Ecologists work to link kids with nature
...logists of different ages, races, and cultures and employing different outreach tools. Case studies will range from outdoor laboratories in Montana, to inspiring kids via tree canopy walkways, to community restoration activities on Catalina Island in California. Knowledge of nature is vital if young people ...See what you're spewing as you speed along
...y-powered roadside unit using the same technology, employing rugged and robust telecommunications components. The next steps will be to fully quantify the technique and add additional lasers for other key emissions such as nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide and specific hydrocarbons. ...Unlocking proteins from their cellular shell
...es in the structures of cytoskeletal proteins and, employing fluorescent dyes, labeled proteins sequentially, visualized them, and molecularly pinpointed the newly exposed parts of proteins. By forcing proteins to unfold, hidden binding sites were thus revealed. Multicolor maps were generated that revealed lo......sland and Chernobyl" What strategies are agencies employing to recover "orphaned" radioactive sources" These and other questions will be addressed at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS), which will take place July 8-12 in Portland, Oregon at the Doubletree/Convention Center. Approxima...Researchers pit novel version of common virus against cancer
... research. The approach is analogous to the police employing a snitch to reach the bad guys: For years scientists have been engineering relatively benign viruses to selectively infiltrate and deliver genetic materials into more dangerous cells. However, the current generation of mutant viruses under study ha...ESA's water mission instrument passes test program
...ely new approach in the field of remote sensing by employing a novel instrument called MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis). By capturing images of microwave radiation emitted from the surface of the Earth at a specific wavelength, this novel instrument is capable of observing both the...New chemistry approach promises less expensive drugs
... allows scientists to synthesize molecules without employing toxic catalysts, and it also does not generate alternate versions of drug molecules that can damage the body, two perennial issues that plague the manufacturing process. David MacMillan, one of the researchers on the team, said the discovery is impor...Removing a hydrogen fuel-cell roadblock
...the U.S. Department of Energys Ames Laboratory are employing some modern day alchemy in an effort to find a material with properties of rare and high-priced palladium. If theyre successful, it could remove a major roadblock from the path of hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles. Hydrogen fuel-cell technology s...Mechanisms involved with tumor relapse identified
... Since 2000, Manjili and his colleagues have been employing animal models of breast cancer to evaluate anti-tumor efficacy of a vaccine formulation they created. This vaccine formulation combines a heat shock protein 110 (HSP110), as an adjuvant, with a tumor antigen HER-2/neu, as a protein target expressed i...Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative disease
...re, the mostsuccessful therapies - including those employing stem cells -- willlikely invoke the use of multiple strategies in concert. Indeed, thestem cell may be the "glue" that ultimately holds these therapiestogether in an effective manner by virtue of its fundamental biology. The researchers then sought...Microsurgery and Super Glue show how antennae aid moth navigation
...ws the researchers to understand neural properties employing methods typically used to analyze electronic circuits, and the work also could be adapted in the development of robotic insects to test the understanding of flight itself. The work raises questions about how the mechanosensory system functions in ...Cold storage solution for global warming?
...m stable structures in sediments under oceans. By employing geophysical techniques and computer modelling, Ms Camps has identified a number of sites in Western Europe with the potential to store carbon dioxide by this method. She is also exploring further implications of her research that may benefit geolog...Physicians face significant new liability risks with advent of personalized medicine era
... the authors assert, the risk of liability for not employing pharmacogenomic testing may speed the pace of its adoption. While drug manufacturers, health insurers, and even pharmacists face some liability risks, physicians are most at risk for lawsuits alleging that they did not recommend genetic tests before...Rensselaer licenses microscope technology to Thorlabs
...blurriness. CATS researchers fixed this problem by employing an adaptive optic element, in this case a "deformable" mirror that changes shape to correct for the off-axis aberrations that cause the blurring. The device, which functions much like a dynamic funhouse mirror, is made up of tiny Microelectromechanic...Invitrogen features new scientific online resources at ASCB Meeting
...ging applications as well as in compound screening employing HTS methodologies. Premo cameleon is a genetically-encoded fluorescent protein-based sensor for cellular calcium signal measurements. It provides a ratiometric read-out at visual excitation wavelengths in the presence of calcium and interferes mini...Ongoing collapse of coral reef shark populations
...s of reef sharkthe whitetip and grey reef sharksby employing a unique combination of fisheries-independent abundance estimates and measurements of the survival and reproduction of individual sharks. Their findings show that reef shark abundance on reefs open to fishing are about ten times lower than on unfishe...Neanderthal genome sequencing yields surprising results and opens a new door to future studies
...e to go get more from the specimen. In principle, employing the targeted library approach we are able to circumvent this and other problems. Once the Neanderthal DNA is cloned using our method, we have it forever, and we can recover specific sequences from the library whenever they are needed." Since the f...ASU discovery may aid counter-terrorism efforts
...econds. The key to the technical innovation was employing what Wang describes as an 'artificial peroxidase' system, namely, a novel electrocatalyst that accelerates the electrochemical reaction of the liberated hydrogen peroxide. "We can get very fast detection and now the goal is to integrate this into a...Carnegie Mellon scientists use 'green' approach to transform plastics manufacturing
...ll as the growth of every polymer chain, all while employing a broad range of monomers. Much of the research progress and commercial success related to ATRP is due to two research consortia Matyjaszewski has initiated and led. These successful consortia have allowed many companies to incorporate ATRP methodolo......ngineering. He developed widely used technologies employing antibody gene diversity libraries and display technologies that can be used to generate and optimize human therapeutic antibodies. Marks has employed these technologies to better understand the relationship between antibody structure and function and...