Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...er deciliter (100 parts per billion) for 2010. The departments Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently estimates that 300,000 American children, aged one to five years, have lead blood levels greater than the 2010 objective. Research reports also provide evidence of adverse effects at an even ...A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80 percent slowing down of HIV spread
...MANINVEST S.L. staffing scientists from the UGR departments of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Parasitology, as well as a coordinating economist is carrying out research on technology implementation and business programmes tuning aimed at making manitol and maslinic and oleanolic acids programmes more pr...Military bases can benefit by addressing sprawl issues and biodiversity
...h organization, to assess the effectiveness of the departments Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative ...ing or testing operations. REPI allows military departments to partner with state and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations, like conserv...Alzheimer's drug based on Purdue -- designed inhibitor begins clinical trials
...CTS-21166. Ghosh, who has dual appointments in the departments of chemistry and medicinal chemistry, is a scientific co-founder of the company with Jordan Tang, the J.G. Puterbaugh Chair in Medical Research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The collaborative work of Ghosh and Tang led to the develop...UD awarded $11M for osteoarthritis research and unique mentoring program for women scientists
...lty in three of UD's seven colleges, including the departments of biological sciences and physical therapy in the College of Arts and Sciences, mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, and health, nutrition and exercise sciences in the College of Health Sciences. Researchers from Alfred I. duPont Ho...Fusing imaging technologies creates 'synergy,' helps diagnose heart disease accurately
...Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Program at the departments of Medicine and Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. "The idea is to combine two different images of the heart obtained by two different techniques: single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and cardiac computed to...Swabs not reliable for detecting lead dust in homes
...d dust, or contaminated soil. Some county health departments across the nation use LeadCheck Swabs as an educational tool, recommending the kits to mothers bringing home infants from the hospital. The swabs are sold at many retailers; they cost about $1.30 each when purchased in bulk. They are popular among co...Study identifying alteration in gene associated with uterine cancer
...t in endometrial cancer and a professor within the departments of surgery, genetics and obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine, and Dr. Pollock are planning additional studies to investigate whether two drugs currently in Phase I trials for other cancers inhibit endometrial cell gr...Dr. Michael Petrides: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
... James McGill Professor, holds appointments in the departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Psychology at McGill University. He is director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and an MNI Killam Scholar. He is being honored for his seminal research on working mem...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers awarded $27M for TB research
... contract will bring together investigators in the departments of Medicine, Genetics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Case with investigators at the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation in Bethesda, MD, Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Public Health R...No sign that ethnic groups' genes cause diabetes, international research team says
...inition of genetic groups. He is on faculty in the departments of anthropology and Chicano/Latino Studies in the School of Social Sciences. He is also on the faculty of UCI's Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC), the first medical education program in the country designed to meet the...ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State
...ludes 145 faculty members with ties to 18 academic departments and 19 research centers and institutes across campus. Those researchers have attracted more than $57 million in sponsored research funding since 2002. The ConocoPhillips research program will add to that total. "Iowa State University, with its cent...National Academies host spring season of Distinctive Voices programs in Irvine, Calif.
... Nancy E. Adler is professor of psychology in the departments of psychiatry and pediatrics; vice chair of the department of psychiatry; and the director of the Center for Health and Community at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a member of the Institute of Medicine. Tech Myths: Wha...New science of metagenomics 'will transform modern microbiology'
...elsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, departments of plant pathology and bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and co-chair of the committee that wrote the report. "Shedding light on thousands of new microorganisms will lead to new biological concepts as well as practical applications for...2007 Amgen Biochemical Engineering Award
...emical Engineering and further appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology. Professor Georgious research has had a profound impact in protein engineering, protein-based therapeutics and on the fundamental under...Accolades for York's commitment to women in science
...ccasion, of moving but when you look at some other departments and realise that there is only one woman there, you do wonder about the atmosphere." She believes that the supportive environment owes much to successive heads of department. Incremental changes in procedure and practice have also helped to ease th...Computer scientists join in search for ivory-billed woodpecker
...r. Kenneth Y. Goldberg, professor in UC Berkeley's departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research developed the robot, Automated Collaborative Observatory for Natural Environments (ACONE), to scan the skies near Brinkley, Ark., for birds. "If th...Merck and AAAS announce 2007 winners of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
... years, for joint use by the biology and chemistry departments at each recipient institution. This year's winners are Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Davidson College, N.C.; Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.; Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.; Rhodes College, Memphi...Protein discovery targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...r RdoA a team of professors and students from the departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology & Immunology has opened up possibilities for new drug development. Our group is the first to solve the structure and to begin to understand the function of this particular protein, says Dr. Nancy Martin (Microbiolo...'Biomimetic Technologies' project will create first soft-bodied robots
...onsortium of seven Tufts faculty members from five departments in the School of Engineering and the School of Arts and Sciences. The project has just been awarded a grant of $730,000 from the W.M. Keck Foundation. According to Kaplan, the project will bring together biology, bioengineering and micro/nano fabr...