Battery-operated pen quickly disinfects drinking water
...gns 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 of all test bacteria and viruses within one to ten minutes...UNC-CH experiments reveal new 'pen' can disinfect water
...igns also were tested by seeding oxidant solutions generated from the pen with test microbes, including highly ...ated that the miniature pen cell electrochemically generated a mixture of oxidants from a salt solution that was able to inactivate C. parvum eggs, as well as ba...UI biologist receives grant to study acoustic management of swine odor
...t to study whether sound waves can alleviate odors generated at large pork production facilities. Heartland Pork Enterprises, Inc. of Iowa Falls and Caviforce Technologies, Inc. of Des Moines have jointly provided a one-year, $87,000 grant to the laboratory of David R. Soll, UI professor of biological science...Chesapeake Bay watershed to benefit from new Landsat 7 land cover maps
...RESAC) at the University of Maryland. These maps, generated by overlaying images from NASA's Landsat 7, will provide a more precise assessment of the presence and amount of different land cover types including residential development, wetlands, forests and crop lands. The new maps and their application to ...June 'Geology' and 'GSA Today' highlights
...crust (< 5 million years old). The magmas thus generated have a particular geochemical signature (typically a high silica content and a depletion in heavy rare earth elements) and are called "adakites" after their first discovery on Adak Island in the Aleutians. Paradoxically, of the 20 or so occurrences o...Targeted genetics presents promising data from cystic fibrosis clinical trial
...progress and additional preclinical data are being generated in the areas of hemophilia, arthritis, and AIDS prophylaxis. The Company has dealt with all regulatory issues to date concerning the human testing of AAV-based products, and has developed proprietary, efficient production methods that it believes ca...Ancient math refines theories of evolution
...ect calculations, allowing different answers to be generated from the same evidence. Huelsenbeck points out that in drawing the evolutionary tree, certain assumptions must be made because the relationships between species--the starting evidence--is not absolutely known. Huelsenbeck says, "Bayes gave us a way t...New research animals earn their stripes
... the brain's development, when its first cells are generated and the future brain is divided up into its various subregions. "Zebrafish combine some of the best characteristics of those other two workhorses of developmental genetics, the mouse and the vinegar fly ", said Dr Lardelli. "Having worked with both m...NYU announces establishment of a center for comparative functional genomics
... modern biological problems and the volume of data generated by genomics projects make it essential that the insights of mathematics and computer science are integrated with those of biology. This integration will be emphasized in the Center's programs. The Center will also draw upon the close ties that exist...UF researchers: technique cuts pollution from burning treated wood
...technique not only reduces toxins in air pollution generated by incinerating discarded treated wood, it also makes the toxins less likely to leach out of the ash and into the groundwater when it is placed in a landfill, said C.Y. Wu, a UF assistant professor of environmental engineering. "Our technique solve...Deadly for bacteria, great for consumers
...h the water and salt mixture. The chlorine that is generated "is definitely one of the major components for killing microorganisms," Hung acknowledges. But, he adds, electrolyzed water has additional active components - oxidants - that his research group is trying to identify. The equipment needed to produ...UNC-Duke Scientists develop interactive learning tool simulating nerve function
... in the 1950s that describe the electrical signals generated in the nerve cell. Fifty years later these equations remain the reference standard for description of electrical activity in biological systems. "My husband decided it would be wonderful to take NEURON, which is complex and designed for professiona...DNA-based flu vaccine raises protective immunity
...lethal dose of influenza virus. All three vaccines generated a neutralizing antibody response. The C3d form of ...HA and tmHA vaccines. Protective immunity was also generated at a much faster rate and at a dose ten times lower than with the non-fused forms of HA. Previous st...New mouse marks latest stride in muscular dystrophy research
...Thornton's team at the University of Rochester has generated mice with symptoms that mimic those of patients with myotonic dystrophy. The mice provide the first animal model for a disease that affects about 40,000 Americans. Already, research with the mice has pointed to an unexpected disease-causing role for ...Alcohol and the human fetal brain
...cHO is to be found in the brain, it is most likely generated there and can do its damage there. This study suggested that the prenatal brain metabolizes alcohol differently that the adult brain. "When a pregnant women drinks an alcoholic beverage," explained Mont R. Juchau, professor of pharmacology at the U...Researchers discover new oceanic bacterial photopigment that converts light into biochemical energy
... For nanotechnology development, this research has generated interest in the potential for new applications in the area of light-actuated molecular switches....New report looks at genome boom in microbiology
...ing faster and more efficient, but the information generated may not be put to the best possible use at the current time. Decisions about quality control, best use of technology, which organisms should be sequenced next, and how and when to get data to those who need it have not been asked or answered in a we...Can tomatoes protect against cancer?
... of fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants has generated interest in the role of lycopene in disease prevention, further research is critical to spell out the role of this disease fighter and to formulate guidelines for healthy eating....Snapping shrimp drown out sonar with bubble-popping trick, described in Science
...n fact, comes from the collapsing of small bubbles generated by the claw's closing motion. The bubbles form through a process called cavitation, which occurs when objects move quickly through fluids. It's primarily known for damaging ship propellers and pumps, because the energy released from the tiny implosi......n July in those areas. Information gathered and generated by the USGS is being used by wildlife and public health officials from New Hampshire to Louisiana to track and prepare for the virus. A new National Atlas website tracks the occurrence of the virus at http://nationalatlas.gov. A new USGS West Nile ...