32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...ncorporates new techniques of crystal seed growth, coupled with advanced thermal gradient control, and new crucible designs, to grow large high-quality, AlN crystal boules. CytImmune Sciences, Inc. (Rockville, Md.) The In Vitro Production of Human Monoclonal AntibodiesDevelop a semi-synthetic human im...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...rst major breakthrough, the Emory researchers have coupled the life of a bacterium to the presence of theophylline, a compound that is used to treat asthma, and is produced by the breakdown of caffeine in both coffee and tea plants. One of the reasons that coffee has a high level of caffeine is that in the p...Experimental drug prevents vaginal simian HIV transmission in monkeys Science study says
...eriments suggests that CCR5-inhibition -- alone or coupled with other approaches -- might prevent sexual HIV transmission between humans, according to the authors. The majority of HIV infections are acquired via transmission across mucosal surfaces, especially the vagina and rectum, and substances that prev...Scientists identify new cause of obesity
...e body's urge to eat. MC4R is known as a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), about 350 of which are present in the human genome. These receptor's sense signals such as light, chemicals or hormones, and mutations in the receptors are implicated in many diseases. The new research provides the first evidence of ...... Another group of researchers used neuroimaging coupled with measurements of human behavior to investigate the autistic brain. Nicole Gage, PhD, at the University of California , Irvine , used magnetoencephalography ( MEG ) to explore the neural correlates of sound sensitivity and language deficits in aut...Powerful 'toolkit' developed for functional profiling of yeast genes
...ne, and allows researchers to identify genes whose coupled elimination kills the yeast. Many laboratories are already using the "single knock-out" yeast collections, but postdoctoral fellow Xuewen Pan, Ph.D., found a way to protect the genetic integrity of the collection so that repeated experiments will pro...JCI table of contents, November 15 2004
...elopment of insulin resistance in muscle and liver coupled with the progressive failure of beta cells in the pancreas to produce sufficient quantities of insulin to overcome the increasing resistance. In the November 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a study by Charlotte Ling ...Aging affects susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
...elopment of insulin resistance in muscle and liver coupled with the progressive failure of beta cells in the pancreas to produce sufficient quantities of insulin to overcome the increasing resistance. In the November 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a study by Charlotte Ling and colleagu...Tiny plant a model for commercially important trees
...een sequenced. This wealth of genomic information coupled with the variety of research techniques and other resources that have been developed for use with Arabidopsis make this small weed a powerful model. Despite its diminutive size, Arabidopsis produces wood that closely resembles that produced by comme...New study by UGA researcher shows that Salmonella uses hydrogen as an energy source
...iated, hydrogen-utilizing enzymes in Salmonella is coupled to a respiratory pathway that uses oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor. This permits growth of the pathogen. Maier believed that these enzymes might enable bacteria to glean energy from the splitting of molecular hydrogen. Because the hig...US researchers warn of possible fertility risk to men using laptop computers on their laps
...he increasing popularity of laptop computers (LC), coupled with existing evidence that elevated scrotal temperature can result in sperm damage, prompted researchers from the State University of New York at Stony Brook to undertake the first study into the effect of heat from LC on scrotal temperature. T...Study in Royal Society journal on first evidence for magnetic field detection in sharks
...n. Strikingly stronger shells in the lake species, coupled with the occurence of large crabs with crusher claws, suggest a unique role for coevolution in this new model system for the study of adaptive radiation. In addition, highly diverse radulae (snail rasping organ) in the lakes indicates that the develo...NASA finds trees and insect outbreaks affect carbon dioxide levels
...ging of periodic droughts and heat waves, possibly coupled with herbivorous insect outbreaks, as among the most important causes of ecosystem disturbances in North America," Potter said. According to scientists, the reason insects affect the planet's carbon dioxide level is that the six-legged creatures eat ...MSI reveals invention for detection and precise quantification of molecules
...es tadpoles because they consist of a protein head coupled to a DNA tail. The head binds the specific target molecule, while the DNA tail lets us count the number of target molecules." Dr. Ian Burbulis, a researcher at MSI, devised the tadpole molecules and is the first author of the paper. According to Dr. ...Study in Royal Society journal on managing GM crops for environmental benefit
...ia law for spectral stability of solitary waves in coupled nonlinear Schrdinger equations by Professor DE Pel... developed in context of the Hamiltonian system of coupled nonlinear Schrdinger equations. The linear eigenvalue problem for a non-self-adjoint operator is stu...Research may speed development of new oral drugs for fertility treatments
...n the field of glycoprotein hormones and G-protein coupled receptors," said Dias in an interview. "For ten years we have had the 'key.' That is, the crystal structure of the hormone.... Now we not only have the lock, but the key in the lock," he said. Researchers are equally excited by the architectural blue...Foot-eye coordination: Visual signals trigger rapid step adjustments without falls
...step "ballistic throw" of the body that is tightly coupled to intended foot placement. Mid-step deviation of the foot would upset this coupling and could lead to a fall. However, no subjects fell, suggesting visuo-motor and balance processes are fully integrated. This may be advantageous for bipedal locomot...UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns
...eart structure. In addition, the progenitor cells coupled with neighboring cardiac muscle cells with resulting normal electrical heart beats. "Another important discovery was the ability to expand the few cells found in a newborn heart, into millions of cells in lab culture dishes," Laugwitz said. "This i...Study shows naturally occurring proteins protect against rapid tumor growth
...ood vessels. Based on these earlier findings, and coupled with two separate clinical observations that Down syndrome patients have a significantly smaller incidence of cancer than the population-at-large and that nonsymptomatic microscopic tumors exist in the organs of healthy individuals Kalluri hypothes...Scientists discover how climate change causes the simultaneous boom or bust of multiple populations
... of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. The researchers coupled their detailed field studies and ecological knowledge with statistical analyses of data that Hudson had obtained from the owners of 100 individual estates in Northern England, where populations of Red Grouse have been maintained as game birds for mor...