Paving roads can increase weed invasions
...Roads are a big part of the problem: for instance, vehicles can transport non-native seeds into uninfested areas, and clearing land during road construction gives weed seeds a place to become established. Intuitively, it makes sense that improved roads would spread weeds more than primitive roads because the ...MIT study: Hydrogen car no environmental panacea
...nergy and the Environment (LFEE). And while hybrid vehicles are already appearing on the roads, adoption of the hydrogen-based vehicle will require major infrastructure changes to make compressed hydrogen available. If we need to curb greenhouse gases within the next 20 years, improving mainstream gasoline an...Diamond film may enable critical new sensors for bioterror
...logical weapons, such sensors could be deployed on vehicles or scattered across the landscape to warn of the presence of such agents. Early warning could save lives and enable soldiers to prepare to operate in a contaminated environment. Chips made with diamond films may also have important economic implicati...UNC Chapel Hill researcher to reveal results of study of aspirins effects on colon polyps
...r of Mason Farm Road and West Drive, before moving vehicles to the Dogwood Parking Deck. After exiting the elevators on the 4th Floor of the Bioinformatics Bldg., turn left and follow the signs to Room 4137, which is the UNC Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease's Conference Room....Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy announces $1.5 million in national grants to young investigators
...of therapeutic genes in the laboratory as delivery vehicles aimed directly at cancer cells. One of the most beneficial aspects of cell and gene based medicines lies in their ability to focus specifically on targeted cancer cells, enhancing their safety and reducing side effects for the patient. Dr. Bar...Unique fleet of underwater vehicles to gather elusive environmental data
...lacksburg, Va., -- A fleet of miniature underwater vehicles being developed by Virginia Tech researcher Dan St...s how AUVs can cooperate, and to deploy a fleet of vehicles that can gather environmental data that otherwise would be impossible to collect. "One of our field...Early Mars: Warm enough to melt water?
...that. Scheduled to have two fully capable robotic vehicles like the Sojourner, it will sample soils looking for signs of life. However, while the science objectives of the rover missions are to determine if water was present on Mars and whether there are conditions favorable to the preservation of evidence ...New study suggests missing link that explains how dinosaurs learned to fly
...results may also one day help humans design better vehicles for both land and air travel." NSF is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education in all fields of science and engineering. The evolution of flying vertebrates has been a bone of contention since the 1800's. One sc...Artificial intelligence, swimmer detectors, and blast resistant structures
...cently has led to such breakthroughs as autonomous vehicles and robotics, smart weapons, new semiconductor materials, progress in nanotechnologies, and agile vaccines, for example. So, it should be no surprise that all along ONR has been eyeing science overseas. ONR's International Field Office in London has...Purdue corrals new Trojan horse to replace wayward genes in mice
... into cells gives them great potential as delivery vehicles for therapeutic genes. Ordinarily, a virus injects its own genetic material into a cell, but viral researchers have learned how to "borrow" the outer shell from a harmful virus and fill it up with other, beneficial genetic material. The chimeric vi...From moon rocks to space food: UH research spans 40 years
...s well as fabricating new nanomaterials for flight vehicles that are stronger and lighter than conventional materials. One of the key players in UH's involvement with the space program is the Institute for Space Systems Operations (ISSO), which operates the Houston Partnership for Space Exploration (HPSE). T...UNC, other universities will help NASA develop space-age materials
...ther five will work on propulsion, reusable launch vehicles and other challenges. New composites of organic and inorganic compounds will get special attention through the IBIM institute. "This is very exciting since it started with a group of us sitting around up at NASA contemplating and discussing the exqu...New study of Ground Zero air shows indoor spaces can be cleaned; diesel pollution remains a threat
...confirmed that diesel pollution from the countless vehicles involved in the recovery and rebuilding effort is ...City of New York recommends that all equipment and vehicles running on diesel fuel be supplied with low-sulfur fuel (30 parts per million or less). According t...Researchers engineer virus that blocks common genetic defect
...entiviral vectors appear to be the most attractive vehicles to carry therapeutic genes into non-dividing target cells such as the hematopoietic stem cells," Kafri said. "Gene delivery into these cells allows us to reconstitute a patient's bone marrow with vector-corrected stem cells that confer a lifelong rem...Microscience to license vaccine delivery technology
...Microscience's proprietary oral delivery system as vehicles for DNA vaccines was raised by a recent report of ...acteria, Salmonella and Shigella, as oral delivery vehicles for DNA vaccines and the development of conformationally constrained HIV-1 env immunogens that elici...Sensing tanks, as well as cancer
...t does remote sensing for camouflaged enemy ground vehicles have to do with breast cancer diagnosis? By next year, perhaps plenty. Both find threats hidden in innocent clutter. The Office of Naval Research's newly developed 200 channel hyperspectral remote sensing capability -- modeled on the human visual/...Future advances of 20,000-year-old coatings technology detailed in upcoming Science magazine
...first color options beyond black for mass-produced vehicles when it pioneered the first fast-drying lacquer pa...t coatings were used on nine of the 10 top selling vehicles in 2001, as well as being one of the leading sellers in Europe. "As a science company, DuPont has a...Snowmobiles can stress wildlife
...owmobile season and right afterwards, when wheeled vehicles use roads in the park. The researchers collected w...er when snowmobiles were present than when wheeled vehicles were present. The number of snowmobiles ranged from 144 to 1,168 per day during the 89-day winter se...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2002
...ed initially for transportation such as for hybrid vehicles and aerospace applications and to generate electricity in remote locations. Other advantages of the engine include increased reliability, 25 percent greater fuel efficiency than conventional power sources and fuel flexibility. The engine can be power...Adenovirus genes that thwart apoptosis pathways may promote viral latency
..., Ph.D. When adenoviruses are used as vectors, or vehicles to deliver genes into cells in gene therapy experiments, key anti-inflammatory genes are removed. "Although the adenovirus is being used for gene therapy, there is a big gap in understanding its life cycle," notes Emory microbiologist Linda Gooding...