Astrobiologist to hunt small game in Siberia
...k with him about his tripto Siberia. The ESEM is a sophisticated tool that NASA/Marshall acquired fordetailed analysis of the broken edges of failed materials. As part of hisastrobiology investigation, Hoover uses it for the designer's original purpose,studying microbes without the damage that comes with most elec...UI researchers advance potential, potent way to stimulate human immune system
...e primitive arms of theimmune system with the more sophisticated acquired immune system by producingchemical signals that activate other immune cells and "tell" them what to fight.The research team evaluated the effects of CpG alone and in combination with aglycoprotein, known as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stim...LSU Ag Center researchers look for better ways to assess pollution in Tangipahoa River
...," Drapcho says. Achberger is developing a more sophisticated test using microbiologicaltechniques rather than cultures. He's evaluating different techniques--comparing molecular analysis with classical bacteriology-- to find the bestmethod for south Louisiana studies. One promising procedure uses an additive...Computers have had dramatic impact on chemistry
...d in moderndrug discovery processes, also involves sophisticated automation. "Remember how we used to discover drugs?" asks Dessy. "Someone would stumbleupon a natural product with some level of activity, and a chemist would try tomake variations that were better -- more active, more directed to a targetdisease. ...Genome tools pass big test in fruit flies
...to find new genes," said Rubin. "Wedid that." More sophisticated examinations—for behavioral deficits orbiochemical changes—should turn up even more genes since only about a thirdof genes show phenotypes we would have recognized in the current study, headded. Since the Drosophila genome is thought to c......discovered only whensymptoms appear. But through a sophisticated screening program at the Universityof Florida, a Gainesville family knows their 20-month-old daughter is all butcertain to develop the chronic disorder soon. As a newborn at Shands at AGH hospital, the girl was tested for geneticsusceptibility to th...USGS studies wildfire ecology in the western United States
...have responded over the years with an increasingly sophisticated fire restoration program using both prescribed burns and natural fires. At Yosemite, USGS fire ecologist Dr. Jan van Wagtendonk has devoted over a quarter-century of research to understanding what controls the behavior of forest fires, and how natura...Changing children's diets today could reduce bone problems 70 years from now
...century. Througha combination of health education, sophisticated measuring devices andstructured rewards for the participating children, the goal is to improve eatinghabits, one meal at a time. Children who regularly drink milk and eat other foods high in calcium may lowertheir risks in later life of suffering ost...Scientists document most recent date for Neandertals
...e stone tools, while early modern humans made more sophisticated stone andbone tools.The Vindija site produced both...that Neandertals could not produce bone or usemore sophisticated stone and bone tools. Smith and Trinkaus conceived of the research project, secured permission forda...Expect rapid, pervasive innovation in 21st century
... tissue, researchers already have demonstrated how sophisticated computer processingtechniques can remove the fuzziness, resulting in sharp images. In other medical-related research, scientists expect to be able to merge biotechnology withcomputer science, creating a new class of miniature sensors that will drama...'Frozen pictures' allow far-reaching glimpse into the cells protein factory
...fied materials creates a pattern that coupled with sophisticated computational analysis demonstrates the crystal's components and the nature of their spatial interactions. However, the ribosome, a notoriously unstable giant nucleoprotein complex, represents a daunting crystallographic challenge. To further complic...Human stem cell research leads Science's top ten list of the best scientific advances in 1999
...ic explosion continues to drive the development of sophisticated tools like DNA "chips" and advanced databases to handle the sequencing, comparison, and analysis of thousands of genes. Blueprints for the Protein Factory: A grueling, decades-long attempt to solve one of biology's most frustrating puzzles had a eu...Consortium focuses on new mouse models of human cancers
...t of mouse models of human cancer, through various sophisticated genetic engineering techniques, is critical to unlocking more of the mysteries of how cancer develops. As scientists learn more about the many genetic steps involved in the process, the goal is to use that knowledge to develop methods to cure cancer ...Why muscle strength seeps away: a new cause for muscular dystrophy
...isease can only be considered a nightmare, but the sophisticated analysis of this family has lead to an important medical breakthrough. The Brasilian research team headed by M. Rita Passos-Bueno was first able to draw clear dividing lines between this muscular disease and other limb girdle muscular dystrophies a...Hopkins reports new technology to unmask hidden gene mutations
...n wasn't there, but because the technology was not sophisticated enough to detect it," says Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Clayton Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. "Now, we can tell people who seek testing, with much greater certainty, whether or not they have inhe......these large databases and the need to come up with sophisticated computer models for extracting useful information ...increasing as the experimental methods become more sophisticated and complex. DNA microarrays or "gene chips," for example, provide valuable information about gene e...Brain cell 'chorus' appears as attention increases
...ommon: Some of the nerve cells in the cortex, the sophisticated outer layer of the brain, may be sending messages in unison to allow them to pay attention to a single stream of sensory input. "Every second, we get millions or hundreds of millions of bits of information coming in from our senses," says Ernst Nieb...Quality of herbal remedies often is guesswork, expert says
... of the entire plant, a process that would require sophisticated animal and humans tests. "This is a much more daunting task," Simon says. Because the environment and harvesting methods can have such an effect on the medicinal quality of the final product, Simon says that economic opportunities for growing medicin...Gene tracking follows cells from embryo to adult
...e determining factor. Scientists have developed a sophisticated genetic tracking system that allows them to follow the migration of cells as they stream from the embryonic mouse brain to the developing body, including the primordial jaw where they contribute to the formation of teeth and supporting structures. T...New $4.2M research center at U-M seeks to see cancer more clearly
...alth System will tackle these crucial issues using sophisticated medical imaging technology. With $4.2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, U-M researchers will study new ways to see cancer and the effects of treatment better and faster than ever before. They'll also use imaging techniques t...