Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2006
...ing technologies, lower cost, smaller size and the capability of fast and continuous operation. Funding was provided by DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. [Contact: Ron Walli, (865) 576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov ] ENERGY -- Off the wall . . . A steel wall stud that improves thermal performanc...Just-right PET/CT imaging for patients of all sizes
...s, improvements in PET detectors have provided the capability to achieve good localization of position and arrival time of the photons simultaneously. Using this information in image reconstruction translates into improved image quality, which leads to reduced variability in the patient images and better lesion...Plant-cell-produced technologies-cutting edge approach to bringing solutions to the market
... deliver a welcome address. Dow AgroSciences's R&D capability will be presented by Mr. Antonio Galindez, (Dow AgroSciences Vice President, Europe, Latin America, Pacific) and Dr. Dan Kittle (Dow AgroSciences Vice President, Research and Development). Dr. Maurice Lex (European Commission, DG Research) will open ...Tulane receives grant for study of tissue restoration after traumatic injury
...n a child loses only the tip of a finger, yet this capability is lost by adulthood. The researchers will focus on stimulating the regeneration process in a mouse model by making a blastema for the mouse to regrow digits....$1 million in grants go to large pelagics research
...cal development of a high resolution, rapid survey capability to identify spawning habitat of large pelagic fishes ($176,210)Robert Cowen, Ph.D., Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami Reconstructing diet histories and migration pathways of bluefin tuna from compound-specific...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
...ck and forth between Nantucket and Cape Cod. This capability demonstrates the potential for the robot-driven vehicle to find and identify unauthorized sea vessels for better port security (3aUW12). NEW AUDIO POSSIBILITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Making use of some of the latest recording and playback technolo...MIT chemist discovers secret behind nature's medicines
...y do it? Chemists would love to have that enzyme's capability so they could efficiently reproduce, or slightly re-engineer, those products, which include antibiotics, anti-tumor agents, and fungicides. Thanks to MIT chemistry Associate Professor Catherine L. Drennan's recent crystallography sleuthing, the secre...'Word-vision' brain area confirmed
...ery on the 46-year-old man. They found his reading capability before surgery to be normal. However, tests after surgery showed very different results. "Although we studied reading more extensively than the perception of other types of visual stimuli, our patient presented a clear-cut reading impairment followin...Science Conference 'Innovations in Bioscience for Animal and Human Health'
...ent advances in healthy oils. Dow AgroSciences R&D capability will be featured in the first part of the conference by senior policy makers, industry representatives and leading-edge researchers who will discuss how to create science solutions in Europe that can prevent diseases and reduce health risks for both ...Next phase reached in definition of Mars Sample Return mission
...d set of life detection instruments as well as the capability to drill into the Martian surface to search for si...step of the Phase A2 work will identify within the capability development paths, steps which might be accomplished through precursor missions. Such missions would...New crop of technology reveals plant health
...e. This system incorporates a wireless transceiver capability with embedded protocol software to minimise power consumption and maximise data throughput. What's more, these chips work wirelessly and contain their own batteries. They can communicate over large distances for their size, with a current range of ab...Tufts' David Walt named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...00 dollar instrument. How can we take that kind of capability out of the lab and into the high school or college classroom?"Walt hopes that over the next four years his new programs will attract undergraduates who traditionally do not pursue experimental science and will also underscore the importance of integr...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2006
... any changes that negatively affect photosynthetic capability will be detected. With a compact optoelectronic recording system, a cell modem and encrypted communications, coded messages can be transmitted to a remote location where appropriate action can be taken. This work was funded by the Defense Advanced Re...X chromosomes key to sex differences in health
...ences in the expression of X-linked genes have the capability to affect many other processes in the body as well. "It is likely that the contribution of cellular mosaicism to sex differences is not limited to disease," Dr. Migeon writes. "Recent studies have shown that sex affects the way a person's brain res...You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours: Chimps point to spot they'd like groomed
...c response from another, was considered beyond the capability of non-human primates in the wild. However, scientists have known for some time that animals use calls to refer to objects and events in the external world in a seemingly referential fashion, Mitani said. For example, an animal might utter distinct...Rare Chinese frogs communicate by means of ultrasonic sound
...e sounds exceeded their recording device's maximum capability of 128 kilohertz. Human ears hear sound waves generally no higher than 20 kilohertz. The frogs studied inhabit Huangshan Hot Springs, a popular scenic mountainous area, alive with noisy waterfalls and wildlife west of Shanghai. "Nature has a way of e...Companies license real-time pathogen detection technology developed at Kent State, NEOUCOM
...icine (NEOUCOM) and Kent State University with the capability of detecting bioterrorism agents and pathogens in food and water has led to two licensing agreements. These agreements bring the promise of new jobs and economic expansion in northeast Ohio and the state. Liquid crystal biosensor technology develop...Georgia Tech develops technology for more compact, inexpensive spectrometers
...re in our system. We have further demonstrated the capability of improving the throughput by using more complex holograms, which are recorded similar to less complex holograms, in our spectrometer without adding to the actual complexity of the system," Adibi added. The Georgia Tech team has a prototype for a lo...2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Press Conference Schedule
...and fish (and some invertebrates) depends on their capability to perceive sound [acoustic signals] of specific frequencies, which are often those of man-made noise. The often much louder human noise risks disturbing natural ecological processes by distorting, blocking, or damaging the animals' hearing. The Army......es, such as sturgeons and lampreys, electrosensory capability endured. "Most fish you see today have large eyes," Coates said. "But sharks arepredators that do not particularly rely on vision. If you see a hammerhead shark searching for flatfish, it moves its head back and forth, almost as if it were using a m...