Prions offer nanotech building tool
...Prions have another characteristic that makes them ideal for the mass-manufacturing jobs researchers have in mind: They recruit other, properly folded proteins into misforming along with them, a process Lindquist calls a "conformational cascade" that ends up producing more and more ostriches instead of sw...Growth factor shows promise in Parkinson's patients
...ted in the brain to produce GDNF. "It might be an ideal molecule. The key thing we know now is that it is safe." In addition to Svendsen, Gill, Heywood, Brooks and Hotton, co-authors of the paper include Nikunj K. Patel, Karen O'Sullivan, Renee McCarter, and Martin Bunnage, all of Frenchay Hospital in Bri...Carnegie Mellon University chemists create versatile polymer brushes
...re is covalently linked. These structures would be ideal for developing materials for artificial skin or wound healing, or for modifying the tactile response of surfaces," notes Matyjaszewski. Other brush structures can be grown from nano-particles of glass or gold, giving rise to corona-shaped structures...Powered by your liquor cabinet, 'biofuel cell' could replace rechargeable batteries
...H and temperature, and even slight departures from ideal conditions can lead to inactivation of the enzymes...lored micelles pores in which the enzymes find an ideal "micro-environment" to thrive. "The enzyme has everything it needs to function for a very long perio...Anthrax threat needs aggressive government action plan, say researchers
...tack. "It can survive an explosion, which makes it ideal for weaponization," Wein said. Wein's coauthors in the anthrax study are David L. Craft, a doctoral student at the MIT Operations Research Center, and Edward H. Kaplan, professor of management sciences at Yale School of Management. They analyzed a va...Receptor could be target for cancer therapy
...prevention and treatment.COX inhibitors may not be ideal anti-cancer drugs, Breyer said, because they block the production of all prostaglandins. "Some of these prostaglandins could have beneficial effects," he said. "We were interested in discovering which prostaglandins are participating in the tumor-p...Optical trap provides new insights into motor molecules - nature`s ultimate nanomachines
...in's remarkably fuel-efficient motor serves as the ideal model for a variety of futuristic nanotechnologies - from nanofactories that would fit inside a computer chip to nanoimplants that could be placed under the skin and deliver minute doses of medication to targeted cells. If devices are to become reali...Squirrels' evolutionary 'family tree' reveals major influence of climate, geology
...a, Africa, North America and South America, and is ideal for examining these issues," continued John M. Mercer, a Duke assistant professor of the practice of biology, and V. Louise Roth, a Duke associate professor of biology and biological anthropology and anatomy. In research supported by the National Sci...The human eye can self-correct some optical faults
...ct vision, have some deviations from the optically ideal properties in their constituent parts. "We're talking about living, biological tissue here. The form and function of anything that's living is a combination of its genetic background and the environment in which it is born, grows, lives and ages," ...Life sciences publishers take steps to address potential misuse of information by bioterrorists
... discipline, he said. The peer review system is an ideal means of allowing the community of sciences to monitor developments in each field and to judge the possible risks associated with scientific advances. As a publisher of 11 peer-reviewed journals in the microbiological sciences, the ASM is on the fron...Innovative research with pythons offers new insights into the body's digestive processes
...of a mammal laboratory animal, making this species ideal for study (the researchers selected the python knowing that any conclusions reached would have to be tested in a mammal subject). Mice, rabbits, rats, and dogs have all served science by taking their place as mammalian models for study of human physi...Calient Networks chosen as core platform for Optiputer
... "OptIPuter's terabit switching demands make it an ideal application to leverage the reliability, transpare... future bit rates (10 Gbps to 40+ Gbps), making it ideal for OptIPuter's phased network capacity upgrades. The system is equipped with Calient's industry lea...Research sheds light on why protein-rich diets aid weight loss
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As nutrition experts debate the ideal combination of protein, carbohydrates and fat that people should eat, new research explains for the first time how and why a moderately high protein diet may be the best for losing weight. The new findings suggest that eating more high quality protei...SRS research highlights from the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium
...itat of the red-cockaded woodpecker--is indeed the ideal nest tree for this species. For more information: Richard Conner (936-569-7981) or rconner@fs.fed.us or c_connerrn@titan.sfasu.edu . *Jim Hanula, research entomologist at the SRS Southern Forest Insects and Diseases unit in Athens, GA, presented...Bone marrow cells take on new role in the brain, say Stanford researchers
...w transplants from male donors. These samples were ideal for this experiment because the donor cells contained a Y sex chromosome whereas cells in the women contained only X chromosomes. Any Y chromosome that Blau and Weimann identified must have come from the transplant donor. To look for the telltale Y c...Genetic heterogeneity of Icelanders
...inbred that it is a happy genetic hunting ground", ideal for gene mapping, and that "nowhere else has such a pure and predictable genetic inheritance" in the popular press. This supposed genetic homogeneity was a major factor in the establishment of deCODE Genetics, the biotechnology company set up in Ic...Three tourist experiences named best worldwide for environmental, social responsibility
...d the best examples in the tourism industry of the ideal balance between nature conservation, the protection of heritage sites, social responsibility and commerce. The World Legacy Awards are the result of a new partnership between Conservation International and National Geographic Traveler magazine. They ...Light at the end of the tunnel: Photonics are tipped to make global communications network a reality
...erface of light with other materials renders it an ideal precision measurement, fine process, and diagnostic tool. Speed, immunity from interference, increased bandwidth, and enhanced data storage capacity are some of the advantages of working with light. These attributes are channelling sizeable invest...Expanding the genetic code: the worlds first truly unnatural organism
...lly been regarded as purely speculative: Is 20 the ideal number of basic building blocks? Would additional amino acids lead to organisms with enhanced function? Why has the genetic code not evolved further? "Why did life settle on 20 amino acids?" asks Ryan Mehl, Ph.D., previously a researcher at the Scri...Computer program reveals optimum microstructure for new materials
...entists demonstrated their approach by finding the ideal structure for a composite that is good at conducti...s were surprised to see a minimal surface in their ideal conductor because neither of their stipulated properties have anything to do with surface tension. S...