Researchers describe overall water balance in subglacial Lake Vostok
...supported a detailed aerial mapping of the lake by specially equipped Twin Otter aircraft flown by the Support of Office forAerogeophysical Research at the University of Texas at Austin. The radar sounding, laser altimetry, magnetics, and gravity surveys were a first, non-invasive step to explore Lake Vostok. ...Stanford scientist seeks participants in NASA hypergravity study
...l activities. Each passenger will be fitted with a specially designed biosensor vest to measure his heart rate,...r time sitting or lying on a cot in a cabin with a specially built floor that tilts back on an angle to accommodate increasing G forces. Every four hours, partic...ORNL material could help pilots keep their cool
... while others use a phase-change material inside a specially designed suit. "The main drawbacks of these systems are their large power requirements and poor thermal coupling to the user," Klett said. "Our system should overcome these difficulties." One of the innovations is respiratory cooling, which Klett bel...Common microbes survive pressures equal to those found at 50 kilometers inside the Earths crust
Until now, scientists thought that only specially adapted organisms they call extremophiles could exist in seemingly intolerable environments such as high-pressure, high-temperature oceanic hydrothermal vents or in the ice sheets of Antarctica. A study published in the February 22, 2002, issue of Sc...Tufts University researchers engineer first 'custom-made' human knee ligaments from adult stem cells
...of "tissue engineers" cultures cells in vitro in a specially designed bioreactor with a collagen or other suitable biodegradable matrix. The cells are then stimulated with multi-dimensional, mechanical forces that mimic ligament movement in the body to develop into living tissue. The bioengineered ligaments ...Insect bites on plants reduce photosynthesis, imaging device shows
...rototype consists of a high-speed camera linked to specially designed parallel processing computers. The camera sits in a colander-shaped light source containing more than a thousand high-intensity light-emitting diodes. A momentary flash of bright light hits a leafs surface, and the computers instantaneousl...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
...ve tasks and to make it easier for them to take on specially qualified junior scientists and scholars. Researchers from all areas of science and the humanities can be nominated for the prize provided that their work so far demonstrates excellence. Funding via the Leibniz Programme is only awarded on the basis ......rt. In September, doctors using a non-FDA cleared, specially modified Zeus system performed the worlds first transatlantic telesurgery. The system was used by a surgeon operating from a console in New York to remove the gallbladder of a patient located in France. This could be the worlds first tele-collaborat...Betting on climate change: Alaskan gambling contest yields treasure trove of scientific data
...iver. Winners must predict the exact minute that a specially constructed wooden tripod will crash through the icy surface. Hundreds of thousands of people pay $2 a ticket to enter the contest. This year`s jackpot of $308,000 was divided among 18 winners who accurately predicted that the tripod would fall throu...Experiments offer major clue to repairing diseased nerves
CHAPEL HILL -- Using specially designed and bred laboratory mice, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that a well-known protein in the body called tumor necrosis factor-alpha plays a central role in how nerves and the brain repair themselv...Hopkins researchers find missing link between major proteins in Parkinson's disease
...the extent of Lewy body formation by crossing mice specially engineered to have different alterations in parkin, aS or synphilin....Rutgers researchers find black tea 'bullet' that targets colorectal cancer
...veloped and patented at Rutgers. The process uses specially prepared tissue culture to determine if the compounds in a specific food have the ability to turn off a cancer-causing gene or, alternatively, turn on a gene that fights cancer. Different foods can be tested on a panel of selected genes, allowing ...New U. of Colorado research may reduce renewable fuel costs
...n an experimental basis to run fleets of cars with specially modified engines using fuel made up of 95 percent ethanol. Although the ethanol currently used as a fuel additive in America is derived from cornstarch rather than cellulose via biomass conversion, cornstarch as a source of raw material would not be......fferent classes of flavonoids, and the ones in the specially prepared white wine are extremely potent," Prof. Aviram explains. The alcohol added to the white wine resulted in a slightly stronger wine with 16 percent alcohol content (versus 13 percent in most wines) and since not all the grape sugar was conver...DFG set up 19 new Graduiertenkollegs
...date and graduate grants could then be transmitted specially for junior scientists from abroad. Enabling studen... as well. Since 1990, the DFG has been supporting specially qualified doctoral candidates at the Graduiertenkollegs in all disciplines. Between 15 and 25 doctor...... tumors. He showed that blocking the receptor with specially prepared antibodies overcame this reluctance to attack the tumor, and helped many mice reject new as well as established tumors. When combined with a tumor cell vaccine and a growth factor that stimulates the immune system, the treatment was effectiv...Study to focus on diet, nutrition and weight loss in cats with cancer
...eight during treatment. Researchers will provide a specially created, nutritionally balanced diet and treatment for 100 cats during the one-year study. They are asking pet owners whose cats have any form of cancer to consider taking part in the study. There is little solid nutritional information that veterin......mputer room, and the actual tagging teams aboard a specially built close-approach vessel. The Gulf sperm whale study, begun in summer 2000, will be repeated in summer 2001. This study provides the concurrent, integrated oceanographic, climactic, and biological data needed for graphical modeling and environment...Translating the human genome into protein function: structural genomics research at Columbia
...diation." The undulator comprises a set of magnets specially configured to focus the X-rays. "When you set up high-throughput crystallography, you need to automate. One aspect is to develop robotics for automation and rapid throughput at these facilities. Some of the sub-projects are to grow crystals en mass...... a period of five weeks. The participants consumed specially formulated breads, cookies and other products made with either regular tub margarine or butter. Because the study involved families, the researchers also looked at why some individuals respond more positively to a cholesterol-lowering die...