Mouse with iron disorder offers clues to Parkinson's, similar diseases
... These mice also had high blood levels of the iron storage protein ferritin. "In the corresponding human diseases, you see only the end result," Dr. Rouault said. "With these mice, we know that the primary event is removal of the gene."...Dried cells, tissues could solve biological materials storage, transport problems
...d. "This technology could be important to the storage of stem cells, red blood cells, platelets, organs, tissues, and biosensor materials," says Potts. "Storage of such materials presently requires refrigeration, which is a tremendous load for the transport of organs and skin grafts from pharmaceutical ...Controlling greenhouse gas carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration two-day symposium, April 2-3
...g the cost of carbon sequestration and analyze the storage potential of various carbon reservoirs. (The paper...p speed - Carbonate rocks are the ultimate stable storage solution, says Daniel Fauth of DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh. He and his...Researchers pioneer techniques to lubricate microdevices
... the AFM to investigate data storage devices, it seemed natural to try new applications," Bhushan said. "Friction and wear are big problems for MEMS, so I thought, why not us an AFM to study them?" A typical AFM needle h......t has been difficult to judge whether excess lipid storage reflects some other underlying pathology or whether it contributes directly to the death of heart muscle. Chiu and coworkers have tested this matter by forcing the overproduction of long-chain fatty acyl CoA in cardiac myocytes, using an enzyme that ......ar River allocations. A technique known as aquifer storage and recovery (ASR), in which treated drinking water is stored in aquifers during periods of low demand (i.e., the winter months), may help the GUC meet peak demands prior to and beyond 2010. This study includes information on an ASR test well and des...Florida scientists find enzyme replacement restores muscle strength in mice with Pompe's disease
...ease often die before age 2. Without the enzyme, a storage form of sugars and starches known as glycogen accumulates in and destroys muscle cells throughout the body, particularly those of the heart and respiratory muscles. Though acid maltase deficiency diseases are rare, afflicting about 70,000 people wor...Officials design Web-based software for managing hazardous chemicals
...en the paint used by art students requires special storage and tracking information. Streamlined inventory management Thanks to SCIMS, inventory management has become so streamlined that Gibbs has been able to eliminate the equivalent of two full-time inventory management positions in the Department of Env......ril 1-5.) Monday, April 2 Carbon dioxide storage could help offset global warming - In the wake of President Bush's mid-March decision not to seek mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, researchers will discuss R&D options for fighting global warming through carbon sequestration - stori...Saline solution a serious threat to wetlands
... chain. Maybe we should trash one property to make storage for this water we are trying to get rid of," he said. "The real problem is not salinity but vegetation clearance," he said. "We should be challenging whether we should be continuing to clearing." "The solution is to use much more strategic revegetati...Increased use of chemicals in agriculture worldwide seen as major environmental threat
...services" such as clean drinking water and carbon storage continue to be lost. "Neither society nor most scientists understand the importance of agriculture," said Tilman. "It's grossly misunderstood, barely on the radar screen, yet it is likely as important as climate change." He said that tho......s," he said. "Modern cells use DNA for information storage and proteins for doing the catalytic work, but the primordial cell is thought to have used RNA for both processes. The ribozomes we study today could be considered RNA fossils," said Ferr-D'Amar, also an affiliate assistant professor of biochemistry ......g memories. But the neurobiology underlying memory storage has been a mystery. "Memories last different amounts of time," Frankland said. "You might remember a phone number for just a few minutes, for example, while certain childhood events will be remembered for a lifetime. Our study reveals the role of a p...Field Museum plays vital role in creation of huge new park
...The Field Museum plans to build a new research and storage facility under the terrace at the southeastern corner of its building. "This $60 million facility will enable the museum to further its work in environmental conservation," says John W. McCarter Jr., President and CEO of the Field Museum. "In recogn...Chemists spin materials to improve magnetic resonance data
... is occurring under nuclear waste storage tanks at the Department of Energy site in Hanford, Washington. Millions of gallons of radioactive waste from decades of nuclear weapons production are stored at the site, in tanks that ar...New satellite study shows vegetation increases in North America
...observed by other researchers." Carbon sinks, or storage areas, include the atmosphere, the oceans and the terrestrial environment, said Hicke, a research associate in CU-Boulders department of geological sciences. A 1995 study led by CU-Boulder indicated the equivalent of about half of the worlds fossil-......natural aging of artists oil paints - Exhibition, storage and treatment of oil paintings depends on their chemical and physical condition. Researchers will discuss how changes in oil paintings occur over time as well as newly developed techniques to preserve oil paintings and help manufacturers develop bett...Future army could run on alternative fuels, photosynthesis
...le energy. If you put this together with fuel-cell storage techniques, this would have a large impact on how the military operates, especially for small unit operations." The NRC recommends that the Army investigate how plants convert photons to energy because plants are so good at grabbing energy from the...X-ray crystallography at Advanced Photon Source
...niversity. The APS is a third-generation particle storage ring built by the Department of Energy at a cost of nearly $1 billion and is one of the most powerful X-ray sources in the world. The NE-CAT facility is just one of 34 being developed at APS through scientific collaborations and one of only a handfu...As peoples taste for exotic foods increases, so too does health risk
...us levels for up to six days of normal temperature storage in a refrigerator. At room temperature, Shigella grew rapidly, she said. Agle said parsley and cilantro were suspected in the Chicago case because the infected plants in the 1998 outbreaks, which involved Shigella sonnei, had been traced to a Mexica...