Crystallographers take note: A synchrotron light source for your home lab
...aser technology has been developed for a myriad of applications in science and industry. The team at Lyncean, ass...aid, "but looking ahead, some of the most exciting applications for our source are in health care. New medical imaging techniques that provide exquisite detail of ...Hopkins Marine Station honored by the American Society for Microbiology
...ogy as a fundamental science in its own right with applications far beyond medicine and industry. His research in the 1930s on photosynthesis in bacteria yielded new insights into the photosynthetic process and demonstrated the potential for microbiology as a unifying science for biochemistry, biophysics, evoluti...Society of Nuclear Medicine's 51st Annual Meeting June 19-23, 2004
...o promoting the science, technology, and practical applications of nuclear medicine. The SNM is based in Reston, VA....HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
...the regional grants. Both competitions will accept applications as well as nominations by other scientists. In countries with limited economic resources, the impact of even a small grant multiplies in many ways, Conley explains. The money can be used to provide training opportunities for students, equipment that...MacroPore - adipose-derived cells - potential to engraft & differentiate into heart muscle
...nd at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Other potential applications the company is exploring include bone regeneration, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery and wound healing....Researchers go fishing, pull out antigens
...lay, to more complex proteins. It could have broad applications in biological and medical research. The research t...ful for both basic biological research and medical applications to know what protein a particular T cell bound to. He and his colleagues developed a system for doi...New method for determining age of artifacts fills chronological gap for scientists
...l give away their age. The technique may also have applications for dating geological events, such as an earthquake rupture, which would cause natural fracturing of quartz. "What is so exciting about quartz hydration dating is that it opens up the possibilities of dating other minerals, which could lead to a who...Glowing microspheres improve fluorescence measurements
...ions from fluorescent particles in a wide range of applications from clinical chemistry to biodefense research to pharmaceutical development now can have more confidence in their results thanks to new theory, standards and methods developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The culmina...Study suggests insect-derived antimicrobial peptides could be used as drug-delivery vehicles
...s in general, and for potential use in therapeutic applications as well as in vaccine development," Otvos says. Dendritic cells are a type of antigen-presenting cell, which shows antigen on its surface to T cells to prompt an immune system response. Researchers have been exploring whether peptide-based vaccines ...NSF funds summer research program abroad for undergraduates at UC San Diego
...ations and advance the use of grid technologies in applications among a community of investigators working with leading institutions around the Pacific Rim.The first three destinations for the summer program are all institutions affiliated with PRAGMA: Osaka University's Cybermedia Center in Japan; the National C...Researchers probe link between nanotechnology and health
...l in building almost anything ultra-small. Medical applications under development include using nanoparticles as drug-delivery systems, or as a super-advanced type of radiation therapy that could zap tumors with heat-seeking missile precision. But some scientists are concerned the industry is moving too fast. Th...Can you tell the difference between Quarks and DNA?
...de in stars, and how this knowledge can be used in applications that directly benefit mankind. Dr Jim Al-Khalili, ...w it will ultimately end. Just as importantly, the applications of this sort of research in nuclear medicine is at work in hospitals every day saving lives and its ...Methuselah enzymes: SEN and the art of molecule maintenance
...off hulls). PNNL is investigating several other applications in the environmental and life sciences. ...Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes 2004
...of stars. GADGET is now used for a wide variety of applications in the field of astrophysics. Dr. Springel's work was honoured by the Max Planck Society with the Otto Hahn Medal in 2000. Volker Springel studied physics at the Eberhard Karls University in Tbingen and in 2000 completed his doctorate at the MPI for...NJIT chemists pave way for cheap, usable field test for polluted, toxic, water, air, food
...e the development of analytical techniques and the applications of chemometrics to analytical and environmental problems. Current projects include: developing instrumentation and methods for continuous, on-line analysis of trace levels of organic pollutants in air and water, using gas chromatography, mass spectro...K-State uses geographic tools to track plant pathogens
... Information Systems Spatial Analysis Lab. So many applications of insect dispersal and movement can be quantified and described in more detail using geographic information system techniques, Reese noted. "Our entomology graduate students routinely take GIS coursework or seek GIS certification. Pairing the two di...Scientists develop new cloning technique that dramatically shortens the search for genes
...dent that transcript-based cloning will have broad applications that they have applied for a patent. Other co-authors of the PNAS study are Cynthia A. Gleason, Anne Edwards, James Hadfield, J. Allan Downie and Giles E. D. Oldroyd of the John Innes Centre. The work at Stanford was supported by the Howard Hughes Me...Bioreactor boosts chemical fermentation by 50 percent: study
... The bioreactor can grow cells for a variety of applications including fermentation, animal cell culture, tissue engineering, and waste water treatment. Since 1998, Yang and his colleagues have used the device to make large quantities of a protein -- Developmental Endothelial Locus-1 Protein -- for cancer rese...Soy consumption could help prevent prostate cancer and male pattern baldness
...en-mediated conditions. The team has filed patent applications on equol and hopes to commercialize the technology. The lead author of the study was Trent Lund, assistant professor in the department of biomedical sciences at Colorado State.......future as a fuel for automobiles and various other applications is likely to be weakened by issues regarding its availability and the expenses involved in storage. Bio-based products such as ethanol are expected to open up new areas for research. Hydrogen fuel cells reduce pollution by emitting water vapor in pla...