Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...ountries. Some applications are now so simple and cheap they can start replacing older, cumbersome, time-consuming and expensive health care technologies in poorer countries. The 10 most promising cutting-edge technologies for health in developing countries: Easy-to-use molecular diagnostic tests for TB...ASU gets grant to develop high speed DNA sequence reader
...Williams said the project could lead to relatively cheap machines that can read the genome for use in research, and it could possibly bring the technology to the brink of clinical use. Williams will be working with Sergei Aksyonov, Ian Gould and Mark Hayes of ASU; Mike Bittner of Translational Genomics Res...Reduced fish stocks linked to increased bushmeat trade, wildlife declines in W. Africa
...nt measures are needed to develop local sources of cheap protein alternatives to offset demand for wildlife harvest. But, he adds, until the larger issue of international fish export agreements, increased populations and increased demand for food is addressed, local-level efforts to prevent the extinction...The death of a very special chimpanzee
...s steeply, sequencing other individuals will be so cheap that preserving biological material from the first individual of a species to be sequenced will be unnecessary, she says. "We are pushing for the $1000 genome, then the $100 genome."...Missing micronutrients - How best to nourish a child?
...evolution" greatly expanded access to cereals as a cheap and available sources of energy, it also has had a downside, according to Montague Demment, as cereals became abundant and cheap. Both Demment and Allen argue that use of animal source foods should be given more attention. In an era when the consumpt...Desert plant may help treat insidious tropical diseases
...p those extracts into effective compounds that are cheap and readily available, and that can be taken by mouth." Werbovetz conducted the study with Manar Salem, a doctoral candidate in medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy. The two presented their findings on P. arborescens on March 16 in San Diego at the ...'Free-for-all' illegal logging of mahogany in Peruvian parks, says Duke-based monitoring group
...e wood right there, they will also offer only very cheap prices," Fagan said. "A community leader might get $30 to $60 worth of overpriced goods for a mature mahogany tree which on the international market could be worth thousands." According to the ParksWatch report, trade of illegal mahogany violates int...Social amoeba sheds light on communication in human brain
... for drugs that function like Valium would be very cheap and could identify potential drugs within hours." Individual cells of Dictyostelium usually live independently, but when food is scarce the cells form spores. During spore formation, up to one hundred thousand cells cooperate with each other t...Extravagant but worthless gifts help a guy get the girl
...-term interest in. And girls won't be impressed by cheap gifts. By offering expensive but worthless gifts, such as dinners and theatre trips, the male pays no cost if the invitation isn't accepted. Girls that don't find a guy attractive are less likely to take up the invitation because it would mean spendi...California Institute researchers unveil computer graphics innovations at SIGGRAPH
... produce in the future." The research also assumes cheap and easy processing of large numbers of images, and the ability to create photographs that combine information from a number of sensed images. Emerging Technologies Calit2 researchers will also have a high-profile presence in SIGGRAPH's "Emerging ...Nanostructured Materials: Environmental, Energy and Sensing Applications
...demonstrated to allow atmospheric monitoring with cheap chemoresistant sensors. The production of energy through fossil fuels combustion is a large contributor to pollution. New environmentally friendly devices for alternative production of energy must be developed to reduce environmental harm. The dev...It's electric: Cows show promise as powerplants
...st that cow waste is a promising fuel source. It's cheap and plentiful, and it may someday be a useful source of sustainable energy in developing parts of the world." While the source of energy for the fuel cell used in these studies is somewhat unique, microbial fuel cells aren't a new idea; other scienti...Fuel cells might get hydrogen from water, organic material
...hile it's a relatively easy process, it's not dirt cheap either." But, Abu-Omar speculated, producing organosilanes in larger quantities would bring the price down, and the byproduct - silanol - also could be recycled or sold to lessen the overall cost. "On today's chemical market, silanol is even more exp...Method slashes quantum dot costs by 80 percent
...r fluids could be substituted for ODE. "They were cheap and they didn't break down at high temperatures, but no one uses these compounds for chemical reactions," said Wong. In addition to finding that other quantum dot nanostructures could be made in heat- transfer fluids, the team concluded that any solv...Research: In environmental policy, we get what we pay for
...s more pollution reduction from sources where it's cheap to clean up, and it cuts slack for sources when it's very expensive to reduce pollution." One example is the 1990 acid rain program, which combined a market-based approach with an overall emission cap of 50 percent. Companies who achieved cleanup ine...UC Davis study with mice links thimerosal with immune system dysfunction
...ticularly sensitive to thimerosal. Thimerosal is a cheap and effective mercury-based preservative. Its potential effects on embryonic neuron development led to its removal from many pediatric vaccines. However, it is still used in influenza, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines, blood products and many over-the...Human albumin from tobacco plants
...ny interested in marketing it. An efficacious and cheap alternative Commercial albumin is currently extracted from blood, but the lack of sufficient reserves to cover all worldwide needs has instigated researchers to look for new formulae to multiply this protein. One of the methods most used has been th...Plants give pests sock in the gut
... has potential global implications in generating a cheap and highly effective way of controlling crop pests. Other authors of the paper include Tibor Pechan, Srinidi Mohan, Renuka Shivaji, Lorena Lopez, Alberto Camas, Erin Bassford, Seval Ozkan, Peter Ma, all at Mississippi State University; and W. Paul...Popular pill for inducing labor found effective, but concerns remain
...be refrigerated, whereas misoprostol is relatively cheap and can be stored at room temperature. Off-label use is thus especially attractive in developing countries and is likely to continue. "In those situations, clinicians should use as low a dose as possible and report serious adverse outcomes," say the...Salk scientists untangle steroid hormone signaling in plants
...ds work at the molecular level may one day lead to cheap and simple ways to bulk up crop harvests. Likewise, since low brassinolide levels are associated with dwarfism, manipulating hormone levels during dormant seasons may allow growers to control the height of grasses, trees or other plants, thereby elim...