Portable unit created to treat wastewater in remote locations
...ied wastewater sludge that can be disposed of with regular solid waste. The sludge is generated from the collection of the bacteria that consume the organic matter in the sewage. In war areas, such as Afghanistan, wastewater commonly goes untreated. "This new unit is a great idea because, right now, the......whether he or she might be ready for conversion to regular employment." AAAS has been working since 1975 to improve conditions for scientists and engineers with disabilities and to provide access to jobs in the sciences for young people with disabilities. Stern remembers a time when AAAS staff would have to...For the longest distance runner, that tired feeling may not be due to central fatigue
...hes four inches; body fat 10.6 2.6 percent), all regular competitors in running or triathlon events, were enrolled in the study. The maximal twitches for knee extensors (KE) and plantar flexors (PF) were both examined before and after the 40-mile race using a bicycle ergometer. This testing device uses...Dietary changes can lower colon cancer risk in families with a history of the disease
...s, avoiding heavy red meat consumption, and having regular colon exams after age 50 can reduce colon cancer risk in the general population. In the new study, Fuchs and his colleagues asked whether any of these measures are especially effective in people with a family history of the disease. For answers, the...New x-ray technique images cartilage, may lead to earlier diagnosis of osteoarthritis
...s images with about 27 times greater contrast than regular x-ray images, could be an extremely valuable tool ...e is building of a small DEI machine at IIT uses a regular x-ray tube which has produced high-resolution DEI images comparable to those taken at Argonne. A cl...Study tracks health of rescue dogs, handlers involved in searches at World Trade Center and Pentagon
...s of stress." Hunt will survey the dog handlers at regular intervals through 2004, focusing on emotional and behavioral health outcomes and factors contributing to risk and resilience, including personality traits and prior history of trauma; external factors such as social support and the stability of marri...Predictive testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: its effect on women
...owing the screening recommendations and opting for regular medical examinations. About 10% had a prophylacti...arguments for testing are: wanting to know whether regular medical examinations of the breast or ovaries are needed or not, to decide about prophylactic surger...Scientists find a way to detect which breast abnormalities may develop into cancer
...eover, for those who prove not to be at high risk, regular mammographic screening might not be a necessity. However, several years of clinical trials with long follow-up periods lie ahead before anti-oestrogens could be used as an effective preventive tool....Rush opens tissue and cell lab to produce cellular products
...ilable and used for cancer patients in addition to regular drug treatment. Another new application will be the use of patient tumor-primed dendritic cells to treat a variety of cancers. In the new laboratory, dendritic cells will be expanded from peripheral blood drawn from a patient or donor. The cells wi...Anti-inflammatory drug fails to prevent a hereditary colon cancer
...ited a genetic predisposition for FAP. Currently, regular screening for the initial development of polyps and surgery to remove the colon remains the treatment of choice for FAP patients....$13 million grant to fund research into molecular targets for colorectal cancer
...o determine which patients might benefit most from regular screenings and preventive agents and which might reasonably undergo screening at longer intervals. (Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., and Dr. William Grady)....Cells in patients noses hold potential to restore function in spinal cord injury
....e. the olfactory neurons) die and are replaced at regular intervals. The nerve fibers of these newly-formed neurons grow within the olfactory nerve and eventually connect with the olfactory bulb (i.e. the part of the brain concerned with smell). The success with which this reconnection happens is why we do...Walking aids older women's arterial elasticity, helping heart
...ized favorable benefit to cardiovascular health of regular aerobic exercise, says Dr. Moreau. She says it is significant that her fourteen walkers achieved significant benefit of arterial elasticity without changing any other factors known to influence heart disease, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and...Salamanders change spots: Was it environmental stress?
...e decades the salamander spots have changed from a regular pattern to a more-asymmetrical one. Zamudio and Wright collected salamander samples from two breeding areas that are about six miles apart and within the same watershed area in Ithaca: Bull Pasture Pond, on Cornell's Robert Trent Jones golf course, ...Stanford researchers shine light on new genes involved in multiple sclerosis
...ed with pregnancy. These results could lead to the regular use of antihistamines to treat MS. "It sure is easier to start with a drug that's approved for over-the-counter use," Steinman said. He also intends to test novel proteins for use in preventing MS. To verify that proteins found in this study could le...Metal-eating algae, spartina eradication, horseshoe crabs
...e cell. It picked up five times more metal than a regular cell and grew three times faster when surrounded by high concentrations of heavy metals. Research will continue to study how much of each trace metal binds to the Chlamydomonas cell. Sayre will also work with engineering firms to test pilot facilit...Older adults can exercise just once a week to maintain muscle strength
...ho had returned to a free-living lifestyle with no regular physical activity after their training had a significant decline in thigh muscle strength and size. The five who did resistance training once a week were able to maintain the strength that they had acquired in the progressive resistance training. Ac...Geologists show how wetlands can clean up acid mine drainage
... Maynard. "First of all, constructed wetlands need regular maintenance. Second, they should be larger. Third, and most important, the problem of clogging of the limestone drains needs to be solved." Maynard added that the wildlife problem can be handled through routine trapping. "It's not hard. It just requi......even at sites that are known to be inaccessible to regular ribozymes. This has further allowed them to develop a method for investigating the functions of random RNAs, creating a tool that may be invaluable in characterizing the functions of many of the previously unknown genes that have only recently been u...