Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
...al breakthroughs for 2008 as:Agrogenetics--Genetic engineering and plant manipulation will reduceagricultural impacts on the environment. Growing crops will require lesspesticide due to greater resistance to pests. Other crops will be engineered touse their nutrients efficiently, requiring less fertilizer or w......on the research successes inthe physical sciences, engineering and mathematics -- areas which are not slatedfor m...3,000 members andnearly 300 affiliated science and engineering societies. It also publishes thejournal Science and administers EurekAlert! ( www.eurekalert.org ), ...UPMC Reports On New Liver Assist Device
...tween UPMC and Excorp allowed researchers togather engineering and pre-clinical information about the device," sa...Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery and chemical engineering at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, who presented the findings at the ASAIO meeting. "But with t...Electron Accelerator Provides Unique Proof Of Gene Repair Process In Living Cells
...Lagally of the department of materials science and engineering developed the synchrotron and cell irradiation technology....DFG To Set Up 32 New Postgraduate Research Groups - First "Virtual Research Group"
...ral sciences and the humanities to biosciences and engineering sciences. The responsible grants committee selecte...ion of such biochemically active substances. A new engineering science group based in Chemnitz will investigate renewable energy sources. The main focus of the stu...DFG To Fund Six New Research Units
...gional research unit on Submillimetre wave circuit engineering to gain access to this frequency range. By generatinghigh transmission power using semi-conductor elements they aim at creating the basis for abroader technical utilisation of this wavelength range. Potential applications are inatmospheric measuring ...Computers, GIS Help Prevent Ground Water Contamination
...] is certain to be one of the central agricultural engineering achievements of the 21st century. It offers the prospect for highly cost-effective use of resources and the virtual elimination of nonpoint source pollution of surface and ground water," wrote Alfred Krause and Michael Bland in a letter supporting En...First TableTop Source Of Concentrated X-Rays Built
...ding Andy Rundquist,Charles Durfee, and electrical engineering professors Henry Kapteyn and MargaretMurnane and colleagues---were able to generate a focused beam of X-rays thatcould be incorporated into a device for atomic-scale imaging. Although it has long been possible to generate X-rays with lasers, this is ...Engineered Neo-Organs For Bladder Replacement
...and muscle. The investigators believe that tissue engineering can create functionally and anatomically normal bladders. They assert that this technology in the future could improve or even supplant conventional methods of bladder replacement or augmentation....Survey Shows Students Turning To Physicians Less As Drug Abuse Increases
...r for up-to-date research in science, medicine,and engineering at http://www.eurekalert.org/...Waste Asphalt Doesn't Pollute Groundwater, UF Researchers Say
...mTownsend, an assistant professor of environmental engineering sciences. They were also spurred by new fe... of it, said Allan Brantley, a recentenvironmental engineering sciences graduate. "If I dig a hole and it has water in it, can I use this material as backf...DFG To Set Up 14 New Collaborative Research Centres
...ogy/medicine and five each in natural sciences and engineering sciences.The large number of initiatives to set up...hnology, from heavy-machine construction tomedical engineering and microtechnology, but so far it has not been possible to describe it in asatisfactory manner. Thi...Body Building: Tissue Engineered Organs A Heartbeat Away
...ough collaboration rather thancompetition. Tissue engineering combines biotechnology and bioengineering techniqu...ntly scientists use one oftwo approaches in tissue engineering -- either growing cells in a culture andplanting them on a material in the body (used to create bone...New Biomaterial Has 'Star' Power
...iversity researchers. Kelley Keys, a chemical engineering graduate student, has made new gels from a material called a star polymer. The gels' potential applications include removing substances such as cholesterol from the blood and delivering high concentrations of drugs to specific areas in the body, such...Feature: Biomaterials Are Transforming Medicine
...ection? Robert S. Langer views the question as an engineering designproblem. Langer, Germeshausen Professor of ... Since Langer began his work in 1974, genetic engineering has madepossible larger and larger "macromolecule" drugs, such as growth hormones. Withthe help of ...Who Needs Flowers? Transgenic Plants Sprout Embryos On Leaves
...oms and sets seed. "But there may be advantages to engineering a plant thatproduces them in its vegetation," he said. Imagine, forexample, grinding corn leaves instead of corn kernels forcooking oil. Another possibility is that plant embryos might be raised inleaf-tissue nurseries to solve a long-standing probl...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Trains Displaced Fishermen And Women In New Careers As Aquafarmers
...include: aquaculture; biomedical marine research; engineering R&D;environmental analysis and testing; marine operations technology; basic marineresearch and marine education....First Reproducible Cloning Of Mammals From Adult Cells Reported In Nature
...gy and geophysics, tropical agriculture,electrical engineering and Asian and Pacific studies. The Jackson Laboratory, founded in 1929, is a world leader in mammaliangenetics research. With more than 850 employees, the nonprofit, independentfacility has a threefold mission: to conduct basic genetic and biomedica...CU Team Develops New Techniques For Repair Of Bone And Cartilage
A University of Colorado at Boulder chemical engineering team hasdeveloped new techniques and materials that show promise for faster healing ofsevere bone fractures and the regeneration of cartilage in ailing joints. The process involves the use of ultraviolet light to create repeatingchains of co...University of Florida Researchers Develop Filter Coating That Traps Bacteria and Viruses
...an, a professor in UF's department ofenvironmental engineering sciences. "By using a filter that is enhanced inso...sors in chemical engineering, materials scienceand engineering and microbiology and cell science developed the coating aspart of more than a decade of research in ...