Vietnamese Chemist Finds New Use For Old Cashew Shells
...ul in Vietnam, andheating cashew shells produces a sticky resin known as cardanol.In her first set of experiments, Vu purified samples of cardanolshe brought to UC from Vietnam and blended them with latex to seeif the rubber would be more durable. The idea worked. With assistance from the College of Polyme...Salve From Serpents? UD Studies May Explain Why Viper-Venom Protein Stops Tumor Spread In Mice
...tream, disintegrins from viper-snake venom stopthe sticky protein, fibrinogen, from binding with platelets. The global quest tobetter understand disintegrins, launched in the late 1980s, already has resultedin a commercially available anti-platelet drug, based on a synthetic version ofthese proteins' "three...Hultgren Receives Prestigious Eli Lilly Award
...t tissue with stickyhairs. The hairs, or pili, are sticky because their feathery tips contain aprotein called an adhesin, which fits into receptors in the urinary tract likekeys into locks. Anchored in place, the bacterium can multiply rather than beingwashed away by the stream of urine. Combinin...Microchip Sensor Detects Bacteria
... same material used in computer chips, providing a sticky surface for bacteria to cling to. To detect E. coli on the sensor, the silicon chip was illuminated with a laser, and the laser light was diffracted at a particular angle. The more bacteria bound to the silicon surface, the greater the ...MSU Scientists Eavesdrop On Bacterial
...rst fewwords that govern the growth of bacteria in sticky clusters called biofilms. The group has published its findings in the April 10 issue of thejournal Science . The scientists are David Davies and William Costerton at MSU;Matthew Parsek and Pete Greenberg at the University of Iowa; and James ...Eviction From Scum Home Makes Disease-Causing Microbe Vulnerable
..., largely because thebacteria form themselves into sticky clusters called biofilms. Abiofilm is like a slime home base where billions of bacteriastick together, becoming hundreds of times more resistant todetergents and antibiotics than when they're circulating alone. "Bacteria love to stick, and once ...Summer Science: Where Have All The Honeybees Gone? UD 'Bee Guy' Asks Why--From America To The Amazon
...ower to another, collecting pollen, they carry the sticky yellow dust frommale to female plants, Caron explains. Despite their many talents, however, "bees can't be trained to perform newtricks," he points out. Instead, he says, beekeepers have routinely importeddifferent varieties of honeybees whenever the...Denatured Proteins Rescued By Trio Of Chaperones
... and Cell Biology. "We thought that Hsps bind to sticky surfaces presented by denatured proteins toprevent them from interacting and forming a blob, and they do. But now we haveshown that at least one heat shock protein, namely Hsp104, has the ability torescue proteins that have already aggregated. This...Putting Doesn't Pollute, Research Finds
...selves that causes this tohappen: "They are large, sticky molecules. In the laboratory we had to takegreat caution not to lose them on liners and on our equipment," he says. Besides the extremely short height of the grass on putting greens, Turcosays that there are other golf course management practices...Chemists Discover New Processes In Fuel-Cleaning Catalysis
...eyrealized the nickel atoms could act as a kind of sticky ballbearing--it couldboth capture thiophenes from the oil and help them move around to find edgesites, where catalytic reactions can lock them in place so they can be separatedand chemically removed from the oil. "If you have reactive nickel atoms r...Reusing Ag Drainage Water An Option For West Side Farm Sustainability
...right, eucalyptus trees can growbeautifully in the sticky black soils of the Tulare Lake basin, a fact that fitsanother piece in the complex jigsaw puzzle that will eventually reveal thesustainable, economically viable long-term farming potential of the San JoaquinValley's west side, according to UC scienti...UD Valentine Science: Cell "Dating" Habits May Promise Healthier Hearts
...ile? In fact, a "matchmaker" protein may help pair sticky fibrinogen with hook-likereceptors on blood platelets, thereby setting the stage for clots, which cantrigger heart attacks, strokes and arterial inflammation, a University of Delaware scientist explains. Studies of the matchmaker protein--dubbed CIB ...Slimy Bacteria Common Cause Of Chronic Infections
... just afew examples of the infections that involve sticky communities of bacteriacalled biofilms. Lingering infections can also occur when a person has sutures,contact lenses, urinary catheters, intrauterine devices (IUDs), mechanical heartvalves, penile prostheses, and a variety of other implanted devices ...Discovery might boost cystic fibrosis therapy
...mes too thick." In cystic fibrosis, overly sticky lung secretions retard the countlessmicroscopic hair-like structures called cilia that continuously sweep dust andbacteria out of the lungs in a natural cleansing mechanism, Knowles said.Infections and the resulting lung damage eventually kill young ...Botanical evidence indicates "Shroud of Turin" originated in Jerusalem area before 8th century
... means of stickytape. Frei took a second set of 27 sticky tape samples from the Shroud duringthe scientific study in 1978. In 1979 he took 46 sticky tape samples from theSudarium of Oviedo. In 1983 faint floral images on the Shroud linen were notedb...Scientists image key steps in bacterial infection
...nt from therest. These adhesins give the pilus the sticky tip that enables the bacterium toget a toehold in human tissue. Hultgren and colleagues previously showed that E.coli lacking adhesin is unable to infect the bladder. And in collaboration withMedImmune Inc., they demonstrated in a mouse model that th...All fats are not created equal: Some fats may protect the heart
...telets -- clotting components in the blood -- less sticky and lesslikely to form clots," she says. Blood clots in the blood vessels can trigger aheart attack or stroke. "Monounsaturated fatty acids may help to dissolve clots if they do form," says Kris-Etherton, a distinguished professor of nutrition at P...Jellyfish protein illuminates active immune cells
...volved in the event that causes a T cell to become sticky and to holdonto an APC," said Monks. This active attachment of the T cell to the APC is critical for immuneresponse activation. "Stabilization is biologically important in order for the Tcell to remain attached to the APC long enough to get all the ...UNC-CH biologists identify new order of marine fungi
...hem outward like microscopic cannon balls. The sticky projectiles are perhaps more like spitballs of the marshlands, Jan Kohlmeyer said. Whatever they hit more than a foot away, they adhere to. Snails and other invertebrates lunch on some, while tiny fish sup on those that plop in the water. Propagu......sel damage, swell into odd, irregular shapes, grow sticky and clog at the cut, thereby creating a plug. Under abnormal circumstances, such as coronary artery disease, a blood clot occurs within a blood vessel and obstructs the normal flow of blood, leading to a heart attack. . The inability to clot follow...