Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...crobe, Thermus aquaticus, which has revolutionized forensics and other fields by making the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) a routine procedure. Remarkably, the new genus and species Cab. thermophilum also belongs to a new phylum, Acidobacteria. The discovery marks only the third time in the past 100 year...Innovative research technique reveals another natural wonder in Yellowstone Park
...e microbe, Thermus aquaticus, which revolutionized forensics and other fields by making the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) a routine procedure. ...Jefferson scientist's patent dramatically improves
...discovery could have a range of applications, from forensics to cloning to bioterrorism. Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery and colleague Scott Kern, M.D., at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, have developed a technique that makes a DNA separation technique called electrophoresis five...Standardized house dust aids health researchers
...y, environmental monitoring, electronics, criminal forensics and dozens of other fields. ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2007
...o the victim's killer. A team led by Arpad Vass, a forensics expert in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Biosciences Division, started by identifying 478 specific volatile compounds associated with burial decomposition and narrowed these down to the top 30 in order of perceived importance for finding buried bodi...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2006
...LOGY -- New DNA detector . . . Disease diagnosis, forensics and environmental monitoring are among the areas likely to benefit by a system that combines the best of two proven technologies. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Micromechanical Biochip Array Reader System provides fast and accurate identification of...Hopkins genetics experts aid efforts to identify hurricane Katrina victims
...dical centers across the country - is a skill that forensics experts learned from 9/11, but most of us hoped it was a once-in-a-lifetime event," says Bailey-Wilson. According to the Hopkins experts, the DNA identification process following Katrina is a more complex job than initially thought. That is becau...Genetics experts join together to support efforts to identify remaining hurricane Katrina victims
...edical centers across the country is a skill that forensics experts learned from 9/11. Most of us hoped it was a once-in-a-lifetime event, but sadly it was not," said Dr. Bailey-Wilson, who is also an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Many medical and dental r...National Academies News: Spring Programs at the Koshland Science Museum
...rime! Interview suspects and collect evidence with forensics experts, including a medical examiner, a first response officer, and fingerprint and DNA experts. Admission is $20; advance ticket purchase is required. GREEN DESIGN: ROOFTOP GARDENS FOR A SUSTAINABLE CITY Wednesday, May 24, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the......lmon farmers aren't waiting for the final wildlife forensics report to take action. They're taking the researchers' sea lice numbers to heart and moving their salmon farms. In an unprecedented agreement, Marine Harvest Canada, a major fish farming company, has agreed to move adult salmon from its farm at Glaci...ASM Biodefense Research Meeting
... Focus Sessions focusing respectively on microbial forensics and the risk of biothreat agents in our drinking water. These will be followed by the Opening Session which includes a keynote address by Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Additional presentation ...World Trade Center identifications pushed forensic DNA technology
...hemistry and molecular biology and director of the forensics science major program at Penn State. "As of April ...ntry generally used STRs short tandem repeats in forensics work. STRs are biological markers in nuclear DNA that are inherited from both parents and vary wide...Rock on! Indiana limestone: NIST's first and latest SRM
...asurement, SRM 2543--Silicon Resistivity) criminal forensics (SRM 2379--Drugs of Abuse in Human Hair, SRM 2285--Arson Test Mixture), and dozens of others. About 350 SRMs support the auto industry, for example, from manufacture of sheet metal, windshields, tires, and transmission gears to final assembly and sub...EB and IUPS - Where cures of tomorrow can be seen in the science of today
...formation on how real-life anatomy applications to forensics differ from popular images seen on network programs. The AAA keynote speech describes new gene-therapy based strategies to cure for sickle cell disease. One AAA symposia focuses on recent advances concerning how the biological clock, or circadian rhy...ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source
... system provides a tool for the identification and forensics of perchlorate contamination in the environment." ORNL has licensed the resin technology to the Purolite company and the regeneration and recovery technology to Calgon Carbon Corporation. The system also is being tested at two contaminated si...