From moon rocks to space food: UH research spans 40 years
...NASA-JSC. UH researchers are developing a ROBONAUT user interface that would allow a human operator, physically removed from the task, to send commands to the robot over a telecommunication system. Kakadiaris will present a talk on this research during the World Space Congress 2002. http://www.isso.uh.ed...Mass spectrometer weighs in as proteomics breakthrough
...lar Sciences Laboratory, or EMSL, a DOE scientific user facility at PNNL....Newer design of close-up computer monitors increases ease of use
...le wearing a display gives the user a visual reference that can help lessen confusion ...r most of the common uses, the user wouldn't want to be fully immersed in the virtual environment." ...Homeland security highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...al Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE scientific user facility at PNNL, enable more comprehensive and ra...re Web sites based on search terms provided by the user and built-in search libraries containing hundreds of key phrases designed to find sensitive informat...PNNL gathers most complete protein map of 'world's toughest bacterium'
...al Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE scientific user facility supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL....Scientists use alfalfa plants to harvest nanoparticles of gold
... experiments that were carried out at our national user facility, which is funded by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences,'' Hodgson noted. ''What they learned advanced frontiers of knowledge in fields from computer chip manufacturing to advancing drug discovery.''...Bioinformatics: The quest for new drugs finds significant profits
...ted systems, algorithms, annotation protocols, and user interfaces to aid interpretation of data. Many companies are currently addressing the "integration" issue. Standardization is another pressing need. The current situation is analogous to every computer manufacturer using its own operating system, wh...Hormone replacement therapy may help prevent heart vessel disease, says Wake Forest researcher
...r, these study populations are not the average HRT user younger women who begin HRT at the onset of menopause. "It is important for women to discuss their personal health history with their doctor," said Clarkson. "Treatment decisions should not be made on the basis of those studies whose participants m...New method for 'visualizing' proteins
...of biophysics at Iowa State University and a major user of the ACERT facility. The new method for seeing the structure of the protein uses ESR (electron spin resonance), a technology for studying the bonds, structures, and molecular mechanisms of chemical and biological materials, such as membranes and pr...Nabi Biopharmaceuticals begins human testing of novel vaccine to fight nicotine addiction
...the brain's pleasure centers, an immunized tobacco user would theoretically receive no positive reinforcement from nicotine use," according to Dr. Naso. In pre-clinical animal studies NicVAX generated antibodies that reduced nicotine levels in the brain by up to 64 percent and blocked the effects of nico...Genomic data viewed on biological pathways with new computer program, GenMAPP
... generate diagrams called MAPPs. With GenMAPP, the user simply chooses one of the thousands of MAPPs alrea...PPs for rat and 633 MAPPs for yeast available. The user imports microarray data into the MAPP and picks the colors desired to represent the genes down- and ...Terminator tussle: Controversial technology needed, experts say
...er's agreement. Now, when some farmers violate the user contracts companies must take them to court, which is an expense and detracts from the company's public image. Drew Kershen, who is the Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, says scientists in the U.S. D...PNNL celebrates arrival of powerful NMR
...al Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE scientific user facility at PNNL. As a user instrument, the 900 MHz NMR will be available to other scientists through a competitive proposal pro...... Cancer Institute (NCI) will build the specialized user facility consisting of three new beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source, which produces the nations most brilliant X-rays for research.Research at the new beamlines will center on structural studies of biological molecules. X-ray protein crystallogr...LabNotes -- research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...onmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national user facility located at PNNL. PNNL rings up info 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 syste...NIH funds synchrotron beamlines to advance studies of molecular structures
...I) are supporting the design and construction of a user facility consisting of three new beamlines at Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source, the newest and most advanced synchrotron in the country. This new facility will be custom designed and constructed by ACCEL GmbH, a company located ...Virtual lung models every breath you take - and its impact
...Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE user facility located at PNNL. Creation of PNNLs virtual respiratory tract began in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer facility, which contains instruments capable of producing magnetic resonance images similar to those used in diagnostic med...New evidence of effects of environmental factors on male fertility
... Garibaldi, said that Argentina had become a major user of pesticides with turnover of import and export increasing by 270% between 1990 and 1998 compared with an increase of 49% for France and 62% for the USA. "There has been rising concern in many Western countries about the deleterious effects of envi...Study: 'Pill' may cancel some bone-building benefits of exercise
...y decreased in the exercise and oral contraceptive user group at six months and remained significantly below non-exercisers who used oral contraceptives at two years. Femoral neck bone mineral density also decreased in the exercise and oral contraceptive group at six months. Conclusions: Exercise prevente...Montana State University begins major trout and salmonid book collection
... information on whirling disease. Another class of user so far is fishermen seeking guides to particular waters. "Many have made the hit in the library catalogue and are coming to see the piece, although they maybe aren't aware the collection exists," Scott said....