Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...s will freeze living cells from the mamala tree in liquid nitrogen, so that extraction of the perishable RNA can be conducted in the laboratory. Then begins the process of tracking down the enzymes that actually build the molecule Prostratin. Once Keasling has pinpointed the key enzymes and cloned their ge...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...s will freeze living cells from the mamala tree in liquid nitrogen so that extraction of the perishable RNA can be conducted in the laboratory. Then begins the process of tracking down the enzymes that actually build the molecule Prostratin. Once Keasling has pinpointed the key enzymes and cloned their gen...Indiana University, EPA to study airborne PCBs
...hich means the toxins can easily alternate between liquid and gaseous states. Hites and other environmental scientists have found that some of these airborne PCBs waft toward the Great Lakes and dissolve into them. "Input from the air is one of the main ways that these chemicals can get into the Great Lakes...Females may be more susceptible to overindulge 'sweet tooth' cravings than males
...take of a diet (chow supplemented with a supply of liquid sweetened condensed milk), chosen for its ability to stimulate hyperphagia. Rats were housed individually in cages that provided access to running wheels. Daily caloric intake of chow alone and then chow plus sweet milk was monitored during sedentar...Groundbreaking research could ignite new solutions to heat transfer in nano-devices
...eparate droplets of confined water from a nonpolar liquid phase. Their research shows that the surfactant layer must be analyzed in terms of its vibrational couplings, rather than by ordinary heat conduction. Their research provided the first detail of the precise pathways for interfacial vibrational energy...Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
...uccessful with naturally soft organic materials in liquid solutions. But if organic solar cells are to be practical for commercial devices, they need to be integrated with solid-state electronics. The researchers ground up ordinary spinach and purified it with a centrifuge to isolate a protein deep w...Proteins show promise for mosquito control
...erol is hydrophobic. In order to transport it in a liquid medium, such as blood or cell fluids, organisms must have a way to shield it from the watery environment through which it moves. That shield is typically a carrier protein, such as SCP-2. Lan and her colleagues reasoned that if they could block the...Early detection hope for eye disease
... They modified a standard ophthalmoscope, adding a liquid crystal tuneable filter, which allowed them to take images of the retina at a series of specific wavelengths. The images are captured by a sophisticated digital camera - a cooled, low noise CCD camera. Image processing corrects for the movements of ...Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
...rfaces," Pettitt's talk "Poly-electrolytes at the liquid solid interface: Biochips" will begin at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, in the Sam Male North, Cable Beach Resort. Starting during the conference week and continuing through the month, all lectures (including slides and audio) from the conference w...NJIT chemist speaks Aug. 25 about compound derived from pine tree
...l ionic liquids. These solvents are salts that are liquid at room temperatures, can be tailored to dissolve coal, crude oil, inks, plastics, DNA, and even rocks. The researchers will discuss their findings at the upcoming American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting Aug 25, 2004 at 10:40 a.m. in the ballroom of...Meteorites supplied Earth life with phosphorus
...e, fresh, de-ionized water. They then analyzed the liquid mixture using NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance. "We saw a whole slew of different phosphorus compounds being formed," Pasek said. "One of the most interesting ones we found was P2-O7 (two phorphorus atoms with seven oxygen atoms), one of the more bio...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
...e had to specifically develop a new method, termed liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS), to detect triclocarban in water. Using this new method, we found the disinfectant in all Maryland streams we examined. Now the big question is what are the ecological and human hea...Tobacco promising factory for biopharmaceuticals
...eria, the protein first needs to be recovered into liquid solutions before purification. "Because of the high purity required, the purification is rigorous and not surprisingly, very expensive. Therefore, development of more economical techniques for protein purification is always an engineering challenge i...New OHSU lab will speed drug discovery process
...are and analyze their own samples by high-pressure liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry or liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The BSR is supported by the Oregon Opportunity, a $500 mill...Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
...e fermentation stage. From these boiling vats, the liquid would be transferred to fermenting jars where it was converted into chichi in about 5-7 days. In the brewery, researchers also found large deposits of used seeds from the Peruvian pepper tree, Schinus molle. Chicha brewed with these pepper seeds woul...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...here isn't an automatic outpouring of lava, or hot liquid via hydrothermal vents previously associated with tectonic plate theory. The size of these potential "voids" also intrigues scientists, who wonder how much seawater can be subsumed. If large, or frequent, they could affect surrounding water temperat...ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities
...hysically removing the sample and diluting it in a liquid containing silver nanoparticles; however, this practice is unnecessary with the ORNL nanoprobe. Vo-Dinh and Life Sciences Division colleagues David Stokes and Zhenhuan Chi experimented with nanoprobes made of several materials of varying thickness. T...Bacteria spill their guts to aid researchers in quest for new antibiotics
... allows some of the cell's innards to spill out or liquid from the surrounding environment to rush in. If this protein a type of which is found in nearly all microbes doesn't function properly, the cell may die. The researchers have refined previous descriptions of MscL, which may have implications for po...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...s to have more calories than compared to a thinner liquid such as skim milk," Swithers said. "Now, our research reinforces this and takes it one step further, showing that our bodies translate this information about perceived calories into a gauge to tell us when to stop eating." The researchers based their......silicon carbide) are grown from tiny droplets of a liquid metal (Gallium) on a silicon surface, like the chips inside our home computers. The wires grow as a gas containing methane flows over the surface. The gas reacts at the surface of the droplets and condenses to form the wires. By changing the tempera...