Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...y. The device can be rolled, twisted, folded, or cut into any number of shapes with no loss of mechanical integrity or efficiency. The paper batteries can also be stacked, like a ream of printer paper, to boost the total power output. Its essentially a regular piece of paper, but its made in a very i...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...tors that copy DNA during cell division. This will cut off the genetic information flow that tumours need... the case of solid tumours, surgery can be used to cut out the cancerous tissue, while radiation therapy can kill the malignant cells, and chemotherapy sto...No evidence that widely prescribed statins protect against prostate cancer
...tins a top-selling drug class, worldwide -- might cut ones risk of developing prostate cancer by reducing production of the male hormones that fuel cancer growth. Researchers from the New England Research Institutes found that while men using statins did indeed have lower blood levels of androgens su...Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant
...emical smog pollution worse. This means we need to cut pollution emissions more than if there were no climate change. In our future research, we will see if the same is true for particulate matter and mercury, Adams said....AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...scal year beginning 1 October 2007 that would have cut overall basic and applied research investment for ...d rise 9.2% under House measures, compared to a 3% cut proposed by the Bush administration. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration R&D, for exampl...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
... technical feasibility of achieving the 10 percent cut by 2020. They identified six scenarios based on a variety of different technologies that could meet or exceed this goal, and concluded that the goal was ambitious but attainable. At the end of June, the California Air Resources Board voted to start w...New grants bolster efforts to generate faster and cheaper tools for DNA sequencing
... complex diseases. Ultimately, NHGRIs vision is to cut the cost of whole-genome sequencing to $1,000 or less, which will enable the sequencing of individual genomes as part of routine medical care. The ability to sequence an individual genome cost-effectively could enable health care professionals to tai...Pets could be source of multiresistant bacteria infections in humans, MU researchers investigate
...ome dangerous when they enter the tissue through a cut or puncture, producing a serious infection. In some cases, the bacteria can cause life-threatening problems, such as bloodstream infections or pneumonia. While the infections are most often found in patients after hospitalization, there is an increas...Presence of wolves allows aspen recovery in Yellowstone
... 1995, and elk populations began a steady decline, cut in half over the past decade. Also, the presence of a natural predator appears to have altered the behavior of the remaining elk, which in their fear of wolves tend to avoid browsing in certain areas where they feel most vulnerable. The two factors t...Bull's-eye -- Programs targeting math, science teacher shortage may get boost
...ong 29 higher-education institutions that made the cut from 52 higher-learning establishments across the country vying for the opportunity to receive NMSI funding over a five-year period to establish their own successful math and science teacher-training programs. UH already has a head start with its...Immune system 'escape hatch' gives cancer cells traction
... and now that we have identified it, we can try to cut it off before T-cell tolerance develops, or you can reverse it, says Schneck. Plans are underway to investigate the binding receptors of MDCSs and different anticancer drugs for their ability to lower levels of MDSCs and to explore the role of MDSC...'Virtual' mouse brains now available online
...l actually in the skull," he said. "It hasn't been cut by a knife. It has not been dehydrated and distorted as it would be in conventional histological techniques." Using computer-guided statistical methods, the data can be segmented into more than 30 anatomical structures with quantitative volume mea...Mother-of-pearl -- Classic beauty and remarkable strength
...vage planes - like those that form the facets of a cut diamond - where a single crystal can easily break. "It is intuitive that a poly-crystal is mechanically stronger than a single crystal, so perhaps that is an advantage for the animal," Gilbert says. With this new information about nacre structure ...Support for chromosomal theory of cancer found in cancers' development of drug resistance
...t those you could tell wouldn't work. If you could cut chemotherapy drug toxicity in half or two-thirds, and direct it better at cancer, that is some progress. But it is not a cure." Duesberg and colleagues discuss the major problem of drug resistance in cancer and how it supports the chromosomal theor...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 20, 2007
...y supports stopping and restarting school buses to cut emissions New medicines for Fido and Fluffy ...y supports stopping and restarting school buses to cut emissions Environmental Science & Technology New evidence reported in ACSs Environmental Scienc...Neuroblastoma expert reviews progress and challenges in fighting difficult pediatric cancer
...e in on cancer cells, angiogenesis inhibitors that cut off a tumor's blood supply, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors that interrupt a critical step in the tumors growth process. These approaches are targeted therapies--aimed in highly selective ways at cancer cells, but sparing healthy cells, said Maris....On-farm research shows farmers that they can use less nitrogen
...chle of Garden of Eden Farm in Philadelphia, N.Y., cut the excess nitrogen in his applications in the 200...l showed I was just wasting money to apply more. I cut back, and that has saved me about $10-$12 per acre." And when farmer Dan Mulvaney used only 30 lbs...New findings challenge established views about human genome
...the phenomenon that the same RNA transcript can be cut at two or more different positions to make different products, is very common in humans. It is unlikely, however, that alternative splicing adds substantially to the variety of functions and structures among proteins. Over the next couple of years ...Study helps preserve Arctic whale, Eskimo subsistence hunt
... said. "In Indiana, for example, if people have to cut back on the number of white-tailed deer or other game species that can be hunted, there is little effect on people's lives. In this case, if the bowhead hunt is stopped or the quota reduced significantly, it could really impact people's lives in a ma...Now, self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again
...cal circulatory systems. In the same manner that a cut in the skin triggers blood flow to promote healing, a crack in these new materials will trigger the flow of healing agent to repair the damage, said Nancy Sottos, a Willett Professor of materials science and engineering, and the corresponding author ...