DFG to launch 21 new priority programmes
...eering, nanotechnology, information processing and power engineering. In the priority programme Creating Inorganic Materials by Gas Phase Synthesis. Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Development, Understanding and Control of CVD Methods, chemists, process engineers and materials scientists co-operate in ...Welch Award honors 2 for unlocking nature's secrets
.... "I was so excited by the technique's potential power that we began making the materials we would need e... of molecular biology and genetics to the enormous power of organic chemistry and spectroscopy, the Anglo-French team completed the mapping of the B12 pathwa...Princeton scientists describe genetics of blood stem cells
... the existing Stem Cell Database will increase its power and usefulness to biologists," says Phillips. The project also represents a constructive model of interactions between the private biotechnology sector and academia. "While the funding for the large-scale acquisition of gene sequences was provided b...McGill launches Centre for Bioinformatics
...tem modeling and identification: Enhanced computer power makes possible realistic modeling of physiological...regates of cells. 8. Biomedical imaging: New power in imaging is having an extraordinary impact on experimental systems and on understanding the human ...UC Berkeley study shows gecko foot hairs are amazing dry adhesives
...ownward, it can achieve 600 times greater sticking power than friction alone could account for. Full suspects that the uncurling motion as the gecko attaches its foot to a surface does this automatically. Using Fearing's device, they also showed that pulling away is not enough to disengage. The strength of...Stanford study supports novel rainforest protection plan
...xide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and gasoline-burning vehicles. Accumulation of these gases in the air prevents solar heat from escaping the atmosphere, which causes the Earth's temperature to increase. Unless there is a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions in t...One-two punch knocks out fly genes
...h to study. Such an approach gives scientists the power to determine the functions of genes for which sequence alone is known--and these constitute the vast majority of fly genes....MetaPhore reports general anti-inflammatory surface treatment for biomedical materials
...years we have understood the inflammation fighting power of the SOD enzyme but we have been unable to reproduce the beneficial effect in a stable drug form. We have now achieved this and can safely and dependably reproduce the superoxide fighting effect in numerous animal models, enabling us to address a ...Rosetta Inpharmatics approach enables identification of gene functions
... field of informational genomics. By combining the power of informatics and genomics, Rosetta has created a proprietary platform that accelerates and enhances the drug discovery process for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and improves agricultural products. Rosetta Inpharmatics' approach conver...Scientists look to nature to cut greenhouse emissions
...mental concern and a costly problem for coal-fired power plants, which are facing tighter federal pollution...ing the organisms directly in the exhaust gas from power plants. Algae is not only cheap and plentiful, but could be collected from the power plants for u...Researchers determine improved pattern for artificial light-harvesting molecule
...here the light energy can be harnessed to generate power like a super-efficient photoelectric cell or to release a chemotherapeutic drug inside a tumor after it's been carried through the bloodstream. Dendrimers might even one day act as the initial necessary step in photosynthesis, improving the light-har...Maximizing miniature power producers - Clean, affordable and highly efficient...m is to develop a fuel cell that meets the diverse power needs of multiple markets and runs on abundant fossil fuels, such as natural gas, gasoline and milit...Trans-pacific air pollution is worse than was suspected,says new study
...l deposits.Aerosols are released from coal-burning power plants andcoal-fired locomotives; heavy industry, such as metalsproduction; automobile and truck exhaust; home heating; andthe overtilling of dry-area farmland. While releases of one key type of aerosol, sulfur dioxide,have been decreasing in the Uni...Fuel cell research center to develop and test new technologies
...e phone, your car and your neighborhood's electric power plant. This source -- the fuel cell -- is a prima...ntally friendly, versatile, reliable and efficient power source. Batteries, of course, are familiar to most of us, as are their advantages as compact, port...Molecular switch that inhibits fat cell development found
... regulate development. Ross demonstrated Wnt's power to control cell differentiation by blocking proteins in this signaling pathway to interrupt the Wnt signal. After just a few days, myoblasts already on their way to differentiating into muscle cells spontaneously switched gears and became fat cells ...UF researchers: technique cuts pollution from burning treated wood
...tested in laboratories, Wu said. But he noted that power plants already use a similar technique involving injecting limestone into air pollution devices to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions, which suggests adopting the process for wood incinerators is a distinct possibility. John Schert, director of the Fl...The ultimate pocket protector--radiation detection made easy
...or amount of exposure. Used at hospitals, nuclear power plants, and research labs, these devices are an im...important, such as personnel monitoring at nuclear power plants, monitoring of patients undergoing radiation therapy, monitoring spent nuclear fuel in storag...Major air pollution study launched
...es and/or hydrocarbons, such as those emitted from power plants and automobiles. The traditional approach to controlling this pollutant has been to limit emissions of hydrocarbons. Daum points out, however, that despite the fact that lower hydrocarbon emissions have improved air quality in many areas o...INEEL creates a method to link energy use, greenhouse gases
...tes that in dry years, there is less hydroelectric power available for INEEL to buy than in wet, so INEEL's greenhouse gas emissions go up during drought years. "We're finding complexity on a small scale -- one national lab -- so when you try to generalize to all the labs, it gets very complicated," Shrop...Tiny sampling device promises big results for detection and analysis of chemicals
.... "It takes six milliseconds and 100 milliwatts of power to reach 200 degrees. That's 1,000 times faster than using the conventional method." It does this because the device is so small it doesn't take much current or time to heat up. This small size and planar design make the device ideal for chip-based ...