Magnetic computer sensors may help study biomolecules
...hose in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as...oiling, or capturing and sorting, large numbers of individual biomolecules simultaneously for massively parallel medical and forensic studiesa sort of magnetic ra...Brains reflect sex differences
...nto account the typical group size of each sex for individual primate species in order to assess sex-specific sociality - the tendency to associate with others and form social groups. The researchers then studied the differences between 21 primate species, which included chimpanzees, gorillas, and rhesus monkey...UF scientists identify cancer virus' genetic targets
...f the microRNA gene profiling with tests to detect individual microRNA activity in specific genes. "The data beautifully showed which genes were regulated by the viral microRNA," said Henry Baker, Ph.D., a professor and interim chairman of molecular genetics and microbiology who oversaw the gene screening. "The...NIST building software offers green product advice
...us weights for scoring the environmental impact of individual building products. BEES 4.0 (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability version 4) measures both the environmental and economic performance of building products with life-cycle assessment techniques developed respectively by the Interna...Cataloging the structural variations in human genetics
...an genetic differences usually have focused on the individual "letters or bases of a DNA sequence. But the genet...ved in single-base-pair changes. In some cases, individual genes appear in multiple copies because of duplications of DNA segments. In other cases, segments of...Biosensor sniffs out explosives
...scent protein. Into these yeast cells, they cloned individual rat olfactory receptors. When the olfactory receptor "smells" the odor of DNT, an ingredient in the explosive TNT, the biosensor turns fluorescent green. The research team is the first to identify, clone and sequence this novel olfactory receptor. ...World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'
...lm our normal vision." Scientists began creating individual web pages for species in the 1990s. However, Internet technology needed to mature to allow fast and efficient creation of a comprehensive Encyclopedia. While specific Encyclopedia of Life efforts, including the scanning of key research publications...Automatic identification of protein's critical features from the structure
...ut is it really possible to tell the essence of an individual from its form? The answer to that question seems to be related to fashion and glamour, yet a group of scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the Buck Institute in the USA, were able to address it, although motivated by other ...Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness
...ned separately, again at a fraction of the cost of individual scans. The researchers then zeroed in on the gene variations that occurred more often in the people with bipolar disorder and examined them individually. An important issue in genetics research is that findings correlating specific genes with spec...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...orld's largest scientific society. Please cite the individual journal, or the American Chemical Society, as the source of this information. ACS NEWS SERVICE May 2, 2007 Weekly PressPac ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, May 7, 2007) PressPac Archive: ......warding of the Othmer Gold Medal to an outstanding individual for his or her multifaceted contributions to our chemical and scientific heritage. CHF also partners with other organizations, including the American Institute of Chemists and The Chemists' Club, to present their premier awards on Heritage Day. In 20...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers awarded $27M for TB research
...ward in 1999 was $28 million over seven years. As individual NIH grants are cut across the nation due to a flat federal NIH budget, the significance of the award and its dollar amount are welcome. The contract will allow researchers to build on a long-standing tradition of multi-disciplinary TB research at t...The stem cells that weren't there
...ng technique that allows them to view the fates of individual cells throughout multiple rounds of cell divisions. "Although the cell labeling technique had been described previously by other groups, our group was the first to use it over long periods of time," said Kushner. By providing rats with a timed sequ...Anthrax paralyzes immune cells with lethal toxin, UF research shows
...of anyone ever doing that," Southwick said. "In an individual cell, you can't figure out where the actin is assembling and what's controlling it. But Listeria seems to use the same pathways that a cell uses to crawl. So anything that blocks Listeria we predict would also block neutrophils from crawling. And tha...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...lf of all the other household members, there is no individual decision-making, and adaptability is decreased. ...ptability. "We assume that the decision of each individual is based upon self-interest, that people wish to avoid coming down with the flu, preferably without ...5 Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
...e use of "optical tweezers" to study the action of individual biomolecules at the atomic level. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in physics at Oxford University in 1974 and 1978. He earned a master's degree in biology at the University of Colorado in 1982 and a doctorate in biology at the California In...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...lf of all the other household members, there is no individual decision-making, and adaptability is decreased. ...ptability. "We assume that the decision of each individual is based upon self-interest, that people wish to avoid coming down with the flu, preferably without ...Study to probe how healthy younger adults make use of genetic tests
...cating that they carry four to 10 risk versions of individual genes. However, having a risk version of one of the 15 genes on the multiplex genetic test does not mean that a person is certain to get the conditiononly that he or she might have a greater chance of developing the disorder. Researchers also note th......stantly grow and shrink by adding on or taking off individual building blocks. "Just before cell division the mitotic spindle moves towards the posterior of the cell while oscillating up and down," says Franois Ndlec, group leader at EMBL. "We wanted to find out the mechanisms of this motion and explore its p......perfect machine. For it to function properly, each individual component, that is each molecule, must reliably fulfill its specific function. Each molecule must thus "recognize" other molecules and work with them. A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, the Frau...