UNC-Duke Scientists develop interactive learning tool simulating nerve function
...ex and designed for professionals, and harness its power in a set of tutorials as an educational tool," Stuart said. For the Neurons in Action tutorials, a student does not need to know programming. The tutorials offer opportunities to perform experiments on nerve cells by specifying a variety of condition...NIGMS awards 'Glue Grant' to create virtual cell
... version of the Internet. High-capacity computing power will be necessary to house and organize the AFCS database of scientific results; computers at the University of California, San Diego will be used for these purposes. Science For All Impressive as it is, the AFCS effort stands out in another importan...... The common protein Gz may wield surprising power over the body's brain and bloodstream, supporting the body's ability to stave off lethal blood clotsand the brain's ability to avoid strokes. It is also involved in responses to psychoactive such as cocaine and morphine. These findings appear in a st...Vanderbilt archaeological team unearths buried Maya royal palace
...lars that religion and warfare were the sources of power for Maya kings, particularly toward the end of their dominance, after about 600 A.D. "I have a book in press that I'll have to revise," says Demarest. "It just goes to show that you can't believe everything you read on one dynasty's monuments."...Stanford researchers win National Science Foundation grants for information technology research
...ish to check in their programs. It places the full power of sophisticated static and dynamic analyses in programmers' hands, allowing them to analyze and manipulate the program at ease. "Success of this research will have a significant impact on improving software reliability," Lam says. Awarded $1 million...Progress on the molecular basis of mental illness in children
...bp allele, despite a sample size that has over 80% power to detect a previously reported effect size. For DRD4, they reported a significant increase in allele 7 amongst ADHD probands and their parents, compared to ethnically matched controls. Negative TDT results for DRD4 are discussed further. Citation s...Artificial muscles release medicine from tiny implants
...sulin to diabetics -- the artificial muscles could power tiny pumps for other micro-sized medical devices, or separate chemicals in the lab, Madou said. He described the "smart pill" and its applications at a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. and in a keynote address for ......undreds of kinases. The research demonstrates the power of combining genetic and chemical approaches. The research goal, Shokat said, has been to find a chemically-based approach to study all kinases in as rapid a manner as possible -- a basic challenge in functional genomics. Among the 800 known hu...Ice-breakers drive whales away
... rising to 205 dB when the ship is running at full power to ram the ice. Erbe and her colleagues fed the data into a computer simulation they developed that mimics the beluga's hearing. They found that the vessels are noisy enough to mask beluga communications, inducing behavioural changes almost 14 kilom...Researchers discover major diabetes susceptibility gene
...veloped along the way, should restore faith in the power of genetic approaches and provide the tools to identify the genes for other common genetically complex disorders, such as hypertension, obesity, psychiatric diseases or asthma." Type 2 diabetes, or NIDDM , affects an estimated 135 million people ...Tailoring mitochondria to the cell's needs
... those in the neonatal heart, rely on the reducing power generated as glucose is metabolized in the cytoplasm. Likewise, mitochondria in brown adipose tissue (BAT), but not in most other cells, contain high levels of uncoupling proteins that allow OxPhos to generate heat rather than ATP. Lehman et al. no...Vapor-recovery system captures and recycles air pollutants
...s slightly larger than a football and uses as much power as a hair dryer. Industrial-sized units would start at the size of large filing cabinets, Sullivan said. The carbon-cloth cartridges have been regenerated over 100 times without degradation to the cloth. Collaborators on the project include K. Jame...Helping energy conservation projects survive the budget axe
...led, energy savings will be reflected in a smaller power bill at the end of the month. Those savings are u...s used is important, says Fossum, because the peak power usage of a business translates into demand costs -- additional fees that utilities charge to cover t......lar motor" inside the nucleus, where it appears to power the assembly line that forges RNA messages off of the long DNA templates. The finding is reported in the Oct. 13 issue of the journal Science. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of General M...Brown researchers use wildcards to develop better way to sequence DNA
...ematical models work. The potential power of our findings may change the way medical diagnosis is practiced, said chemistry professor Kathlyn Parker, who is leading the chemistry part of the research. The research will also help scientists learn about fundamental in...Northwestern program aims at revealing genetic causes of spina bifida
...ese risk factors will give prospective parents the power to predict their likelihood of having a child with this devastating condition," he said. Spina bifida occurs during fetal development and results from improper closure of the neural tube, the embryonic structure from which the brain and spinal cord ...Prosthetic limb to be controlled by microchip: Agreement signed to create smart leg
...rol hydraulic joints and piezoelectric motors that power the ankle, knee and socket. The leg socket will ...ays. One challenge to be addressed is developing a power source light enough for an amputee to feel comfortable carrying it, he says. Reducing pressur......er of Millennium. Our joint efforts exemplify the power of Millennium's genomics-based approach to drug discovery and development, Bayers cutting-edge screening and chemistry capabilities and expertise, and the extraordinary success which can be created through over-the-top alliances. Alliance Backgro...LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Outsmarting power plant failures - An intelligent system developed ... lead to expensive emergency shutdowns at nuclear power plants worldwide. The Self-Diagnostic Monitoring System, or SDMS, uses a wireless architecture of ...UCSF researchers reveal a fundamental decision-making unit of cells
...s, and the nodes accomplish this by relying on the power of cooperative action between two - and probably often more than two - incoming signals. "We are only starting to understand this signal integrating protein, and it is likely that in this case as in many others, the two domains actually act in conc...