lumping of specific proteins. Prof. Dr. Thomas Heng...Munching microbes aid environment, oil industry
UH scientist aids EPA on environmental test for synthetic drilling fluids HOUSTON, A University of Houston researcher is working with the oil industry and the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that synthetic-based fluids used to lubricate oil-drilling equi...Hopkins scientists reveal how sound becomes electric
...ould improve the design and programming of hearing aids and cochlear implants by filling in a "black hole"...ters should the sound continue or change." Hearing aids and cochlear implants are designed to boost or replace the sound-detecting function of hair cells in...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $80 million for undergraduate science education
... Web-based virtual laboratories and other teaching aids to supplement classroom instruction in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular, cell and developmental biology. Six interactive, Web-based units in physiology, already developed under a previous HHMI grant, will be made available to the public. • ......farsightedness before considering surgery. Hearing aids may be a better option for people with this syndrome." "The only reason this family contacted us was that 8 of 9 family members were affected," Lesperance says. "There are probably many more families where only one or two have the syndrome. If two pe...