Biomedical engineers at case develop first sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose levels
...moving it from his son's finger, the splinter gave him an idea: Since it showed no open wound in the skin, he thought to himself that a sensor like a sliver would be ideal for all kinds of biomedical applications since the skin would heal very quickly above it and after that no track infection can occur....To save dolphin's dorsal fin experts combine medical technology and teamwork
...at Dolphin Quest Hawaii. "Liko's cooperation makes him a key member of his own medical team and has gone a long way to improve his chances of a successful recovery." "When we first put Liko's medical team and treatment plan together, we were outwardly hopeful, but harbored some serious doubts that we wou...Researchers unlock mysteries of toxic metals in the largest contaminated site in United States
...ellow, to use sophisticated equipment that allowed him to examine lead, arsenic and other materials at the nanometer level (a nanometer being about the size of 10 atoms). He will present his findings, including the discovery of a new mineral, at the 116th national meeting of the Geological Society of Ame...Hurricane Ivan helps student study sinkholes
...cane Ivan's downpour in Southwest Virginia allowed him to measure changes in underground water over a sho... Different degrees of electrical resistance allows him to identify water, rock, soil, and voids to a depth of about 15 meters and create a model of the sub......ows that Eclipse's body shape and everything about him seems to have been right in the middle of the normal range, suggesting that all the factors for speed were perfectly matched." The research of the Structure and Motion Laboratory at The Royal Veterinary College not only answers questions about the...Reassuring findings from first study on sperm donor identification
...nor's identity and try to contact him, but few saw him as being an important person in their lives and no...m, the motive for the majority was curiosity about him and, for many, the chance to see if it would help them to learn more about themselves. Lead research...Tropical birds sensitive to environmental cues that can be impacted by global warming
...rginia Tech, bird songs were a curiosity that made him want to find out why birds sang at some times and not at others, at some places and not elsewhere. Moore and University of Washington, Seattle, researchers John C. Wingfield in biology and Eliot A. Brenowitz in psychology, looked at seasonal changes...More mobility for researchers in Europe
...se of an ongoing project, there is an interest for him or her to transfer the funds to the new institution in that country. To make this option available to researchers throughout Europe, the presidents and heads of the European funding organisations, gathered under the name EUROHORCs (European Union Res...Linking empires, economics, evolution
...volve to resist predators or attack their prey led him initially to questions about the "arms race" between groups of humans, and then to a wider perspective on how societies change and grow. "Whether our field is natural history, human history, evolutionary biology or economics, we grapple with sim...Researchers discover defense mechanisms in some plants believed bred out by humans
...all team that surrounds the ball carrier and keeps him from moving. The researchers' project is to understand the interaction between beta-glucosidase and BGAF--how they recognize each other and bind so tightly. Thus far, they have evidence of three genes that make BGAF, but they need to find out w...New system reduces risk of burns during interventional X-rays
...physician with real-time visual feedback, allowing him or her to make the appropriate adjustments. An added feature under development includes a visualization of the distribution and amount of X-ray scatter throughout the room, providing a way to gauge exposure for the physician and other health-c...INEEL honors five scientists as Laboratory Fellows
...review committee noted that his work for ITER made him without peer in the international fusion safety community. Petti is also the technical director of the DOE Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program, responsible for qualifying the coated-particle fuel for the Next Generation Nu...What have scientists learned since Mount St. Helens erupted?
...pent the next 25 years analyzing data that enabled him to produce long-term data sets to use to study the ecological patterns and processes of species survival and colonization. He observed the development of ecological relationships across the volcanic landscape. Fast forward to October 2, 2004. "We fl...UCSD bioinformatics researcher studies tumor genome architectures with career award
...tion this year, but says the BWF award will afford him an easier transition. "I now have a little more freedom to do research and stay here at least one more year," he explains. "I plan to apply for a faculty appointment in 2006." His future destination is unclear: "Depending on the university, bioinfor...The death of a very special chimpanzee
.... Hanner has convinced the primate centre to let him ship Clint's body to a museum. Curators there will preserve his remains, but it is unclear if any samples were taken and frozen immediately after his death, before decay set in. It would be a shame if this has not been done, says Evan Eichler of the ...A new New Year's reason to work out: Exercise improves three measures of heart protection
... or to find out how fit someone is before allowing him or her to embark on an exercise program. In this case the stress test was to check how the blood clotting system reacted and unfit women didn't respond well by any measure. Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA), an enzyme made by the body that breaks ...Mouse brain cells rapidly recover after Alzheimer's plaques are cleared
...veral key techniques and technologies that allowed him to closely track changes in live brain cells in mice with an Alzheimer's-like condition. The mice he used for the study had two mutations. One, utilized by scientists at Eli Lilly, causes amyloid plaques to build up, creating the Alzheimer's-like con...NJIT expert recommends 16 easy, affordable ways to make homes safer for people with disabilities
.../shower and wash himself or the caregiver can wash him more easily. Raised toilet seats and grab bars at toilet: "These are inexpensive and they really can help someone get on and off the toilet," said Olsen. "Many people tend to grab a built-in paper dispenser for help, but this is dangerous. They are...Falling ants glide back to trunk to avoid dangers of forest floor
...y brushed off a few dozen ants that were attacking him and noticed their uncanny ability to land on the tree's trunk and climb back to the very spot from which they'd fallen. "I brushed them off the branch with my hand, and I noticed that maybe 20 or 30 of them fell in unison and then made this nice litt......ld, was sequenced in 2001. It originally looked to him like an alternative form of either Polymerase I (Pol I), which makes the largest of the ribosomal RNAs, Pol II which makes RNAs for protein-coding genes, or Pol III, a specialist in making the shortest of the ribosomal RNAs and tRNAs. The big 'su...