Research Answers Burning Questions About Pollution
... our latest work, we measured the amount of nitric oxide produced in spray flames, a process where liquid ...f engine design could significantly reduce nitric oxide production, although more tests are needed to determine exactly how much. "Our work with lea...Scientists Discover How Bacteria Protect Themselves Against Immune System
...protein, which the researchers havere-named nitric oxide dioxygenase (NOD), detoxifies NO, providing prote...to nitricoxide. Yet, if they're exposed to nitric oxide all the time, the bacteria revup this system to detoxify it." Dr. Salzman speculates that this may ...Vitamin C May Reduce Angina, Heart Attack Risks
...eart attack or stroke. Studies suggest that nitric oxide can be "inactivated" by superoxideradicals, which ...n present with highcholesterol levels. When nitric oxide availability is improved, it reducesthe presence of unstable angina pectoris or the risk of coronary...Fetal Lead Exposure May Reduce Immunity
...une function, as well as elevated levels of nitric oxide tumor necrosis factor and IgE antibodies. These are all indications, in the complex checks-and-balances realm of immunity, of a developing body that is ill-equipped to fend off infectious diseases and cancers while controlling the body's inclination...University At Buffalo Energy-Conservation Projects Record Highest Savings Among Campuses
...ounds,sulfur dioxide by 140,000 pounds and nitrous oxide by 214,000 pounds. Other money-saving environmental initiatives at UB include: A new campus energy policy in the emerging deregulated market for electricpower that calls for innovative purchasing contracts that buy power fromenvironmentally clean...Study Shows: Just Say NO To Bone Loss
...probably didn't have the versatile molecule nitric oxide in mind.The molecule is found throughout the biome...sociated withdiseases such as osteoporosis. Nitric oxide (NO) is not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. Nitric oxide was Science magazine's ...Environmental Engineers Demonstrate Effective Method For Trapping Highway Pollutants
...sed in highway storm drainage systems with an iron oxide coatedsand. That makes the sand signficantly more effective at trappingheavy metals such as cadmium, copper, lead and zinc. "Polluted water flows in, and clean water flows out,"explained Steven Buchberger, associate professor of environmentalengineer...New Mechanism To Explain Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Identified
...heme proteins as nitric oxide," notes Thom. Nitric oxide (NO)is a much-studied, naturally occurring vasodil...ls and othertissues. "The amount of nitric oxide in the cell interior rises because carbonmonoxide usurps the spot of nitric oxide on the heme protei...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
...ing gas formed when hydrocarbons mix with nitrogen oxide in sunlight. Industrial and consumer activities, most involving combustion, are behind the formation of ground-level ozone, and sunlight and high temperatures play key roles in driving atmospheric levels to the damaging point. Current EPA ozon...Moving DNA Molecules With Magnetic Tweezers
...not magnetic. Wirtz overcomes thishurdle with iron oxide beads, each no larger than one-hundredthof a micron in diameter. (A micron is one-thousandth of amillimeter.) He coats these magnetic beads with a protein calledbiotin. Within a solution, biotin automatically attaches itselfto an end of a DNA molecul...Medicinal Leech May Offer Clues To Neural Regeneration
...earch assistant Orie Shafer have found that nitric oxide synthase, or NOS, is activated when parts of the n... including humans. As a signaling molecule, nitric oxide sends chemical messages to other molecules, setting up a chain of command to produce a specific resp...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...cal Centerreports finding that the chemical nitric oxide is a universal signalingmolecule that can control ...lar signaling mechanism -- the attachmentof nitric oxide (NO) to a key portion of a protein called a thiol -- thatcan directly activate genes. The work was ...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...cal Centerreports finding that the chemical nitric oxide is a universal signalingmolecule that can control ...lar signaling mechanism -- the attachmentof nitric oxide (NO) to a key portion of a protein called a thiol -- thatcan directly activate genes. The work was ...Duke Researchers Discover Central Role Of Nitric Oxide In Hemoglobin Action
...ses are treated. "We now know that nitric oxide is involved in the blood's major functions,"said .... The same picture is gradually emergingfor nitric oxide (NO). Understanding delivery of both in concert could haveprofound therapeutic implications. ...