Damage from acid rain pollution is far worse than previously believed
...easy for power plants, oil refineries and chemical factories (major sources of acid rain nationwide) to expand without installing new pollution controls and the Senate's consideration of Clean Power Act, there's an important new wrinkle to the story. A new study revealed that acid rain's damage to America's fo...Protein causes muscle wasting syndrome in mice
...out, the researchers engineered cellular myostatin factories -- hamster cells altered to make and release lots of the protein. The scientists also created a line of these cells that make a naturally occurring myostatin blocker, a protein called follistatin. After implanting the cells into mice, the scientists...Brookhaven Spotlights: News from the National Synchrotron Light Source
...e, a major air pollutant released by power plants, factories and cars, comes from sulfur impurities present in fossil fuels that combine with oxygen during combustion. To reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide in the air, a team of Brookhaven scientists is designing and testing compounds that take sulfur out of f...Researchers discover new mechanism that targets and destroys abnormal RNA
...nd transported to the ribosomes the cells protein factories that are large complexes of protein and RNA. Given the importance of mRNA as an information-carrying molecule, the machinery that regulates mRNA levels and destroys faulty mRNA is critical in ensuring that errors in the genetic code are not passed on...Folding upon binding: unique protein activation mechanism found by scientists at TSRI
...ure with function," he says. If cells are the tiny factories of life, proteins are the workers, machines, bricks, and mortar of thosefactories. For years biologists have solved the structures of proteins as a way of elucidating their mechanisms and understanding life on the molecular scale. But it is now recog...Tracking and treating toxic waste in urban neighborhoods
Abandoned factories and contaminated soil can stall efforts to revive blighted urban neighborhoods. That's because city officials, developers and nearby residents often share common concerns: Is it safe to rebuild here? Will workers and residents become ill from toxic m...Yale researchers develop new molecule that eradicates cancer by destroying tumor blood vessels
...fection of tumor cells that act within the mice as factories for producing the icon and secreting itinto the blood. Garen said that in order to target tumor blood vessels without harming the normal blood vessels, a molecule that is expressed specifically on the inner surface of the tumor is needed. The molecu...Genomes on 'chips' boon to cancer research
...e information (encoded by DNA) to cellular protein factories (called ribosomes). The inhibition of mRNA ultimately leads to a halt in the production of certain proteins as the mRNA molecules circulating around the cell are degraded without being replaced. This posed an interesting question to the researchers ......ion, which occurs in the operation of automobiles, factories and power plants, also increases the amount of nitrogen released. Therefore, as energy demands continue to increase, global NOx emissions will also continue to increase, says Bradley. He will evaluate current commercially available energy generati...Trial drugs for Huntingtons disease inconclusive in slowing disease
...a role in the function of mitochondria, the energy factories of human cells. It is also an anti-oxidant, meaning that it can neutralize potentially injurious oxygen-containing chemicals called free radicals, which may play a role in the nerve cell death that occurs in Huntingtons disease. Coenzyme Q10 is so......llow assembly. Now researchers have found that the factories are assembled by cellular machinery that was origi... issue of The Journal of Cell Biology that viral factories and the garbage dumps, called aggresomes, share a number of properties. Both are surrounded by a cag......egulators - The sites of 640 former lead-smelting factories - most apparently unknown to regulatory authorities - have been revealed by researchers. The soil on these sites, many of which are near residential areas in major cities, may contain potentially hazardous levels of lead. (ENVR 194, Monday, April 2, ...New images reveal the workings of cellular protein factories
...obtained the new images. Ribosomes are the protein factories of all living cells. They hold the equipment necessary to read the genetic code and translate it into specific protein structures. Inside every cell, tens of thousands of ribosomes churn out proteins with mind-boggling speed and precision. They are a...Researchers reveal contaminated factory sites unknown to regulators
...e discovered the sites of 640 former lead smelting factories - most apparently unknown to regulatory authorities - with potentially hazardous levels of lead in the soil where the plants once stood. Regulators were unaware of at least 430 of the sites, many of which are near residential areas in some of the cou...Plants as plants: gene could convert crops to plastics factories
...han petroleum. Plants are really amazing chemical factories that produce a mind-boggling number of interesting...ings. However, plants are more attractive chemical factories than microbes because they may be cheaper. The inherent advantage with plants is that you get your n......stretches of DNA are moved through the huge enzyme factories that transcribe DNA's genetic information into messages made of RNA. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago has demonstrated the presence of a "molecular motor" inside the nucleus, where it appears to......stretches of DNA are moved through the huge enzyme factories that transcribe DNA's genetic information into messages made of RNA. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago has demonstrated the presence of a "molecular motor" inside the nucleus, where it appears t...Bio-X grant recipient explores link between molecular chaperones and serious diseases
...n which this process has gone awry.`` Protein factories Life would not be possible without proteins. ...of amino acids strung together inside tiny protein factories known as ribosomes that are found in large numbers in all living cells. A newly formed protein is ...Putting a price tag on paradise
...ny a UN-sanctioned carbon credit, which allows its factories to emit an equal amount of CO2 gas into the air. "Costa Rica's leadership in these areas is also remarkable," says Daily, who has done extensive research in that Central American country. Since 1997, the Costa Rican government has been paying local ...... other greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and gasoline-burning vehicles. Accumulation of these gases in the air prevents solar heat from escaping the atmosphere, which causes the Earth's temperature to increase. Unless there is a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions in the next 50 years, ...