Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
...sts at Stanford University have done the next best thing to packaging living cells in individual boxes for study.Borrowing microfabrication techniques from electrical engineering, the researchers have created a specially prepared surface that holds millions of cell-sized squares composed of an artificial m...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...eloped during the study. "A wetland is an elusive thing to categorize," Brooks says. "The best way to describe our work is that we are creating a sort of template or blueprint that can best match the characteristics of a certain type of wetland to the site where you intend to replace or restore a wetla...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...torming, and decided on the sliding device." "One thing that made this project special was that it was for Danielto have fun.," Geddes added. "This was going to be something thatwas going to help him play with his friends and be a normal kid." All three said they found the project challenging and rewardi...Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
... "Establishing this fund is, simply put, the right thing to do. Hopefully,it will serve as a model for other research institutions as they searchfor equitable ways to recompense source nations for genetic materials,"Vanderhoef said. "The most effective form of assistance that universitiescan provide is in ...Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds
...ou, but interactive exercise is the most effective thing we can do for overweight animals. Find a toy you can both play with -- something that dangles on the end of a line, for example -- and get that cat off the couch a couple times a day....Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
...ng number of young adults." Peterson says the only thing that saved most of the moose that survived was an abundance of balsam fir browse on the east end of the island. Interestingly, he says, those trees grew up when wolves had reduced the moose herd to 700-800 animals back in the 1970s. Under the best co...New understanding of crab populations may not bring fishermen's delight
... to confirm theelusiveness of certainty. "The one thing we can predict with this model is that crab populationswill fluctuate drastically," says Higgins, now a postdoctoral researcherat the University of Helsinki. "People have felt populations in natureare in equilibrium. Our model says no, small environm...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
... bit of a holy grail for me because it's the right thing to do. This is a car that will work with the environment instead of against it."...Scientists Discover How Genes Work Together To Control Neural Development
...ion, youtake it away and see what happens. Another thing you can do is to causegenes to overproduce their protein product in a cell and see what happensthen." Using this approach, the researchers narrowed down their list of candidateproteins to just two, known as Phyllopod and Sina, and demonstrated that...New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...ts. And that's going to be anextremely interesting thing to investigate." Previously, other genes found to be amplified in breast cancer have led toclinical tests and trials of therapy. AIB1 may turn out to be a new candidatefor similar development, Meltzer noted. NHGRI oversees the NIH's role in the Human...Study: Device Prevents Epileptic Seizures, Doesn't Damage Hearts
...obertGreenwood. "To me the most remarkable thing about this type work is that we areventuring into a completely new way of treating epilepsy," Vaughn said. "Alwaysbefore, we have given medicine and tried to change the environment in the brainaround where seizures start by flooding the body with dru...A New Biochemical Link Established Between Stress, Sex And Dominance
...ial systems may be widespread."The interesting new thing we have found is that stress depends not only on the social state of the individual male but also on the stability of the community," Fernald said. Fernald is the Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology and director of the Human Biology p...New Mechanism To Explain Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Identified
... a lower magnitude of cell death,but the important thing is that we still saw cell death," says Thom. He measuredtoxicity at levels lower than what typical smokers would have in their bodiesand lower than in the air next to busy streets at rush hour. "The big picture is that we have identified a m...Photocatalytic Air Cleaning System Promises To Help Allergy Sufferers
... for this system. Sick building syndrome will be a thing of the past where this system is used. The photocatalytic system can quickly kill off 100 percent of bacteria in indoor air," said Goswami. The technology is being readied for the market by Universal Air Technology at the Sid Martin Phototech...Natural Variability Is Key To River Restoration
...Vol. 47, pp. 769-784). Letting a river do its own thing -- come drought or high water -- is more complicat...Grand Canyon looks fine without water; it's a good thing it's supposed to be arid." Kissimmee River (Florida) "By dismantling flood-control dams and conne...DNA Enzyme Works In Crystal Form; Yields New Insights Into Gene Copying
...ctions. "I think this is the most critical thing to understand -- how the enzymecan distinguish between a correct base pair and an incorrect base pair," saidBeese. "An incorrect base pair leads to mutations, which can result in terriblegenetic diseases such as cancers in some cases." The r...Detective Work Uncovers New Tick-Borne Disease In North Carolina And The Southeast
...me disease. Or it could be a milder relative. One thing Kirkland is sure about, however: people living in North Carolina,as in many parts of the country, should check themselves for ticks if theyhave been walking in tall grass and woodsy areas. "Ticks are ubiquitous in the Southeast and people who live h...Gene For Inherited Syndrome Is Possible New Tumor Suppressor
... of thecancer-producing pathways." "The intriguing thing here is that this unusual disorder is characterized by theoccurrence of polyps in the intestine that are oftenpremalignant, and by the presence of peculiar freckle-like spots on the lips andthe skin around the mouth and on the fingers.How these two r...