MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
... structure. This gives us the potential to build machines or robots in a manner closer to how nature creates things, said Tangorra. In future research, the team plans to look at other aspects of the sunfish's movement, including interactions between different fins and between fins and the fish's body. Th...Protein pulling -- Learning how proteins fold by pulling them apart
...A is the blueprint for life, then proteins are the machines built from those blueprints. All living cells produce proteins by stringing together strands of amino acids based on the sequences of their DNA. Proteins are created in linear chains, like strands of pearls, with each amino acid representing a bead o...Liverpool amongst first in UK to install unique DNA sequencing technology
...gy which was large and complex required hundred of machines housed in specially constructed buildings. The new state-of-the-art machine is now no bigger than a photocopier and stored in a laboratory at the Universitys School of Biological Sciences....Researchers discover human embryonic stem cells are the ultimate perpetual fuel cell
... complex. Human embryonic stem cells are perpetual machines that generate fuel for life. In this weeks Nature, researchers of the McMaster Cancer and Stem Cell Research Institute show that human embryonic stem (ES) cells can actually produce distinctive niche cells, which then release stem-cell nourishing p...MIT, BU team builds viruses to combat harmful 'biofilms'
...each places such as the insides of food processing machines or medical catheters, however, they become persistent sources of infection. These bacteria excrete a variety of proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids that together with other accumulating materials form an extracellular matrix, or in Lu's w...Virginia Tech researchers to study poplar tree as model biomass crop
...roving biomass crops. Proteins are the molecular machines required for the production of plant cell walls. To function, proteins must interact with other proteins, but researchers know little about the protein-protein interactions that occur during the process of wood formation. This is basic research tha...Rutgers, Penn researchers capture research dollars to improve prostate cancer diagnostic methods
...rsity of Pennsylvania, which is twice as strong as machines typically found in clinical settings, to reveal masses of suspicious tissue. Once found, they apply computer-aided diagnostics to predict the likelihood that it is cancerous based on an images size, shape and texture. In our testing, MRI images rev...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
..., such as coal power plants, into relatively clean machines with regard to global warming. ''The notion is that the sooner we wean ourselves off fossil fuels, the sooner we'll be able to tackle the climate problem,'' said Sally Benson, executive director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) and p...Yin and yang -- Balance could play key role in progression of Alzheimer's disease
...used the advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) machines within Rensselaers Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies to monitor the formation of harmful AB42 fibrils in the presence of different levels of AB40. NMR is an extremely powerful research tool capable of characterizing the three-dim...NMR advance relies on microscopic detector
... affordable even in developing countries where NMR machines are now rare, said Zhang. Asking big questions Maguire got the idea for the project after talking to Zhang and asking him what kind of new device would make the biggest impact in biology. For Zhang, the answer was immediate: improving NMR. E...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...hers are devising various approaches to making the machines quieter. A UK team (including Deborah Hall, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, d.hall@ihr.mrc.ac.uk ) will present an active noise control system that cancels out some of the sound from the machines. The system takes into account known...MU researchers examine the environmental effects of silver nanoparticles
...undry detergents, soaps, water filters and washing machines also employ nanotechnology and can directly dispense silver nanoparticles into the sewage system....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...ipment may seem as beguiling to look at as washing machines or toasters. Hidden in the workshops of scientific research, however, are functional ensembles of geometry, texture, color, and contour that also carry aesthetic values. Fitting his digital camera with a special lens, C&EN managing editor Ivan Amat...Manchester to spearhead 8.3 million particle physics project
...ize, increased reliability and flexibility of such machines should all lead to lower costs of ownership while ...s. "The demonstration in this country that these machines are able to meet the expectations listed above would place the UK at the forefront of this exciting ...An electroacoustic path to custom-made gene chips
...low researchers to have their own gene chip making machines in their own labs. The Kim group's machines consist of an array of quartets of ejectors, depressions in which small drops of DNA bases -- the ge...Diffraction and scattering -- the solution to what's in solution
...o encircle a baseball stadium, houses a complex of machines and devices that produce, accelerate and store a beam of electrons that is the source of the APS X-rays. For this research, thin beams of high-energy X-rays were used to bombard the dissolved ions. When the X-rays scattered off the solutions, special...Nutrients might prevent hearing loss, new animal study suggests
...unications Disorders. Hunting, snowmobiling, using machines such as leaf blowers, lawnmowers and power tools, and attending or playing in loud music concerts commonly expose people to dangerous noise levels. Noise levels above 85 decibels damage hearing. About 28 million Americans have some degree of hearing ...Mine runoff continues to provide clues to microbial diversification
...ed on identifying and characterizing the molecular machines of life. This study helps extend the initial studies of microbial isolates growth in carefully controlled laboratory settings to more real-world complicated microbial communities....Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships
...nto daily life, there is a critical need for these machines to operate comfortably and naturally. "Consciously... capabilities," said Scassellati. "By building our machines to elicit this same type of behavior from humans, we hope to exploit the natural structure of social...Super-thin membrane, 50 atoms thick, sorts individual molecules
...sis. "Kidneys do a much better job than dialysis machines of filtering blood proteins and keeping the ones you need, like albumin, and getting rid of toxins, which in some cases are smaller proteins," says McGrath. "They use a type of cellulose or plastic membrane with relatively poor discrimination. We thi...