Europe's leading life science researchers are to convene for the first annual EuroBioForum
... better understand the effects of the thousands of chemicals we are exposed to everyday in today's world, VITRO...ovide an advanced testing framework for industrial chemicals produced today and in the future, using computer and cell-based arrays that may reduce the need for ...U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
...nthesis gas, or syngas, because it is used to make chemicals and fuels, including gasoline. The new process works 10 to 100 times faster than current technology, with no input of fossil fuels and in reactors at least 10 times smaller than current models. The work could significantly improve the efficiency of f...Microbes compete with animals for food by making it stink
...ith large animal scavengers by producing repugnant chemicals that deter higher species from consuming valuable ...s. But their role as classic consumers who produce chemicals to compete with larger animals could be an important and common interaction within many ecosystems -...A potential biological cause for sudden infant death syndrome
...cells that make and use serotonin, one of over 100 chemicals in the brain that transmit messages from one nerve cell to another. Based on their findings, Kinney, Paterson and colleagues hope to develop a diagnostic test to identify infants at risk for SIDS. They also envision a drug or other type of treatme...MIT engineers probe spiders' polymer art
... water-soluble or insoluble, resistant to heat and chemicals and very strong. Silk protein solution consists of 30-40 percent polymers; the rest is water. The spider's silk-producing glands are capable of synthesizing large fibrous proteins and processing those proteins into an insoluble fiber. "The amazing...Bee genome information housed at Texas A&M University
...puts in the form of potentially dangerous or toxic chemicals in the environment," Weaver said. Also, since scientists perceive the bee as a model organism to study human health and disease, the genome could also lead to medical breakthroughs in humans, he said. Two new technologies that represent a signifi...Unique imaging uncovers the invisible world where surfaces meet
...e vibrations and using them to map the movement of chemicals within the molecules. Before she can witness any action, though, she has to detect all the parts involved. Using a device called a synchrotron, Hirschmugl can probe what she could not with a normal microscope. The synchrotron emits energy at all spe...UC Davis scientists' groundbreaking research: Mate-attracting chemicals
...logy. The research could lead to designing better chemicals to attract insects and designing better chemicals to suppress insect communication. That is because insects communicate or smell through their antenna...Different strategies underlie the ecology of microbial invasions
...sms of killing competitors: through the release of chemicals (for example, antibiotics or bacteriocins) and through the release of parasites (for example, bacterial viruses, known as phages). Focusing on the second mechanism in an experimental setting, the researchers showed that even though some of the invadi...Gene variation affects pain sensitivity and risk of chronic pain
...roduces dopamine and several other nerve-signaling chemicals (neurotransmitters). It also plays other important roles in the body. However, this study is the first to show that GCH1 and BH4 play a role in pain. The investigators tested the effects of GTP cyclohydrolase and BH4 in several animal models of p...Critical hearing gene helps send auditory messages to brain
...s a calcium-sensing protein involved in release of chemicals by sensory neurons elsewhere in the body. Their current study provides additional evidence to confirm that notion. They now report that otoferlin activity in the cochlea occurs only in the inner hair cells, where it concentrates in the ribbon-assoc...Scientists identify switch for brain's natural anti-oxidant defense
...creasing amounts of paraquat or hydrogen peroxide, chemicals that cause oxidative stress and cell damage. The result: many more brain cells survived the assault than did cells without the extra PGC-1a activity to augment their defenses. Because PGC-1a has now been shown both to rev up energy production in the...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
...ther studies on issues such as arsenic and deicing chemicals in glacial deposit aquifers; radon and uranium in ...d Range and California coastal basin; agricultural chemicals in Florida and the northern Atlantic coastal plain; and the effects of pumping, irrigation and artif...Grape seed extract halts cell cycle, checking growth of colorectal tumors in mice
...uch more investigation will be needed before these chemicals can be tested as a human cancer treatment and preventive," he said. The skin and seeds of grapes are a rich source of proanthocyanidins, a class of antioxidant flavonoids that remove harmful free oxygen radicals from cells. Grape products (juice and...Biofuel cells without the bio cells
...s humming. Some are enzymes that taxi electrons to chemicals outside the cell, to discharge excess energy generated during metabolism. This maintains energy flow in the cell and, in turn, keeps the cell alive. The process has worked a little like that slogan for a hyper-electrified desert gambling town: What ...Using chemistry to predict the dynamics of clotting in human blood
...aborate spatial environment, where localization of chemicals is very important," he said. Microfluidic technolo... the three major stages of clotting: production of chemicals that activate clotting, the inhibition of these activators, and formation of the solid clot. In thi...UVa researchers seek to unlock broccoli's cancer fighting secret
...to prevent cancer, then these nutrients or similar chemicals could be turned into anti-cancer compounds," she says. The incorporation of these compounds into a cancer prevention treatment that comes in a pill or liquid form could enhance the concept of stopping cancers before they start. For Cross, there is...New research to cut animal testing
...hat are tested on animals but also ensure harmless chemicals that could prove to be useful new drugs are not fa...them, then we will be able to reduce the number of chemicals that are tested on live animals."...Of I robots go solar; new system could drastically reduce herbicide use
...al benefits. In addition to cutting herbicide use, chemicals do not drift off-target when placed directly on the plants. The original inspiration for this robot came several years ago, when Tian and two graduate students were working on remote sensing systems for a CFAR (Council on Food and Agricultural Rese...Images develop clinical applications for new DESI technology
...eliminated the need for samples to be treated with chemicals and specially contained. This tool has a wide range of applications and could be used in the future to address many medical issues, said Graham Cooks, Purdue's Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry in whose lab DESI was devel...