Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
...f-assembly of this inexpensive and simple lipid is unprecedented and represents an important step toward rational design of bioactive nanostructures. In addition, because they form within hours under room-temperature conditions, the significant costs of synthesizing carbon nanotubes can be reduced," explained Sang...New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...plans for their "South Pacific Odyssey" include an unprecedented number of research expeditions to this geologically unique "back-arc basin" during the next two years. "This major undertaking will require the coordinated efforts of dozens of large research groups, numerous research expeditions, and the deployment ...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...eptember 14, 2004 Goldman Sachs has announced the unprecedented gift of a sprawling wilderness in Chile to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The lands, on the island of Tierra del Fuego, are home to the world's southernmost stands of old growth forests as well as unique grasslands, rivers and wetlands cont...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...re environment that "will help to shed light on an unprecedented scale on the relationship between genes and how lives are carried out in an animal society," said principal investigator Bruce Schatz, professor of library and information science. "We will take a fresh look at the fundamental problem of the mechanis...Ecology of infectious diseases grants awarded
...ing in humans and animals."Over the past 20 years, unprecedented rates of change in non human biodiversity have coincided with the emergence and re emergence of numerous infectious diseases around the world," said Sam Scheiner, EID program director at NSF. "The coincidence of broad-scale environmental changes and...First glimpse of DNA binding to viral enzyme
...that the viral DNA interacts with the protease was unprecedented and led them to characterize the interaction in detail. The scientists now believe that inside the virus particle the protease uses the DNA as a guide wire, sliding along the genetic material to remove the internal "scaffolding" proteins, all located...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...ley Lab's climate-change simulations have achieved unprecedented fine resolution. Torn's previous research has taken her around the world, from Hawaiian rainforests to Alaskan tundra and from the Sierra Nevada to the Russian steppe. She maintains collaborations in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, and the Net...Cell's gatekeeper for ammonia revealed in unprecedented detail
...hers determined the channel's structure down to an unprecedented resolution of 1.35 angstroms, or just over a 100-millionth of a centimeter, they reported. In the technique, proteins are crystallized and then exposed to intense X-ray radiation. The pattern created when the X-rays are scattered off electrons in the...Do genes respond to global warming?
...obal temperatures by 3.6 degrees F by 2100--a rise unprecedented over the past 10,000 years. While the effects of climate change on species' geographic range and population dynamics are increasingly understood, scientists know little about how species respond to climate change at the genetic level. Now it appears ...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...cles for the field teams using federal dollars an unprecedented bureaucratic challenge for the researchers importing all laboratory equipment and supplies, and then figuring out a way to maintain them without the standard resources that one takes for granted in the United States. "It's been a long haul and an en...Stuck on you: Scientists lay bare secrets of bacterial attachment proteins
An unprecedented picture of how bacteria latch on to human cells has been published by UK, French and US scientists. They have produced a finely detailed model of one of the tools used by some of the nastiest varieties of the stomach bug, Escherichia coli, to stick t...Better living through urban ecology
...ity's Urban Resources Initiative, BES has built an unprecedented platform for integrated ecological, physical and social research in a metropolitan area. Research, from atmospheric science and hydrology to urban design and economics, aims to understand Baltimore as an ecological system. Findings are shared with ed...Virus known for its photo ops makes its movie screen debut
...urface. "It was good to see the baseplate at such unprecedented resolution, but the infection process is not a still picture - it's a story," Rossmann said. "We knew we needed to see more than one scene in that story if we were ever to understand its full meaning." The baseplate is composed of 16 types of protein...MSU group reviews Berkeley venture into brave new science funding world
...enate at Berkeley that examines the fall-out of an unprecedented partnership. It was a campus controversy that expa...experts essentially conducted a post-mortem on the unprecedented partnership that began in November 1998 on the Berkeley campus. Its Department of Plant and Microbia...AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
...formation about thevolatile fault system and allow unprecedented monitoring for earthquakes inSouthern California. Chavarria et al. present vertical seismic profile results from theseismic monitors of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth project. Theauthors state that the array of 32 seismometers, reaching m...Cutting-edge cancer researchers sought for international recognition
... cancer research. "The Landon-AACR Prizes offer an unprecedented opportunity to recognize the best work of the top cancer research scientists today," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of the AACR. "We are honored to work with the Landon Foundation in sponsoring these distinguished pr...Research shows oceans are becoming more acidic
...aris, July 16 The world's oceans are absorbing an unprecedented amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), which is increasing their acidity and possibly threatening the survival many marine species, especially calcifying organisms including corals, shellfish and phytoplankton. According to research presented recently at ...Triple-vaccine strategy stimulates strong HIV-specific immune response in monkeys
...fection. The new vaccine regimen we tested induced unprecedented levels of CD8+ T cells in monkeys." The experimental vaccines developed by Ertl and her colleagues take advantage of sophisticated bioengineering technologies and the special characteristics of a class of viruses called adenoviruses to create a serie...Asian bird flu became highly pathogenic through continued circulation and gene swapping
...ak of H5N1 in poultry in Asia in 2003 and 2004 was unprecedented in its geographical range, which showed the wide reach this virus already has. "The transmission of H5N1 to even just a relatively few people was an ominous sign that it has the potential to adapt to humans," Webster said. A key question left unan...New space-borne instrument to track greenhouse gases, ozone destroyers, and other pollutants
...c chemicals at a horizontal and vertical precision unprecedented in a multi-year space instrument. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), University of Colorado, and University of Oxford developed HIRDLS (pronounced "hurdles") with funding from NASA and United Kingdom sources. The U.S....