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...and gene expression is like the difference between computer hardware, which are the genes themselves, and computer software, which tells the computer what to do on the hardware," explained Storey. "We looked at what...Magnetic resonance microscopy research lands professor NSF award
...t small levels," Codd said. "We are able to create computer simulations based on physics about how fluids behave, but with MRM we can see inside objects to see if those simulations are correct and if that's how things really work." About the size of a small chest freezer tipped on end, the MRM device allows...Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships
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...ical imaging, drug carriers, contrast enhancers in computer tomography and X-ray absorbers in cancer therapy. Despite their promise, however, scientists have been plagued with problems making nontoxic gold nanoparticle constructs. Kattesh Katti, professor of radiology and physics in MU's School of Medicine ...Virtual duck bills demonstrate species coexistence
...To test his idea, Gurd created virtual bills using computer software typically used by engineers to design complex machinery. "The software allowed me to create exact, three-dimensional replicas of duck bills complete with articulating joints" said Gurd. "The replicas allowed me to determine the particle size...Early Europeans unable to stomach milk
...s in Europe probably lived in those areas. Through computer simulations and DNA testing we are beginning to get glimpses of the bigger early European picture."...Weizmann Institute scientists discover genes that can slow cell division and may fight cancer
... collaboration between physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and biologists the sort of multidisciplinary research for which the Weizmann Institute has gained a global reputation yielded some startling results. They found that following the receipt of the growth factor signal, cell activity takes...Fruit flies may pave way to new treatments for age-related heart disease
...h Martin Fink and Wayne Giles at UCSD to develop a computer program that would allow the automated quantification of heart beat parameters and arrhythmias from the video images," Bodmer said. In addition, collaborations with H.S. Vincent Chen at Burnham and Soichiro Yasuda and Joseph Metzger of the University...Killing the messenger RNA -- But which one?
...hey should be. "This confirmed that our original computer prediction of differential targeting by unedited and edited microRNAs of different sets of genes is likely to be correct," Nishikura says. "And in at least the case of the one gene we investigated, this differential has physiological consequences see...Microfluidic chip helps solve cellular mating puzzle
Using a biochemical version of a computer chip, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has ...place of the microscopic electrical circuitry of a computer chip, their device consists of a series of tiny channels and chambers, some 20 times smaller than th...Biologically inspired sensors can augment sonar, vision system in submarines
... Willett Scholar and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois. "Our goal is to develop an artificial device that mimics the functions and capabilities of the biological system." In fish, the lateral line provides guidance for synchronized swimming, predator and obstacle avoidance, and pr...New research finds people and pigeons see eye to eye
...ons and people used corner information more than a computer programmed to extract the most useful information for recognizing the object pictures, which suggests that the pigeons and people were using comparable information. When members of different species respond similarly to the same visual information,...Primitive yeast yields secrets of human cholesterol and drug metabolism
...art in humans by looking for similar proteins in a computer database and repeated their experiments in human kidney cells engineered to lack the human version of Dap1. As in yeast, the altered human cells accumulated cholesterol precursors and died because cholesterol is essential for cell survival. To show...Robotic cameras join search for 'Holy Grail of bird-watching'
...ations research, and of electrical engineering and computer sciences, will present initial samples from this v...tudent, Dezhen Song, now an assistant professor of computer science at Texas A&M, are co-principal investigators of the project. In the early stages of the vi...Computer scientists join in search for ivory-billed woodpecker
...sion find the rare ivory-billed woodpecker. The computer scientists Dr. Dezhen Song, assistant professor i...s of its computer, Logic Supply Inc.'s S-625F. The computer as well as the cameras are housed in weatherproof cases. "If you put a normal computer out there,...Computer program bridges gap between scientists, water policy makers
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- A computer visualization tool developed by Arizona State University researchers can simulate the effects environmental and policy factors have on the future of water availability in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The program, called WaterSim, will be demonstrat......try to understand what makes animals tick, certain computer scientists and engineers look to the natural world...chines. Ongoing research has already produced some computer programs and robots that can learn from experience and adapt their behaviour to a complex, constantl...'Smart' prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
...hue said. Thanks to advances in biology, medicine, computer science and engineering, we can repair the human n...between the brain and an external device such as a computer or a wheelchair. One example of a BCI is BrainGate, the mind-to-movement system that got its start...... Johns Hopkins, have developed and validated a new computer tool. The system, described in the Feb. 16 issue...on with breast and ovarian cancer was unknown, the computer tool demonstrated an accuracy rate exceeding 94 percent in identifying protein functions that are be...