MIT: Nanocomposities yield strong, stretchy fibers
...ure provides extra mechanical support and prevents degradation of the material even at high temperatures. One possible use for such barriers is in fuel cells. The U.S. military is interested in such materials for use in possible applications such as tear-resistant films or other body-armor components. The mili...Research to spotlight carbon monoxide benefits
... bruise, where various colour changes indicate the degradation of haemoglobin and release of carbon monoxide. The slow release of carbon monoxide reduces blood pressure for someone who has angina, for instance. "This work is very much in its infancy. We became involved because some of our organometallic compou......and filling their eggs with the water of life the degradation of yolk proteins from one of the duplicated genes ...nctional end points of the vitellogenin fractional degradation during the final stages of oogenesis, a period that prepares the egg for spawning and fertilization....JCI table of contents: January 25, 2006
...lular proteins) and one of the by-products of heme degradation is carbon monoxoide. Surprisingly, like the induction of HO-1 expression, administration of carbon monoxide to mice already suffering the symptoms of EAE decreased disease. The authors therefore suggest that modulating HO-1 expression or administerin...Carbon monoxide protects mice from multiple sclerosis
...lular proteins) and one of the by-products of heme degradation is carbon monoxoide. Surprisingly, like the induction of HO-1 expression, administration of carbon monoxide to mice already suffering the symptoms of EAE decreased disease. The authors therefore suggest that modulating HO-1 expression or administerin...Man-made proteins could be more useful than real ones
...e and stability problems outside the body and from degradation inside the body. -peptides may be more stable than traditional protein drugs and would not be recognized by the proteases that destroy proteins in the cell." Schepartz said their discovery that the -peptide Zwit1-F structurally resembles natural pe...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...f hypotonic solution stabilized the normally rapid degradation of SP1, suggesting that changes in SP1 turnover may regulate p75NTR expression in response to stress. 2. Sexually Dimorphic Brain Development in Infants John H. Gilmore, Weili Lin, Marcel W. Prastawa, Christopher B. Looney, Y. Sampath K. Vetsa,...Human's ecological footprint in 2015 and Amazonia revealed
...," say the scientists. Amazonia revealed: forest degradation and the loss of ecosystem goods and services in the Amazon Basin Also appearing in the February issue of Frontiers, researchers review newly revealed changes in the Amazon rainforests and the ecosystem services they provide. The Amazon Basin is o...Angelman syndrome deficits rescued in mice
...protein encoded by UBE3A "tags" other proteins for degradation by the cellular "garbage disposal," the proteasome. "The most difficult thing to rationalize was that this housekeeping gene which nobody thought did anything caused severe mental retardation," said Weeber, an assistant professor of Molecular Phy...DNA ends: Common tool, different job
...e-strand breaks would result in either unregulated degradation or end-to-end fusions. Such repair events are lethal for the genome, and in certain settings, can promote the development of cancer. About 10 years ago, Lundblad discovered that Cdc13, a protein that binds single-stranded telomeric DNA, plays a cen...JCI table of contents: February 15, 2006
... point to a pivotal role for Hsp90 in aberrant tau degradation and potentially in tau refolding. Unlike many drugs, EC102 is able to cross the blood-brain barrier, making it a highly promising therapeutic candidate for AD and other conditions in which tau accumulates in abnormally high levels in the brain. TIT...Changes in west coast marine ecosystems significant
...year to year, 2006 saw an unexpected expansion and degradation in oxygen conditions. At least 3,000 square kilometers of the continental shelf along the Oregon coast were affected. "This latest hypoxic event," he added, "was off the charts." Nature threw a different wrinkle at the California Current system in ...AAAS Oceans Panel examines advances in science and technology to boost fishery sustainability
...f sustainable fisheries and minimize environmental degradation within an ecosystem. Moderated by Dr. Terry Quinn and Dr. Vidar Wespestad, the Scientific Advisor for the American Fisheries Research Foundation, the panel includes speakers from Alaska, Hawaii, Norway, Seattle, Rhode Island, Montana and Indiana w...Scientist advocates increased fisheries data gathering
...f sustainable fisheries and minimize environmental degradation within an ecosystem. Adkison's presentation will center on why collecting data is important to accurately assess the health and population of various fisheries. His presentation is called "Model Complexity vs. Data Quality: Are Our Models Too Complex...AAAS panel will focus on the impact of livestock production on the planet
...onmental problems with these operations, from land degradation and air and water pollution to loss of biodiversity," he said, noting that the developing world is especially vulnerable to the effects of these operations. Intensive and extensive systems Symposium co-organizer Henning Steinfeld of the FAO Li...Proteasome activator enhances survival of Huntington's disease neuronal model cells
...hat enhancing UPS function would improve catalytic degradation of abnormal proteins in HD. We first genetically e...ators involved in either non-ubiquitinated protein degradation pathways (PA28) or subunits of PA700, the 26S proteasome ubiquitinated pathway (S5a) into transducib...In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time
...the early years of the 1979 revolution, along with degradation of habitat due to livestock grazing, have pushed this important predator to the brink of extinction. Historically cheetahs have played a significant role in Iranian culture, being trained by its emperors to hunt gazelles in ancient times. Iranian bi...Monochloramine treatment not as effective in protecting drinking water
...ne, because it is more reactive, can lead to rapid degradation of chemical threats as well as early detection of contamination. As it reacts with a contaminant, chlorine levels in the water drop. Many municipalities use chlorine levels as indicators of possible contamination. Monochloramine also requires mor...Bacterium could treat PCBs without the need for dredging
...rogen, which fuels their growth and begins the PCB degradation process. The discovery of the Dhc bacterias unique abilities could one day alter the way we treat PCB contaminated water bodies, according to Bedard. "Now that we have identified the PCB-dechlorinating bacteria and learned how to cultivate them...Genes and groups of genes commonly shared between species, studies show
...ntal processes such as acid mine drainage, or even degradation of cellulose for ethanol production by microbial communities," added Banfield. In their new paper, the researchers combine metagenomics with strain-resolved shotgun proteomics to show that different organisms are exchanging large blocks of their ge...