Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...You always need more information to improve on the designs of the future," Brooks says....Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
...preactor will be much more effective than previous designs whichrequired two separate reactors. It alternates between anaerobic(no oxygen) and aerobic (with oxygen) degradation to chew up thedyes more completely. Bishop's group has also designed tiny probes which can measurethe concentration of oxygen, hydro......aid he began to think about alternative wheelchair designs nearly 10 years ago after watching an elderly man's unsuccessful struggle to push his wheelchair over a step in a park. Kumar and colleagues at Penn's General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception (GRASP) Lab specialize in designing machines that ca...U-M Engineers Win Army Grant To Build Artificial Eye
...a VCSEL thatcreates the three desired colors. The designs converge again when the lasersstrike the processing unit. Bhattacharya said the artificial eye will improve on the human version in atleast two key respects. Whereas nature's design converts light into electronicnerve impulses, then relays those si...New Airway's 'Smarts' Ensure That Patients Get Plenty Of Oxygen
...ly in dimly litsurroundings. All endotracheal tube designs also feature a radio-opaque stripe that can be observed using conventional X-rays, butthese can't be used to check the airway until the patient reachesa hospital. Paramedics and emergency physicians got their first glimpseof the new endotracheal......mpany that conducts research about wounds and then designs new treatments. The CRADA, signed in mid-June, engages Sandia researchers to develop inexpensivesensors and lightweight pumps to simplify operation of Numotech's uniqueoxygen-bath system for healing wounds, pressure sores, and pressure ulcers--quickl...Fossil Evidence Of Worms Over One Billion Years Old Reported In Science
... very little before the explosive emergence of new designs in thePrecambrian/Cambrian transition and the onset of an arms-race style of Darwinianevolution." A news conference will be held on Wednesday, September 30 at 2 p.m. at theStratigraphischen Saal des Museums fr Geologie und Palontologie at theUnivers...Scientists Finger A Molecular Kingpin In Body's Response To Cigarettes
...co smoke. The team has published several papers on designs ofAH receptor antagonists, molecules that would tie up the body'sreceptors and make the body immune to chemicals in cigarette smokethat target the receptor. The team's compounds are very similar tomolecules known as "flavonoids" found in foods like b...Groundwater Remediation: New Tool Offers Improvement
...Mayer expects the project to result in remediation designs that aresignificantly less expensive than those pr...ble to view the fullrange of potential remediation designs in terms of the risk they would impose,while weighing the risk against estimated cost and cleanup ti...NSF's Highest Honor For New Faculty Fosters Integration Of Research And Education
...drag Potkonjak is exploring the use of proprietary designs (reusable cores)in the design of a system on a VLSI (very large scale integrated) computer chip. This new advance in technology is dependent on having reliable and efficienttechniques for intellectual property (IP) protection. His research investiga...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
... has retarded the pace of innovation in modern-day designs of open-air theaters. Emmanuel G. Tzekakis of Aris...s possible, researchers are not only testing their designs in wind tunnelsand computer simulations. They are looking to the owl--whose remarkably silent flight...Researchers Analyze Role Of Shear In Turbine Passage
...wo contracts were awarded fordeveloping conceptual designs of turbines. During this phase, it was determinedthat more biological information was needed. Pacific Northwest became involvedin 1996 with development of a prototype test facility. The current researchwill continue through 1999.......rt pumps on the horizon? But, existing implantable designs simply deliver a low dose of insulin on acontinuous basis, Parker notes. Patients also can self-administer additionalinsulin before a meal. "By developing glucose sensors and predictive algorithms for these devices,"Parker says, "we hope to dramatica...Do wildlife corridors work? Studying butterflies and fragments of open space
... managers implementbetter, more effective corridor designs for the future. "Corridors are often designed with the thought that they benefit all speciesliving in a given habitat," says the researcher. "But one general implicationof our work is that the greatest potential of corridors is forhabitat-restrict...A socially responsible car for the new millenium
..., and to suspension systems,for which more than 55 designs have been generated. According to Walker, work has commenced on the design of innovative steelintensive vehicles that will meet the enhanced safety requirement of 2004.Additionally, these vehicles will combine low structural weight to aidenvironmenta...Battery-operated pen quickly disinfects drinking water
...viruses and bacteria. Several alternative pen cell designs were tested by seeding mixed oxidant solutions generated from the pen with test microbes, including highly chlorine-resistant Cryptosporidium parvum, and measuring the inactivation that occurred over time. There was dramatic (>99.99%) reduction o...UNC-CH experiments reveal new 'pen' can disinfect water
...viruses and bacteria. Several alternative pen cell designs also were tested by seeding oxidant solutions generated from the pen with test microbes, including highly chlorine-resistantCryptosporidium parvum, a major source of contamination in water. "There was dramatic -- more than 99.99 percent -- reduction...What makes cells tick detailed by Dartmouth researchers
...chinery behind clock faces of countless shapes and designs is built on a few basic principles, the genetic machinery behind all biological clocks -- from plants to people -- shares fundamental properties, in spite of the diverse functions governed. Studying the development of spores in the bread mold Neurosp...Study provides direct evidence of cannibalism in the Southwest
...sts could pinpoint dates almost exactly because of designs on pottery they found and tree ring analysis. Along with other researchers, they have identified 18 occurrences of cannibalism, nine of which occurred between about AD 1150 and 1200 in the Mesa Verde area. Once environmental conditions improved after...... for new drugs to treat that disease. Several drug designs under study have produced promising laboratory results, Tidwell said. Besides Tidwell, other key UNC-Chapel Hill team members are Dr. James E. Hall, associate professor, and Gary Pollack, professor, School of Pharmacy, and John R. Seed, professor, Sc...