Fly cells on the move may reveal clues to cancer metastases
...he process of dividing, they copy both. However, thanks to the scientists' trickery, instead of getting one copy of each, the new cells end up with two normal copies or two abnormal copies. As the double-abnormal cells divide, they create mutant patches in an otherwise normal animal. With the help of th...LabNotes -- research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...fo security Information security is all the buzz thanks to a new surveillance system designed by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Called Secure Safe, this wireless communications system triggers an alarm if a worker leaves a room without properly closing and locking a safe, file drawe...Insect bites on plants reduce photosynthesis, imaging device shows
...ed. The amount of damage has taken on new light, thanks to a new photosynthesis-measuring device that illuminates and photographs never-before-seen injury extending far beyond an insects bite. The results of the first experiments with the tool done in a University of Illinois laboratory using leaves of w...The science of the scoop: Wheat proteins for ice cream?
... Ultimately, no matter how much ice cream changes, thanks to technological advances in the ice cream factory or flavor experiments at the ice cream shop down the street, it's always recognizably itself. It doesn't take a Ph.D. to recognize the sign of a true classic....Environmentally friendly ways to nourish the 'flower of love'
...emicals to ward off diseases and other pests. Now, thanks to the work of plant health scientists, more environmentally friendly ways are being discovered to keep roses blooming.Roses are one of the oldest and most popular flowers, brought first to the U.S. by European colonists. They remain a mainstay of th...New technology may benefit health care, bioterror defense
... biochemistry at the University of Houston. "Thats thanks to technological advances developed in the 10 years it took to complete the Human Genome Project. "We predict the process were developing could sequence the human genome in less than a day, and ultimately maybe even less than an hour. Im hopeful that...Young Amazonian manatee returned to wild
...ter almost three years of care and rehabilitation, thanks in part to the efforts of a HARBOR BRANCH scientist and a unique conservation outreach program. The Amazonian manatee, named Airuwe by his caretakers, was only a few months old when he became tangled in a net and injured near the tiny village of...URI oceanographer to assess impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles
...lobal physical climate change and variability. And thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research, that problem will see significant attention over the next decade. URI Graduate School of Oceanography physical oceanographer Lewis Rothstein and a team o...Markers that can predict cancer spread could save women from unnecessary chemotherapy
...ly breast cancer could avoid needless chemotherapy thanks to work carried out in Chicago on identifying biochemical markers which indicate whether or not cancer is likely to spread to other parts of the body, the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona was told on Saturday 23 March. Ruth Heimann,...New process by Temple grad student can place loose fossils back into the strata or determine fakes
...that creature? Or, is the fossil even real? Now, thanks to a new geochemical method developed by Temple Un...lable to scientists prior to this research. Now, thanks to Doreena Patrick, it is....Climate monitoring goes mobile
... change at locations nearly anywhere in the world, thanks to a new mobile atmospheric monitoring system developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory, called PARSL, is a complete climate-measuri...Invading species have harder time cracking diverse plant communities
...s of local resistance to invasion by species that, thanks to human transport, are no longer kept out by geographical or other barriers, the researchers said. Therefore, restoration and revegetation efforts would likely benefit from establishing as diverse a plant community as possible. Diverse communities s...MIT probes cartilage on nanoscale
...ey to cartilage function are revealing new secrets thanks to novel nanoscale mechanical measurements by MIT researchers that will also help characterize other components of the tissue that cushions our joints. Understanding cartilage functionand disfunctionon a molecular level could lead to cures for diseas...Improving water use in growing corn possible, study shows
... practices for the types of soils in their fields, thanks to research conducted by researchers from Virginia Tech and Colorado State University. "Soils vary in their ability to hold water," said Mark Alley, professor of crop and soil environmental sciences at Virginia Tech. "If a farmer knows the water-use ...Breakthrough in creating bio-artificial organs at Hebrew University-Hadassah Dental School
...ample is used to custom-build the necessary organ, thanks to research conducted by Hebrew University Ph.D. candidate Gadi Pelled, DMD. He received the prestigious Kaye Award this year for his work. Dr. Pelled explained that one of the major difficulties in creating bio-artificial organs is creating a networ...National study halted since health risks exceed benefits in postmenopausal women on estrogen
...ommittee. "We wish to express our appreciation and thanks to the 16,608 women who participated in this WHI study. They are true pioneers and have made an important contribution in answering a very important question for millions of women. "Because of them, we now know the balance of risks and benefits of th...Computational geneticists revisit a mystery in evolution
... and Siegal's collaboration comes at a time when - thanks to the use of microarray technology in a new field known as functional genomics - scientists have greater knowledge about sophisticated gene interactions during development. This technology helps scientists analyze the functions of genes in an organi...Industrial fishing threatens sharks, dolphins, billfish
...ions of most target species are stable and viable, thanks in part to restrictions on undiscriminating fishing practices such as drift nets and fish aggregation devices. However, any substantial increase in industrial fishing could play havoc with both target and non-target animal populations, Hinke says. "I...Dipsticks for water testing, right whale future grim, marine law center established
...G WATER TESTS Drinking water may become even safer thanks to new testing methods that detect cyanobacteria toxins more easily. New York Sea Grant scientist Gregory Boyer is developing tools to measure anatoxin-a, a bioactive toxin produced by blue-green algae and found in freshwater lakes. His multi-step ...NIST chemists define and refine properties of plastic microsystems
...here may well be a plastic biochip in your future, thanks in part to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Microfluidics devices, also known as "lab-on-a-chip" systems, are miniaturized chemical and biochemical analyzers that one day may be used for quick, inexpensive tests in physician...