New Research Suggests REM Is About Eyes Not Dreams
...ular theory that during this REMsleep the brain is processing information gathered while awake, "rather like astore closing for business during its taking inventory," says Dr. Maurice."Because of its implications in the functions of the central nervous system, REMhas been considered to be the domain of discipli...RNA-Dendritic Cell Combo Shows Promise As A Universal Cancer Vaccine
...n an assembly line fashion, and in fact,a new cell processing laboratory at Duke is now gearing up to produce ma...n be produced for each patient using aspecial cell processing laboratory. The vaccine is then injected into thepatient to elicit an immune system against cancer i...Biotech Firms Develop Where Star Scientists Worked, Study Shows
...chnology has alsobeen used extensively in the food processing and agriculture industries,among others. For this study, the researchers identified 327 “star” scientistsin the biotechnology field based on their outstanding productivity through1990. The primary criterion was the discovery of 40 or more ...Microchip Sensor Detects Bacteria
...e of detecting bacteria at every stage in the food processing industry. "As history has shown us, if a small colony of bacteria gets into the system, the cost, both in health and economic terms, can be enormous," he says. He notes that hospital-borne infections, battlefield threats, even community-acquired in...U-M Engineers Win Army Grant To Build Artificial Eye
...e designs converge again when the lasersstrike the processing unit. Bhattacharya said the artificial eye will improve on the human version in atleast two key respects. Whereas nature's design converts light into electronicnerve impulses, then relays those signals to the brain, the U-M proposal relieson lasers..."A Thousand (And More) Points Of Light" Yield New View Into Cells
...ignment, requires the power of a parallel computer processing to handle theprodigious computational tasks involved in the analysis....Gene Transfer Process Generates Seedless Summer Days
...desirable and economicallybeneficial to the tomato processing industry," Li said. "Ourtechnique can reduce the yield-loss problem caused by poorpollination." Li said the same gene transfer process can be used to produceseedless cucumbers, cherries green peppers and eggplants....New RNA Repair May Lead To More Successful Gene Therapy
... Since the short RNA fragments block the faulty processing sites, cells'splicing machinery can only use functional, non-mutated locations, researcherssay. What results is steady production of healthy "messengers," which then relayaccurate genetic instructions into cell cytoplasm where normal proteinsassemble...Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold
...pave the way for a major advance in "clean green" processing of minerals such as gold, copper, nickel and zinc from sulphide ores. Dr Peter Franzmann and Mr Matthew Stott of CSIRO Land and Water and CSIRO Minerals have identified several new species of native microbes able to break down the thiocyanate f...... sweetening is a severe problem in the potato processing industry as a high sugar content leads to the occurence of the Maillard reaction during frying, which is manifested by the undesired dark staining of potato chips and french fries. Since potato tubers are stored in the cold ...Plants - Factories Of The Future
...duced from non-renewable petroleum or by chemical processing of vegetable oils. We have identified genes from ...hese modifications inside the plant - no chemical processing and no polluting waste. "These genes can now be transferred to our major oilseed crops to create...Highlighting USGS Science At AGU
...oast of the United States and show how a real-time processing system used on board ship can produce CD-ROMs of the ocean floor topography. Thursday, May 28 Invited Speaker: Dr. Robert M. Hirsch, Chief Hydrologist, USGS, gives a presentation on Small Watershed Investigations in the United States (H41G-01) a...Study At UNC-CH Shows Chlorinated Water Dramatically Cuts Strawberry Contamination
... The Clorox Co. and Ramsey-SIAS, an agricultural processing company,supported the UNC-CH research in cooperation with the California StrawberryCommission and the Processed Strawberry Advisory Board of California. Note: To reach Sobsey, call David Williamson at (919) 962-8596....Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...phenylamine (4-ADPA) by chlorinating benzene, then processing theproduct further in the solvent xylene. Chlorine came back out in a stream ofinorganic salts and organic byproducts that is difficult and expensive totreat. The new process uses only hydrogen and catalyst to link the two piecesof 4-ADPA together di..."Scifish" Technology To Protect Alaska's Fisheries And Promote Sustainable Use
...chtakes some of the guesswork out of fishing. "By processing all this data," saysSimpson, "we can enable fishers to get a better return while minimizing theirimpact on the ecosystem." Some evidence suggests that the world's current fishing fleets couldeasily over-fish the ocean. This could result in t...Gritty Research Leads Scientists To Metal-Loving Discovery
... where itcould be used to clean the water used for processing and even recover valuable metals present inwaste streams," Lombardo said. SAMMS is produced in bead or powder form. Each grain of ceramic material, (in this case a typeof silicate) is only five to 15 micrometers in diameter and contains a densely or...Ancient "Jumping DNA" May Have Evolved into Key Component of Human Immune System
...gn molecule-those pieces arecalled antigens-on the processing cell's surface. So-called T-cell receptors onthe surface of the T lymphocyte bind strongly to the antigen. Although they perform different functions, both B and T lymphocytes use the sameunique genetic mechanism to economically generate an almost unl......ve. Recycling used copper cablecurrently has high processing costs, a poor quality end product and low profitma... A tonne of this material is worth around 500with processing costs at around 250 per tonne. Yet the material produced byCRE has a market value of between 2,000 ...Data Support Idea That Zinc Plays Key Role In Fight Against Anorexia
...l. Shay theorizes that zinc deficiency affects the processing capabilities of NPY and negatively impairs its normal appetite-stimulating effect.......s should be a major byproduct because of increased processing speed;lower expenses for labor, equipment, and material; as well as inexpensiveproduction through photolithography. Preliminary estimates by Burns suggest that the cost of producing theDNA-testing chip in research-sized quantities may be approximatel...