ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
... ... The ASU team in the School of Applied Arts and Sciences will lead an effort to demonstrate the techni...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
... ... While Forests NSW has a number of management practices in place to retain nectar-producing trees during logging operations, there has been no information on how much nectar is produced by retained trees or young trees regrowing after loggin...Measuring the unseeable: Penn researchers probe proteins' dark energy
... The situation is akin to the discussion in astrophysics in which theoreticians predict that there is dark matter, or energy, that no one has yet se...Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when threatened species are caught and killed.... That money, the researchers suggest in the August issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, could be used to address oth...One man's junk may be a genomic treasure
... Genes, which make up about four percent of the genome, encode for proteins, the building blocks of life. An international collaboration of scient...Norwegian council names ASU researcher 'Outstanding Young Investigator'
... ... Amdam...Grant allows ASU archaeologist to study how environment influences evolution
ASU archaeologist Curtis Marean wants to learn more about modern human evolution by gaining a better understanding of the physical environment in which ancient peoples lived. Marean says relatively little is known about the environment that drove the evolution of modern humans. ...... To remedy that situation, Marean, who recently received a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation...ASU geologists suggest Mars features are result of meteorite strikes, not of evaporated lakes
Geologic features at the Opportunity landing site on Mars were formed not by a lake that evaporated but by constant strikes from meteorites, say two Arizona State University geologists. ...... The site where the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed has sediments and layered structures that are thought to be formed by the evaporation of an acidic salty sea. The prevailing thought is that when...ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration
... ... The researchers, Kevin McGraw an assistant professor in ASUs School of Life Sciences and Daniel Ardia, of Frankl...New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials
... The article, "Assessing Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials: Current Abilities and Future Requirements," written by Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor at the Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, and Robert Aitken, director of strategic con...Counting heads or measuring space?
Bacteria can talk to each other: by using signal substances they inform their neighbours as to whether or not it is worth switching certain genes on or off. This communication between bacterial cells is essential for the adaptation to changing environments and for the survival. What exactly do bacteria learn from the signal substances? There have been two theories: the release of signal substanc...Gene test shown to measure heart function after transplant
... The...Study advances evidence for receptor's role in alcohol pleasure and problems
A genetic variant of a receptor in the brains reward circuitry heightens the stimulating effects of early exposures to alcohol and increases alcohol consumption, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Conducted in rhesus monkeys, the study extends previous research that suggests...NIST 'micro-rack' measures cell mechanical properties
... The prototype device, described in a new paper,* is believed to be the only technique for studying bulk mechanical properties of a single, whole cell wh...Tools to measure and restore connectivity in agricultural landscapes
... ...Saturday, February 17, 2007 ...8:00 11:00 a.m. PST ...Hilton San Francisco, 4th Floor ...Union Square 19-20 ... ... ... Lending institutions, consumers, and trading companies are demanding better social and environmental performance of food and fiber producers. These...A chilling solution: Measuring below-ground carbon without destroying trees
... The photosynthetic process of plants has been estimated to account for almost half of the carbon circulating in the Ear...Measuring plant diversity, predicting vulnerability to invasive species
Rapidly invading plant species from other countries are affecting rangeland conditions and wildlife habitat, forcing more native plants into threatened and endangered status and changing natural wildfire regimes. Because resident native diversity can affect the likelihood of invasion by non-native plants, it is critical that scientists accurately assess the composition of plant communities over...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
... "We use maggots and leeches in hospitals, so why not clay?" Haydel poses. "I had a professor in graduate school...ASU embarks on NSF grant for Nanotechnology Solar Energy Initiative
... ... "Over the past decade, ASU has quietly reassembled one of the most comprehensive portfolios of solar-relat...ASU discovery may aid counter-terrorism efforts
... Now, professor Joe Wang, director of the Center for Biosensors and Bioelectronics at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, has developed a highly sensitive technology to rapidly detect liquid peroxide explosives in as little as 15 seconds. The results are published as a research communication online in this week's edition of the leading internatio...The University of Munich heads the 2006 Funding Ranking compiled by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). The university's academics received 131 million euros in DFG third party funding between 2002 and 2004, closely followed by the Aachen University of Technology (126 million euros) and the universities of Heidelberg and Wrzburg (105 million euros each). In ter...ASU will host conference on sustainability in higher education
... ... Keynote spe...$18 million grant will boost ASU research into mysteries of fatal diseases
... ... The Microscale Life Sciences Center's focus is on use of microscale technology in...NSF grant aids ASU biodiversity exploration in China
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State University ecologists Jianguo "Jingle" Wu and Jim Elser, along with Columbia University ecologist Shahid Naeem, have been awarded a $1.1 million grant over the next five years from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the vast grasslands of China's autonomous Inner Mongolia region. A better unders...Neurologists developing first standardized measurement scale for dyskinesia in Parkinson's patients
... ... Goetz...Soft materials buckle up for measurement
Buckling under pressure can be a good thing, say materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Writing in the June 13 issue of Macromolecules,* they report a new method to evaluate the mechanical properties of soft polymers and gels, such as those used in contact lenses and as tissue-engineering scaffolds. For such applications, stiffness is an indicator for k...Tumor response may not be best measure of efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer treatment
Researchers typically evaluate the effectiveness of a new cancer treatment by looking at how tumors respond to it. But in the case of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, there may be a better way to assess effectiveness.... ...A new Southwest Oncology Group study led by a team of UC Davis Cancer Center researchers suggests that an alternative measurement "disease control rate" may be a more po...New research finds surveys of larval-stage organisms effective for measuring marine biodiversity
(Boston) -- There is a push to document the biodiversity of the world within 25 years. However, the magnitude of this challenge is not well known, especially when it comes to vast and often inaccessible marine environments. To date, surveys of species diversity in the world's oceans have focused on adult organisms, but new research from Boston University has found that studying marine life in its...Carbon nanotube absorption measured in worms, cancer cells
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---University of Michigan researchers have discovered how to measure the absorption of multi-walled carbon nanoparticles into worms and cancer cells, a breakthrough that will revolutionize scientists' understanding of how the particles impact the living environment. ...... A team led by U-M chemical engineering professor Walter J. Weber Jr. tagged multi-walled carbon nanotubes---o...Pitt researchers find 'switch' for brain's pleasure pathway
Amid reports that a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease has caused some patients to become addicted to gambling and sex, University of Pittsburgh researchers have published a study that sheds light on what may have gone wrong....... In the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Pitt professor of neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology Anthony Grace and Pitt neurosci...Biodesign Institute at ASU named lab of the year in international competition
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has been named 2006 Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine. The award recognizes innovative laboratory design that creates a superior working environment and supports research excellence. The annual competition includes industrial, government and academic laboratories across the U.S. and abroad....... Considered the leading international design...ASU and Mayo lead 'MAC Attack' to accelerate cancer research
In terms of a medical diagnosis, nothing is more devastating than hearing the "C" word cancer. But now, ASU and Mayo Clinic are hoping that five different C's will become the best arsenal against the big C. The organizations have teamed up to introduce a new research entity called MAC5....... MAC5 is short for the Mayo Clinic ASU Center for Cancer-related Convergence, Cooperation and Collabora...Expedition discovers marine treasures
An underwater mountain that forms the world's third-largest atoll has some of the richest diversity of marine life ever found in the Caribbean, according to scientists who recently explored the area....... The two-week expedition in January encountered new species of fish, seaweed and other ocean life at little-studied Saba Bank Atoll, a coral-crowned seamount 250 kilometers southeast of Puerto R...New measurements prove myosin VI can act as molecular transporter
In living organisms, hundreds of different kinds of molecular motors perform a variety of essential, but little understood tasks that result in such actions as muscle contraction, cell division and the movement of materials within cells. Some motors act as transporters, some serve as anchors, and some may do both.... ...New measurements performed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...ASU's Nanotech in Society Center hosts launch event
Nanotechnology promises to have a profound impact on society. Defined as science and engineering done at the scale of a billionth of a meter, nanotechnology has been heralded by many scientists, futurists and investors as the next industrial revolution. ... ...But for every optimistic forecast of nanobots to perform microsurgery or in-body sensors to monitor human health, there are doomsday scena...ASU researchers find link between social behavior, maternal traits in bees
One of the puzzling questions in the evolution of bees is how some species developed social behaviors. Arizona State University Life Sciences associate professor Gro Amdam thinks part of the answer can be traced back to bee reproductive traits. ...... A paper describing Amdam's experiments, "Complex social behavior derived from maternal reproductive traits," is the cover story of the current issu...Plant defenses prompt bacterial countermeasure in the form of 'island' DNA excision
Seeking to catch an arms-race maneuver in action, researchers have uncovered new evidence to explain how bacteria in the process of infecting a plant can shift molecular gears by excising specific genes from its genome to overcome the host plant's specific defenses.... ...Throughout evolution in the wild and in crops cultivated by humans plants have developed systems for resisting the attack of...ASU researchers 'wire' DNA to identify mutations
A team of ASU researchers led by Nongjian Tao and Peiming Zhang has developed a new, breakthrough technique for the detection of DNA mutations....... Their results, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate for the first time, the possibility of directly identifying these mutations, or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), by means of measuring the el...DNA technique measures suitability of soil for onion crops
Nematodes, such as the stem nematode, and fungi, such as white rot, are particularly harmful for onion crops in the Netherlands: they cause rot. Soil samples are investigated to detect this; a labour-intensive and expensive operation. Together with the Laboratory for Nematology (University of Wageningen) the company Blgg has developed a molecular technique to detect the stem nematode and white ro...UV measurement tool aids defense against microbes in tap water
DURHAM, N.C.-- Researchers at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering have developed a new way to measure microbes' exposure to ultraviolet light. The tool could bolster efforts to use UV light to improve the quality and safety of tap water in the U.S. ...... The novel "microsphere dosimeter" technique is the first direct test of how much UV light microorganisms in fluids have been exposed to, said th...