Gold quantum dots have applications in biological labeling, nanoscale optics
..." Dickson noted. The nanodot solutions are stable, lasting for months either in solution or as dried powders. Solutions from re-dissolved nanodot powders have the same properties as when they were originally created. Dickson's research group has been working with fluorescent and electroluminescent silver na...Innovative 'ceramic-on-metal' hip replacements to undergo clinical trials
...new type of artificial hip, more robust and longer lasting than conventional artificial joints, is to undergo...l-head-in-polyethylene-cup' implants, being longer lasting and more robust. This latest 'ceramic-on-metal' joint further improves on 'metal-on-metal' as it gen...Full promise of genomics in disease research yet to be realized
...future research. "Genomics has had a profound and lasting impact on the study of pathogens and disease, to the extent that it is difficult to imagine what the science would be like today in the absence of genomics," says Richard J. Roberts, Chair of the Colloquium Steering Committee. "Today a genome sequ...Transcriptional gene silencing in nucleus shown by UCSD/VA medical researchers
...ing (PTGS). However, PTGS is transient, with siRNA lasting only a few days in the cytoplasm. Although this is...ng rise to the hope that it will be similarly long lasting in humans. Until now, however, scientists have been unable to detect activity of siRNA directed agai...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
...g intervening wet periods, with each wet-dry cycle lasting more than a century each. A report on the research will be delivered at a session at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, in Meeting Room D136 of the Oregon Convention Center during the Ecological Society of America's 2004 annual meeting in Portland. "We ...American Society of Mammalogists honors CI president Russell Mittermeier with Aldo Leopold award
...to honor individuals who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. In a written statement to the recipient, the ASM's president, Dr. Bruce D. Patterson, highlighted Mittermeier's "productivity as a scientist and [his] effective leadership of several co...Early dexamethasone exposure has long-term neurodevelopment, neuroendocrine effects
...reasing dexamethasone exposure early in life has a lasting impact on the body's growth. The researchers observed decreased somatic growth observed in the dexamethasone-treated pups attributed to the drug's direct effects on catabolism and tissue accretion. Dexamethasone-treated animals were also found to h...Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique
...d in muscle cells for at least six months. Similar lasting power occurred with the injection of erythropoietin, which stimulates red blood cell production. Furthermore, in an ancillary study, the researchers learned that the technique could be used effectively to introduce molecules that inhibit - rather th...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
...te summer 2005. "This study will have profound and lasting effects on food supply veterinary medicine and it is hoped that it will serve as a framework for planning for the future," said Dr. Rod Sydenham, chair of the Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition. "This study also will provide valuable informati...UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division
... feature called the midbody, which forms briefly - lasting only a minute in the cells of some species - during cell division. "It was identified over 125 years ago by Walther Flemming, but hadn't been studied much or paid attention to since," she explains. "Most people thought it was cellular garbage." Howev...51 globally threatened species get new lease on life in the Caucasus
...nerships and approaches that are necessary to make lasting conservation happen." The WWF Caucasus Programme coordinated an intensive process to develop the CEPF strategy, known as an ecosystem profile, for the Caucasus. Its approach ultimately drew participation from more than 130 experts representing scien...Study in flies allows researchers to visualize formation of a memory
...complex chain of events that leads to formation of lasting memories. The study was funded in part by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and appears in the May 13, 2004, issue of Neuron.* Scientists have long been captivated by the questions of how memories form and how...Trial found no impact of Malarone(TM) on performance and alertness tasks
...tment arms, and all were classified as mild, short lasting and most frequently related to GI problems. Dr Dereck Tait, Director, Clinical Development said: "These new data provide further evidence for the favourable safety profile of Malarone TM . The safety and tolerability of Malarone TM have been demons...Leslie Ann Schiff wins 2004 Carski Foundation Award
...ental director of undergraduate studies, she has a lasting influence on all microbiology majors throughout their university careers. Schiff serves as her department's representative on the College of Biological Sciences Educational Policy Council at the University of Minnesota, where she is a strong voice fo...Discovery offers clues to origin of life
...on years ago-very soon after the glass chilled and lasting a few million years, perhaps until the usual geological processes buried and cooked them." Despite challenges to previous research claiming evidence of life activity, this research team is certain its evidence is solid. "In other discoveries, there h...Prenatal nicotine primes adolescent brain for addiction
...AM, N.C. -- Prenatal exposure to nicotine inflicts lasting damage that might leave the brain vulnerable to fu...hey reported. "The current study suggests that the lasting neurotoxic effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine from maternal smoking during pregnancy may worse...A blueprint for US national ocean policy for the 21st Century
...have a historic opportunity to make a positive and lasting change in the way we manage them before it is too late," said retired Admiral James D. Watkins (USN), Chair of the US Commission on Ocean Policy. "If the recommendations contained in our report are adopted, we will create sustainable oceans and coast...Nanotechnology highlights from the ACS national meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 28-April 1
...clothing to scratch-resistant eyeglasses to longer lasting sunscreen lotions, nanotechnology the science and technology of the ultra small is already making an impact on our lives. Now, it's poised to make an even broader impact with promises of faster computers, better diagnostic tests and improved ways t...OHSU researchers discover possible connection between infant hormone exposure, obesity
... suppress leptin during brain development may have lasting effects on an individual's ability to regulate body weight. It will be particularly important to identify aspects of maternal and prenatal nutrition that affect the occurrence, duration and intensity of the leptin surge." While the full im...UCSB discovery may accelerate new treatment for global health problem
...ects can occur and none of the treatments provides lasting immunity. In fact, reinfection after anti-schistosomal drug treatment is fairly common, according to the researchers, because people return to infected water sources. The widespread and repeated treatment of people with these drugs has also resulte...