Florida Tech scientist earns $1.7 million NSF grant
...the associate professor of biological sciences who applied for the grant and will serve as the program's director. The project, Integrated Science Teaching Enhancement Partnership (InSTEP), was originated to improve science instruction and increase student enthusiasm for scientific inquiry and discovery. Ei...Liposome finding implies electrical effect on cell development
...archers placed liposomes in a droplet of water and applied very low electric fields (5-10 volts per centimeter), much lower than the fields present in operating neurons (a fraction of a volt but operating over a very short distance--less than a micron--to produce a field up to one thousand times stronger). ...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
...ire medical attention." Despite the vast resources applied in pursuit of a biologic cure -- the elimination of cancer -- much less attention has been devoted to survivorship issues, including ways to help people resume their lives after successful cancer treatment, said Stephanie Lee, M.D., an assistant prof...Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
...that manages UW-Madison intellectual property, has applied for patents for the technology. The paper on this research, ANYL 424, will be presented at 2:45 p.m., Thursday, March 17, at the San Diego Convention Center, Room 27A, during a symposium titled "Bioanalytical Techniques for Detection of Bacteria, Tox...Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...omising antioxidants for fighting skin cancer when applied topically. ( AGFD 65 and AGFD 66 , Monday, March 14, 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room Sails Pavilion, during the Sci-Mix symposium) Tuesday, March 15 Life in extreme environments Researchers are finding an increasing number of ...Energy efficiency: Canadians honoured
...., Montral, Quebec - Mechanical vapour compression applied to acid concentration at Nexans; School District No. 38, Richmond, British Columbia - School District No. 38 (Richmond) Energy Management Initiative; Unilever Canada, Rexdale, Ontario - "The Watt Watchers"; and Virescens (Passion for Action) Inc.,...Genomic analysis to become tool for studying trauma patients
... sample was gathered," Cobb explains. Researchers applied DNA microarrays, a genomic analysis technology, to blood samples and skeletal muscle from 34 severely injured patients and 23 healthy individuals. Critically ill patients were studied at the University of Washington, Seattle and the University of Roc...Study of genomic DNA leads to new advances in cancer diagnostics
...ostics laboratories (such as Pap smears), could be applied to such a purpose. The authors also used flow cytometry to characterize melanomas of varying invasiveness. Further study will be required to determine the specificity and sensitivity of these methods before they are used in the clinical setting. ...Treated fabric kills anthrax spores
...f antimicrobial textiles. For the study, Calomiris applied dormant spores of a nonpathogenic strain of anthrax to circles of both treated and untreated fabric. The fabric samples were incubated in a chamber with controlled temperature and humidity. After one hour at 37 degrees Celsius and 80 percent humidi...Harvard, Texas A&M scientists develop new laser
COLLEGE STATION, Mar. 23, 2005 - Engineers and applied physicists have laid the foundations for a new typ... same strategy of integrated quantum design can be applied to a variety of other nonlinear optical sources, paving the way for even greater ramifications of th...Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells
...y rapid and general method that potentially can be applied to cancer cells from solid tumors as well as hemat...urther interest is that the biocavity laser may be applied not only to identifying the spectra associated with cancer cells but also those associated with stem...Gene variations explain drug dose required to control seizures
...We are beginning to understand how genetics can be applied to medicine in such a way as to reduce trial and error and improve quality of life for patients," he added. Epilepsy and seizures affect 2.5 million Americans of all ages, with approximately 181,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Phenytoin and carbam...Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack
...nt of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have applied some of the same techniques used in medical imaging to track the distribution of nutrients in poplar trees in response to a simulated insect attack. The research provides new insights on a long-debated theory about how plants respond to environmental...'Chemical dynamic' duo aids Navy
...te calculations of chemical properties that can be applied to complex chemical systems to understand how the motions and reactions of molecules can be manipulated to control complex chemical processes. The areas of particular emphasis in the project are electrochemistry and charge transport, which has part...Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC
... years work and already is being used by basic and applied scientists worldwide. The first version of the database contains information on more than 730,000 unique protein sequences in more than 25,000 protein families. Analysis of that data required 460 days of computer processing time, but it was condensed...Rounduphighly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
...elyea found that Roundup, the second most commonly applied herbicide in the United States, is "extremely lethal" to amphibians. This field experiment is one of the most extensive studies on the effects of pesticides on nontarget organisms in a natural setting, and the results may provide a key link to global...New miniaturised chip dramatically reduces time taken for DNA analysis
...urs, depending on each chain. These sensors can be applied to many different tasks, ranging from paternity tests and identifying people to detecting genetically modified food, identifying bacterial strains in foodborne illnesses and testing genetic toxicity in new drugs. Once mass production of the sensors b...'Second messenger' NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle
...tylcholine failed to affect NAADP level, even when applied at supramaximal concentrations in terms of physiological relevance and which saturate the calcium amplitude and spiking frequency. In conclusion, Yamasaki said, "Our data in this experiment provides the first direct evidence that cholecystokinin eli...Moderate aerobic exercise improves cardiovascular and nervous system function in HIV+
...ting IUPS, was founded in 1887 to foster basic and applied science, much of it relating to human health. The Bethesda, MD-based Society has more than 10,000 members and publishes nearly 4,000 articles every year in its 14 peer-reviewed journals. In May, APS received the Presidential Award for Excellence in S...Gene mutation protecting against malaria linked to prostate cancer incidence in African-American men
... that anti-chemokine therapies could be tested and applied to these patients. Tumor angiogenesis occurs when tumor cells release small compounds or angiogenic factors that cause existing blood vessels to grow into the tumor. One class of angiogenic factors released by prostate tumors are chemokines, small p...