UF Researchers Show Common Compound Can Reduce Air Pollution
...l boilers to lawn mowers. UF environmental engineering doctoral student Max Lee's findings couldlead to n...aidEric Allen, professor emeritus of environmental engineering sciences andthe chair of Lee's dissertation committee. "The importance of thistechnique is that it i...Heart Disease Symptoms Worsen When Body Tries To Adapt
... the study and professor ofmedicine and biomedical engineering at Hopkins. "The data support thehypothesis that although genetic mutations can have primary effects, chronicresponses to these mutations may be equally important in the progression ofdisease. "Continuing studies will need to determine the e...Statement Of The DFG Concerning "Questions Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
...ate committee for fundamental questions of genetic engineering calledtogether by the president of the DFG. Publication of this statement is incompliance with the statutory tasks of the DFG to advise legislative andexecutive in scientific matters. In November 1998 two groups in the US and Israel reported that th...Artificial Gels Could Speed DNA Sequencing
...Harold Craighead, Cornell professor of applied and engineering physics, described his biochip research in a talk, "DNA Motion in Nanofabricated Artificial Gels," today (March 25) at the centennial meeting of the American Physical Society in the Georgia World Congress Center. The global scientific community has ...New Protein-Like Polymer Shows Promise For Blood Vessel Replacement
...nd mechanical properties we can achieve." Genetic engineering wasusedto produce analogues of the polymer's key component, elastin, a protein similartocollagen and an essential part of elastic fibers in mammals. Tirrell alsocreditsUniversity of Minnesota researcher Dan Urry with much of the earlygroundbreakingw...Story Tips: Engineering Students Pursue Cutting-Edge Research
...otic Submarine Two seniors majoring in mechanical engineering sunk their $2,500 research awardsinto a projecttha...isdrug on cell cultures in the lab. The biomedical engineering major found thatthe alternative formof Vitamin D also increased the production of nerve growth facto...Mixing Radiation, Minerals, Toxic Waste Could Be Cleanup Boon -- Or Kaboom
...says Kimberly A. Gray, associateprofessor of civil engineering at Northwestern's Robert R. McCormick School ofEngineering and Applied Science. Gray conducted the new study with physicalchemist Prashant V. Kamat of Notre Dame's Radiation Laboratory and Northwesterngraduate student George A. Zacheis. The results a...Stanford Chemical Engineer Chaitan Khosla Receives Alan T. Waterman Award From NSF
...year-old Stanford University professor of chemical engineering andchemistry whose work is leading to the discovery of new drugs to fightinfections and diseases has received the National Science Foundation (NSF)'smost prestigious prize for young researchers. Chaitan S. Khosla will be honored with the 1999...National Science Board Honors Maxine Frank Singer With Vannevar Bush Award
... statesperson as a distinguished leader inscience, engineering or technology. The Bush Award recognizes years ofpioneering discoveries, public service and contributions to the welfare of thenation. Singer's honor is a result of her many years of pioneering scientificachievements in molecular biology. S...Functional Arteries Grown From Cells Using Novel System That Simulates Fetal Environment
... the body."This very innovative approach to tissue engineering will set the stage forfuture advances," he added. "Dr. Niklason and others are bringing the field tothe point where we will be able to solve more complex problems." Both Langer and Niklason are quick to point out that it is too early todetermine if ...Study: Microgravity May Enhance Gene Transfer In Plants
...lesuggests that microgravity might enhance genetic engineering of plants. Theproject, coordinated by UW-Madison's...commercial use. Companies involvedin plant genetic engineering are potential users of this new facility....Tipsheet: Environmental Story Ideas
...ilters and particle board. The biological systems engineering scientists are using separated and cleanedfibers from cow manure to make high-quality hardboards. Those fibers also havean uncanny ability to filter heavy metals from water. Richard Koegel, a USDAresearcher and professor of biological systems enginee...Sandia Discovery About Protein May Help Clean Up Pollutants, Find Cures For Diseases
...t ten yearswhen he was researching the prospect of engineering molecules to, for example,change gaseous fuel to liquid fuel. Having a history of working with hemeproteins at Bell Labs, he wondered if a protein could alter the heme's shape andfunction as well. Shelnutt believes that his discovery might lead to ch...Successful 'Green' Solvent Found For Problematic Chemicals
... explains Joan F. Brennecke, professor of chemical engineering atthe University of Notre Dame and principal investigator of the study. Becausethe solvents evaporate easily into the air, factory workers may inhale them. Additionally, the solvents add to damage of the earth's atmosphere, becauseorganic solvents e...Purdue Students Win $4,500 For Vegetarian Gelatin Dessert
...-place prize of $2,400.Agricultural and biological engineering majors Doug Allen of Red Oak, Iowa, andDennis Kim of Evansville, Ind., developed the desert topping. Their adviser wasGanesan Narsimhan, professor of agricultural and biological engineering. "Soy Squares," a soy protein-based, ready-to-eat breakfas...Researchers Engineer A Way To Improve T-Cell Receptors
...n combination with directed evolution -- a genetic engineering processin which a protein is subjected to random a...ttrup, theJames W. Westwater professor of chemical engineering at the U. of I. "The twomajor classes of molecules that accomplish this are the recognition protein......of the realm of tinkering withexisting proteins to engineering entirely new proteins and polymers," sayssenior author William F. DeGrado, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics."We have shown that it is now possible to design a protein with a well-definedthree-dimensional structure." The Penn group's fi...New Class Of Synthetic Capsules That Mimic Biological Cells Has Wide Array Of Potential Uses
...al proteins to whole tissues, scientists have been engineering orgrowing biological mimics for a variety of medical and industrial applications.Bioengineers from the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) at theUniversity of Pennsylvania have designed an artificial capsule that imitatesmany of the qualitie...Center For Future Health Aims To Bring High-Tech, Low-Cost Health Care To The Home
...he University, organizers say.Both the medical and engineering schools are highly ranked, and the campuses areright across the street, making collaboration convenient. Its researchers havealready formed alliances with interested engineers at other universities. Andthe University has expertise in licensing its te...Researchers Learn How Nature Produces Cholesterol-Lowering Lovastatin
...ential ways novel drugs can be madethrough genetic engineering of polyketide-forming genes. Hutchinson estimatesthat 10 to 15 percent of all polyketides may be made this unique way....