Basic Research and Higher Education Program Conference breaks new ground
...ideas, and discuss ways to enhance and improve the integration of science education and research. Particular attention was given to activities that will strengthen communication among RECs and improve ties with international colleagues and industry. Commenting on the conference, keynote speaker Dr. Yuri Shleno...Bioinformatics: The quest for new drugs finds significant profits
...s in the bioinformatics market depends on improved integration and interoperability among different software vendors, database providers, computer hardware, and in-house compilations. Developers need to focus on designing advanced integrated systems, algorithms, annotation protocols, and user interfaces to aid i...Tomorrow's super robots may owe their mobility to a cockroachs legs today
...iscoelastic properties. The SDM process allowed an integration of a range of desired impedance into the structure of robot legs for improved robustness and simpler control. SDM-compatible materials span a wide range of material properties and the SDM process enables researchers to control local variations throug...Stanford researchers devise novel gene therapy technique
...f normal skin cells. "This technique allows integration of therapeutic genes into stem cells, which supports long-term gene-delivery," Khavari said. However, both he and Calos warn that it could take many years for the technique to be tested well enough to be used in people. "The history of gene therapy s...Stanford researchers develop gene therapy technique that sharply cuts risks
...gh the mouse genome contains at least 53 potential integration sites, Calos and her team found the Factor IX gene... in different tissue types to ensure that no human integration site is near a potential oncogene. "We need to look in different tissues to see where the hot spot i...Sandia pursues biotechnology as new technology focus area
...iagnostic techniques, microfabrication, technology integration - and we anticipated that future missions will require even more bio capabilities," Napolitano says. The LLT - having taken a neutral position on biotech earlier in the 1990s, later becoming strong advocates - agreed to establish a biotech focus area...November GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
...shed very precisely at 24.0 million years using an integration of multiple dating methods. This age provides an important new calibration point for the geological time scale. It is particularly exciting that the new calibration point should be derived from Antarctica because dating of strata from Antarctica has ...McLean Hospital and Repligen announce results of brain imaging study of secretin
...amygdala, a region of the brain involved in social integration and implicated in autism. The findings were presented today by Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Ph.D., of McLean Hospital, the study's Principal Investigator, at the International Meeting for Autism Research, a satellite meeting of the Society for Neuroscienc...UCSF celebrates opening of new vascular research laboratory
...tes is estimated to be $30 billion. Through close integration of basic and clinical scientists, The Pacific Vascular Research Laboratory seeks to foster the transfer of knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of vascular disease into effective molecular therapies. A second focus is to create a unique environme...Agriculture presents common ground for rural, urban people
...erstanding for the rural-urban agro-ecosystem; for integration of agriculture into long-term, comprehensive rural and urban planning as well as other areas. Public policy initiatives: Relatively little U.S. policy addresses agricultural relationships in both metropolitan and rural areas. Important policy-relate...Combining global environmental changes yields surprising ecosystem response
...he function, assess the fragility, and explore the integration of the world's ecosystems. They tackle issues such as the global carbon cycle, the role of land and oceanic ecosystems in regulating climate, the interaction of biological diversity with ecosystem function, and much more. According to Field, "We kno...Smart sensor technology finds tremendous potential in various industries
... sensitive facilities and equipment. Smart sensor integration with manufacturing and imaging systems for production lines are helping to optimize manufacturing processes. Replacement of cables with radio frequency transmission allows remote programming using information collected from sensors located throughout...Tour operators to influence hotel industry to integrate environmental criteria into operations
...isure for CELB. "This is a first step towards the integration of environmental and social criteria into the business relationship between tour operators and hotels." "The members of the Tour Operators' Initiative have recognized that integrating these sustainability criteria in to their business model for cond...Biomedical engineer constructs illuminating nanoparticles for medical imaging and gene detection
...r sensing and bioengineering. "We expect that the integration of nanotechnology with biology and medicine will soon produce major advances in molecular diagnostics, therapeutics, molecular biology, and bioengineering," said Dr. Nie. "This new method of constructing nanobiosensors has potential as a unique tool ...... long his area of interest was concentrated on the integration powers of nerve cells. Meanwhile, Winfried Denk has miniaturised his method to such an extent that it could soon become a realistic possibility to use it with free-moving animals. Entirely new approaches are emerging here for brain research. Winfried...Symposium to focus on ethical issues in biotechnology
...nic stem cells, federal human cloning legislation, integration of race and ethnicity factors into research design, responses to new technologies, reflections from diverse faith perspectives, decision-makers at the Food and Drug Administration, use of cases to facilitate ethics discussions and privacy issues in h...Virginia Tech inventions, creations can improve lives
...s, and a therapy garment for children with sensory integration dysfunction. Five patents for improved electronic...om interconnection of semiconductor chips, ease of integration of other circuit elements for intelligence and control, and improved heat dissipation. There were ei...NHGRI study may help scientists develop safer methods for gene therapy
...ls. But scientists lacked the means to study these integration events in a large-scale fashion. Now, the team of ...n the mouse virus. This is the first time that the integration patterns of two different retroviruses have been compared, showing definitively that their insertion...