32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...lectronics applications, by using an approach that incorporates new techniques of crystal seed growth, coupled with advanced thermal gradient control, and new crucible designs, to grow large high-quality, AlN crystal boules. CytImmune Sciences, Inc. (Rockville, Md.) The In Vitro Production of Human Monoclo...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
... then be used to develop a synthetic material that incorporates properties that produce controllable shapes. Ultimately, successful development of the nastic structure concept will provide a new class of materials based on the direct conversion of biochemical energy into mechanical work. In this manner it will pr...New technique targets pesticide-resistant insects
...rom Rothamsted, designed the technology so that it incorporates a time delay mechanism. Using novel micro-encapsulated formulations, they are able to deliver the enzyme inhibitor and the pesticide in a single dose. Firstly, an insect's resistance mechanisms are deactivated and then, four to five hours later, the ...How to use math and a CT scanner to see how trees intercept light
...eer. His research in applied statistics at McGill incorporates both temporal (in time) and spatial (in space) components. He applies his statistical methods to agricultural, biological and environmental sciences. As an example, he is currently working with entomologists (insect researchers) to assess the impact ...UK scientist and children's author wins EMBO Award for Communications 2004
... Africa to assess the impact of the first book and incorporates revisions from teachers, students and community workers who have been working with the book. You, Me and HIV will be available from January 2005 and thanks to funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will reach 100,000 more children and ed...Study identifies molecular complex vital to creation of miRNAs
...second and much larger molecular complex that also incorporates Drosha. This complex contains about 20 proteins, and another goal for Shiekhattar's team in the future will be to ascertain the as-yet-unknown biological role of this complex. The lead authors on the Nature study are Richard I. Gregory and Kai-ping Y...Computer analysis shows scientists could reconstruct the genome of the mammalian common ancestor
...tion procedure (a completely separate process that incorporates no information from the simulation process) to recreate the ancestral sequence. Comparing the reconstructed sequence with the original ancestral sequence, they found that it was 98 percent accurate. The next step was to apply the reconstruction proc...Obesity gets you where you live, UH study finds
...merican Diabetes Association. Lee's research incorporates environmental and individual determinants of physical activity, dietary habits and obesity prevention in ethnic minority and underserved populations. Her work combines theory and techniques drawn from behavioral medicine, community psychology, geogra...Case announces launch of gene expression analysis software
...und using other approaches." BAMarray TM software incorporates the Bayesian Analysis of Variance for Microarrays (BAM) methodology developed jointly at the Case and Cleveland Clinic Foundation Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology by J. Sunil Rao of Case and Hemant Ishwaran of the Cleveland Clinic Founda...Dartmouth Medical School lab blends DNA and technology to aid in crime-solving
... "Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond" incorporates mini-lectures on topics from leading smoking exper... "Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond" incorporates mini-lectures on topics from leading smoking experts and was released in July 2004. "Primary Care...JCI Table of Contents, March 1, 2005
...he utilization of water in the body. The hydrogen incorporates into glucose and the tagged glucose eventually makes its way into the cell's DNA. Researchers gave 19 individuals with CLL a small dose of heavy water every day for 84 days, and the tagged water was incorporated into the DNA of the leukemia cells. ...The very unexpected life and death of a leukemic cell
...he utilization of water in the body. The hydrogen incorporates into glucose and the tagged glucose eventually makes its way into the cell's DNA. Researchers gave 19 individuals with CLL a small dose of heavy water every day for 84 days, and the tagged water was incorporated into the DNA of the leukemia cells. ...Study: Testing for joint substance in blood might improve diagnosis of osteoarthritis
...sed sample of African Americans and Caucasians and incorporates five definitions of osteoarthritis as shown on X rays," she said. "This was the first study of hyaluronan and osteoarthritis to include African Americans and to consider how other health problems commonly occurring with osteoarthritis might confound ...Gladstone scientists announce new version of bioinformatics software program
...pathways and other groupings of genes. GenMAPP 2.0 incorporates a variety of new features, many of them suggested by users,including: A flexible format that accepts many different gene ID systems from resources for many species, including human, Drosophila (fruit fly), mouse, rat, zebrafish, C. elegans (a micro...Monsanto fund awards $3.7 million to Washington University for school science van program
...gy, force and motion, and ecology. "This program incorporates many of the intellectual resources here at the university," said Edward S. Macias, executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences, and Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. He added, "As part of our mission to be a ......TRI) system from Safety Dynamics, Oak Brook, Ill., incorporates software developed by Dr. Ted Berger at the University of Southern California Center for Neural Engineering. The software mimics the way the human brain processes sounds in order to recognize, identify, and locate the source of suspicious noises. "We...National Academies news: Conference on genomics revolution set for November 2005
...d these goals, the multifaceted FUTURES INITIATIVE incorporates three core activities each year: FUTURES conferences, FUTURES grants, and National Academies Communication Awards. To encourage further interdisciplinary research on genomics, the National Academies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE will award seed grants on ...From photovoltaics to solar thermal collectors: Evaluating and improving green design
...ding. Because the Research Center's Ordway Campus incorporates so many different efficiency and renewable (clean) energy collection strategies, Center staff decided to display the energy flows through the building in a series of web pages designed to provide a full overview of the building's energy performance. ...Monkeys adapt robot arm as their own
...ces we've accumulated," Nicolelis said. "It really incorporates every external device that we use to deal with the environment." The findings also have important clinical significance, said Nicolelis. "The experiments we have conducted not only represent a proof of concept that such an external device can be dire...NexMed announces positive Femprox study results at American Urological Association Annual Meeting
...sorder ("FSAD"). Femprox is applied topically and incorporates alprostadil, a vasodilator, with the NexACT permeation technology. The results were announced at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), Tuesday, May 21-26, 2005, in San Antonio, TX. The patients, who were between the ages o...