32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...high-power pulsed optical-fiber-based lasers, with applications in materials processing, and medical, industrial a... adults by tracking user interaction with computer applications and assessing over time the rate of cognitive impairment, thus facilitating earlier intervention and...A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...ution." He goes on to warn that, "Viewing calcium applications as a prescriptive cure for acid rain is like a runner viewing steroids as a cure for a bad knee. At the end of the race, when the steroids have worn off, the runner is left limping. Calcium additions, which are cost and labor-intensive, temporarily m...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
... cool just don't work well," says Grahn. "Military applications will be enormous if the technology can be developed as a glove, much like a bicycling glove, that won't impede fine motor control. We also want to incorporate it into [a] boot in a way that won't impede foot performance. With such devices, you could ...New biomaterials improve medical devices
...or a specific application. Among the clinical applications that will be discussed on the second day are drug-eluting cardiovascular stents, orthopaedic tissue engineering to repair or replace bone, and scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration. Dr. Fintan Steele of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Res...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
... The material could have a wide variety of applications and could be used for coats, hats, gloves, shirts, trousers, dresses and skirts. ...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
...e hope to move on from the morphing wings to other applications that require structures that can produce large shape changes. An example might be a compact container that will deploy into an antenna after it is transported to a particular location," Leo said. "Biological systems are excellent templates for the d...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
...nology." The material could have a wide variety of applications and could be used for coats, hats, gloves, shirts, trousers, dresses and skirts....Most promising clinical uses for stem cells from fat agreed on by international society
...ouisiana State University. Discussions on clinical applications and opportunities were moderated by Keith March, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine and professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. ...NIH awards Emory and Georgia Tech $10 million for partnerships in cancer nanotechnology
...l be prostate cancer, the research will have broad applications to many types of tumors, including breast and colorectal cancer and lymphoma. Dr. Shuming Nie, PhD, principal investigator of the project, is one of the first scientists in the world to utilize nanotechnology in the biomedical field. Used in manuf...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...nd behavioral genetic research with an emphasis on applications to psychophysiological research. To further illustrate the range of issues that will be discussed and the relevance of this research to everyday life, several of this year's noteworthy presentations is provided below. The full program and other meeti...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...port details dozens of specific health-improvement applications the 10 new technologies have today and are expecte...g available to many in developing countries. Some applications are now so simple and cheap they can start replacing older, cumbersome, time-consuming and expensive...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
...When combined with molecular biology, the possible applications of this nano-frontier are widespread and sound like the stuff of science fiction. Scientists currently are designing microscopic "nanobots", bioprobes and biosensors that, once implanted in the human body, could perform a number of medical duties, fr...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
... (3aAB6). EXTREME SONO-EFFECTS New science and applications continue to emerge from the process of aiming inte... a low-cost, stable MEMS microphone for commercial applications (2aEA1). Michael Pedersen of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives ( Pedersen@mems-exch...Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...either saturated by groundwater or not, making its applications stretch beyond INEEL's mission, Jones notes. About 300,000 waste disposal sites are scattered across the nation, some containing PCBs, corrosives, heavy metals, and radioactive materials. Many of these wastes were buried when scientists thought they ...INEEL uses extremophile bacteria to ease bleaching's environmental cost
... "It will help spread the word about the practical applications and environmental benefits that can come from extr...ast such industrial-strength properties. Potential applications came next, Thompson recalls. "It was so stable that we said, 'There's got to be a place this can be ...Ancient Chinese folk remedy packs anti-cancer punch
...ugh the compounds are promising, potential medical applications are still years away, officials say. "We are very excited about the UW's discovery and an opportunity to develop an artemisinin-based cancer drug," Kevin Mak, chief scientist at Holley, said. "The technology is very promising, but it's in its earl...NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
... of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care. NHGRI's near-term goal is to lower the cost of sequencing a mammalian-sized genome to $100,000, which would enable researchers to sequence the genomes of hundreds or even thousands of people...Purdue chemists give an old laboratory 'bloodhound' a sharper nose
...optimistic that the team's advancements could have applications far beyond the nation's security needs. "The Mars rovers have concentrated on examining the surfaces of rocks," he said. "Future rovers could use a tool like this to examine other worlds' surfaces for the presence of chiral acids, such as th...Biomedical engineers at case develop first sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose levels
... sliver would be ideal for all kinds of biomedical applications since the skin would heal very quickly above it and after that no track infection can occur. The associate professor of biomedical engineering and researcher at the Case School of Engineering has developed for the first time a "sliver-sensor" a fu...... disease field, Peakadilly will initially focus on applications in oncology - operating at the interface of diagnostics and therapeutics. The product of innovative proteomics technology Proteins are responsible for all life processes in our cells - regulating the digestion of our food, communication bet...