Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
...g new strategies that improve the coordination and efficiency of HPE research. Intellectual: by designing innovative approaches to improve the appreciation among the disciplines of each others' scientific context, opportunities offered, and distinct methods and languages. "With this initiative we hope to rem...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
... more than quadruple the brightness and double the efficiency of existing LED systems and significantly reduce t...ion during melting and significantly improving the efficiency of smelting, foundry and casting operations. For links to longer project descriptions for each of...Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
... pasture supplements that improve the reproductive efficiency of mares, optimize growth in the young horses, enhance athletic performance, and protect and improve the land and waters. In addition, research projects also are being conducted that utilize the horse as a model for insulin resistance and skeletal de...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
... problems from different directions to improve the efficiency of bioconversion of plant fibers into fuels and other value added products. The new theme is the seventh to be chosen for the Institute for Genomic Biology under the direction of Harris A. Lewin, Gutgsell Endowed Chair in the department of animal sc...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2004
... and winter is expected to confirm that the gained efficiency results in lower electric bills. The residential testing of the frostless heat pump is enabled through collaboration with Modern Supply, a Knoxville-based heat pump distributor, which is providing the frostless heat pump units for purchase and instal...Technique for genetically modifying blood stem cells brings cure for blood diseases closer
...ite the promise of the lentivirus in improving the efficiency of human HSC gene transfer, some uncertainty remains as to whether this technique alone will result in enough genetically modified HSCs to produce enough red blood cells containing HbF to successfully treat beta-thalassemia in humans. However, Person...Horse auction raises $75,000 for research
... pasture supplements that improve the reproductive efficiency of mares, optimize growth in the young horses, enhance athletic performance, and protect and improve the land and waters. In addition, research projects are being conducted that utilize the horse as a model for insulin resistance and skeletal develop...Study demonstrates Cenestin reduces sleep disturbances/night sweats in post-menopausal women
...the efficacy of hormone therapy in improving sleep efficiency and wakenings....Nitric oxide is essential for animal development
By employing the efficiency of Drosophila genetics, researchers have discovered that nitric oxide (NO), a versatile signalling molecule involved in a diversity of clinically important cellular functions, is essential for an organism's development. NO has been the most intensel...Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
...w far "carbon sequestration" versus increased fuel efficiency would go toward a goal of reducing net U.S. carbon...carbon dioxide emissions. Thus, a doubling of fuel efficiency in such vehicles for example through hybrid gas-electric vehicles could achieve the goal of a 10 p...New source for heart bypass replacement blood vessels: Fibrin-based TEVs
... a scaffold for TEV because it shares high seeding efficiency (with smooth muscle cells, or SMCs) and uniform cell distribution. Indeed, in "contrast to collagen, fibrin stimulates synthesis of collagen and elastin and yields TEV constructs with improved mechanical properties, suggesting that fibrin may be a mo...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...to 80 percent efficiency, compared with 55 percent efficiency in the best central power plants. The system will be monitored over the two-year demonstration by the ORNL-Austin Energy-Burns & McDonnell team and the University of Texas at Austin. [Contact: Bill Cabage,865-574-4399; cabagewh@ornl.gov ] COMPUTING...Global warming: Informal networking is the key to a swift response
... and relationship factors, as much as in technical efficiency and strong leadership. The researchers found that organisations that make use of informal contact networks to build mutual trust are more flexible and are better equipped to deal with surprise shocks than those that rely on a rigid and more formal co...Multidrug-resitant bacteria found to be airborne in concentrated swine operation
... given to swine to promote growth and improve feed efficiency - not to treat actual swine disease. The airborne bacteria samples that were found to be multidrug-resistant were: Enterococcus, coagulase negative staphylococci and viridans group streptococci. These bacteria are associated with a variety of human i...Idaho lab, Utah company achieve major milestone in hydrogen research
... water, high-temperature electrolysis enhances the efficiency of the process by adding substantial external heat such as high-temperature steam from an advanced nuclear reactor system. Such a high-temperature system has the potential to achieve overall conversion efficiencies in the 45 percent to 50 percent ra...Canola study solves seed oil mystery
... than anyone thought. "Seeds achieve this high efficiency by using long-known biochemical reactions that are combined in an unconventional way, which had not been expected by biochemists," said Jrg Schwender, MSU plant biology professor and lead author of the study. The researchers studied canola (...... and robust lasers with high beam quality. The low efficiency of conventional fibre lasers in the past restricte...ess for lasers. For the first time this makes high efficiency laser sources that can be used as components in integrated optics available. The work of Andreas Tnn...Immune system contributes to evolution of a new fluorescent protein
...e of the library of mutant genes is limited by the efficiency with which we can introduce at most one mutant copy of the gene per cell. If two different mutant genes end up in the same cell, the effect of the good mutant would be diluted and masked by the not-so-good version." Another approach to gene alteratio...K-State professors develop vaccine to prevent abscess in liver of cattle
...ed feed intake, reduced weight gain decreased feed efficiency and decreased carcass yield. According to Nagaraja, reduced animal performance is the major economic impact of the problem.......onvert it to chemical energy at an energy transfer efficiency rate of approximately 97 percent. If scientists can create artificial versions of photosynthesis, the dream of solar power as a clean, efficient and sustainable source of energy for humanity could be realized. A potential pitfall for any sunlight-ha...