Corn Byproduct Shows Promise As Biodegradable Packaging Material
...stic-like food containers that potentially couldbe discarded as naturally decaying compost in the backyard. Don't look for the products on store shelves yet, however. Universityof Illinois food scientists are just looking ahead for when zein, whichis extracted from a corn refiner's byproduct, becomes more ava...Forecasting The El Niño-Driven Ebb And Flow Of A Rogue Mosquito
...as whereit breeds in rainwater that accumulates in discarded tires and containers. And although dengue is little known in the United States, it is characterized bythe World Health Organization as the world's most common mosquito-borne viraldisease, putting as many as 2.5 billion people at risk. Also known as b...Where The Rubber Meets The Air
...cal Survey reports that activated carbon made from discarded tires can beused to remove fossil fuel pollutants ...le market foractivated carbon adsorbents made from discarded tires is the automotiveindustry. Uses could include canisters that collect and prevent the release ...Recycling Of Packaging Yields Environmental Gains
...ures to stimulatereuse". The issue of transport of discarded packaging has been discussed at large. Butthe investigationshows that even if householders use the car more to reach recycling stations,overall transport hasnot increased significantly. Manufacture using recycled materials is much lessenergy intensiv...Clemson Researchers Turn Crabshells Into New Product Lines
...lines. "Ninety percent of the shellfish is discarded in traditional seafoodprocessing operations around the world," Thomas said. "We've developed a processto completely eliminate that and use 100 percent of the product." The process is a closed-loop system that extracts the remainder offood-gra...Scientists suggest genetic shutdown links estrogen, heart disease
...of patients' bloodvessel and heart tissue normally discarded during coronary bypass surgery orcoronary atherectomy, a "roto-rooter"- like process that clears plaque fromcoronary arteries. They used specialized molecular probes to identify "normal"ER genes and those that were methylated. "Many studie...Evidence suggests food preservatives may help prevent cavities
...el and causes cavities. But many other researchers discarded that hypothesis, instead relying on evidence that fluoride allows teeth to remineralize, helping to fill in small cavities a little bit like a road crew fills in potholes, before they grow even bigger. Now, Marquis and others have vindicated...UF researchers: technique cuts pollution from burning treated wood
... toxins in air pollution generated by incinerating discarded treated wood, it also makes the toxins less likely... of its waste treated wood, Wu said. The amount of discarded treated wood in Florida, meanwhile, is expected to grow from 5 million cubic feet per year today to ...Chance discovery of 'immortal skin' holds medical promise
...an skin. The skin used for the experiment was from discarded foreskin from a circumcision. Lab manager Sandy Schlosser, co-discoverer of the NIKS cells, noticed tiny cluster of cells emerged in a petri dish of dead skin cells and ultimately "wound-healed" across the entire dish. The researchers know how these ...New lab-made stem cells may be key to transplants
...th embryonic germ cells, a type of hPSC drawn from discarded fetal tissue. In culture, the germ cells grow into a small mass of cells called an embryoid body. After teasing the embryoid bodies apart using gentle enzymes, the scientists cultured the separated cells in one of six "very simple growth environments...Putting randomness to work: unique form of nanoscale random motion may drive key cellular functions
...me kind of motion with inorganic particles, he discarded that belief with disappointment. "We're arguing that Brown really had discovered the secret of life," said Fox. "When you get into this sub-cellular level on the nanometer scale, the dynamics and vitality of protein molecules is really due...Refrigerator disposal releases ozone-depleting chemicals
...are shredded to recover scrap metal. Shredding one discarded refrigerator can quickly release more than 100 grams of CFC-11 into the environment, reports Peter Kjeldsen, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Technical University of Denmark. All 500 grams of CFC gas in the insulation of each refrigerator —...... It is also important to recognize that embryosare discarded every day in private clinics throughout the country. Under these circumstances, itwould be tragic to squander this opportunity to pursue work that can potentially help millions ofAmericans in need. We understand that you have asked Secretary Thompson......ed States each year. Their cord blood, previously discarded as medical waste, is now known to contain a rich supply of neonatal stem cells. Cord blood stem cells have the following key advantages. They are clinically used in the therapy of over 45 diseases. These cells are more tolerant to tissue type disp...Scientists study how the lobster's nose knows
...ontrol over the flicking, the researchers filled a discarded exoskeleton with epoxy and replaced one of the antennules with a computer-controlled steel wire to create a robotic lobster. A real antennule was slipped onto the wire before each experimental trial. The lobster was then submerged in a tank of water,...Top Ramen platelets: just add water
...d. Under federal regulations, platelets have to be discarded after five days. Freeze-drying could extend their shelf life and allow them to be transported easily. Usually, dehydration kills human cells. Wim Wolkers, Naomi Walker, John Crowe and Fern Tablin at the UC Davis Biostabilization Laboratory used treh...Filtering patient's blood before kidney transplant allows transplant from any donor
...hile the plasma, which contains the antibodies, is discarded and replaced with other fluids. Doctors also gave patients an intravenous drip of a medication designed to prevent the antibodies from returning and to make patients less likely to get an infection. Montgomery and colleagues looked at 29 patients ......ng things. Dead things, and man-made objects like discarded refrigerators and spent ordinance, generally do not fluoresce," says Ackleson. "The Navy finds this very interesting. We believe that eventually we can use fluorescent underwater survey techniques for managing reefs in sensitive military areas, for...Children's Hospital Boston researchers use therapeutic cloning to create functional tissue in cows
...ytes (donor eggs from cow ovaries) and removed and discarded the nuclei, which contain the cells' genetic material, leaving behind just the shell. A skin cells from the cow's ears was placed inside the egg shell and burst with electrical energy to expand the cells. That induces the one skin cell to become sev...... a baby with liver metabolism problems Cells from discarded livers became stem cells that in bioartificial device stabilized patients with acute liver disease until liver transplantation was possible, reports German study Both pig and stem cells could hold answers for treating Parkinsons and other diseases o...