Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...awards, having garnered 98 of the prizes since the magazine introduced them in 1964. Once again, DOEs labs are at the cutting edge of innovation with new technology developments to enhance Americas economic and national security, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. My heartiest congratulations to...Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
...cancer. The research, highlighted in the quarterly magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) this week, is looking at urothelial cells. These are the specialised lining cells of the bladder that enable it to retain urine. The cells have a very low turnover rate, but scient...Nature's weapon against nerve agents
...ath ODriscoll in the Society of Chemical Industrys magazine Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The US military is funding a three-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of the enzym......, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The value of instant steam lies in creating truly portable steam that can be generated intermittently on demand, says Dave Wardle, business development director at Oxford Catalysts. The company is already in talks with UK specialist ste...GI Caramba! Blue tortillas may help dieters and diabetics
..., Sara Jensen reports in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in Mexico, home of the taco, found that tortillas made from blue corn had less starch and a lower glycmic index than their white counter parts. They also found that the blue tortillas had 20% more protein than white (Journal...Genetic diversity in honeybee colonies boosts productivity
...ystery is proposed in the July 20 issue of Science magazine by Cornell scientists: Promiscuous queens, they suggest, produce genetically diverse colonies that are far more productive and hardy than genetically uniform colonies produced by monogamous queens. "An intriguing trait of honeybee species worldwide i...Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
...reports Lisa Richards in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. A group, led by Tao Xia of the East China Normal University, found that diabetic rats fed the extract had only 5% less plasma insulin and 8% fewer insulin-positive (beta) cells compared to normal healthy rats (Journal of the Science o...Scientific American launches innovative new version of magazine
...the publication. Beginning in July, the redesigned magazine will deliver more news, opinion, and interactivity...s, soon to be published by St. Martins Press The magazine publishing industry has changed dramatically in the past several years. Scientific American no longe...Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow
...eports Cath ODriscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have genes that give them a natural ability to produce skimmed milk and plan to use this information to breed herds of milkers producing only skimmed milk. The researchers also ...Craig Venter, leading scientist and innovator, to get honorary degree
...ss, Venter was named Scientist of the Year by TIME magazine in 2000. His success in cracking the human genetic code was called perhaps the most important scientific event of the past century, with implications for virtually every aspect of biology and medicine. Venter is equally recognized as an innovation......, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The foods, under development at the Clore Laboratory at the University of Buckingham, will be supplemented with leptin, the hunger hormone. Those who take the foods early in life should remain permanently slim. 'Like those people who a...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 11, 2007
...ues, 153 found adverse effects and 14 did not, the magazine reports. The majority of those that reported no harm were funded by chemical corporations, the story notes. C&EN senior editor Bette Hileman highlights a number of potential sources of bias behind these inconsistent study outcomes, including the us...Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease
...few months after their landmark article in Science magazine reporting the discovery of strong links between variations in a gene that codes for a cellular receptor involved in controlling inflammation and Crohn's disease, a consortium of U.S. and Canadian researchers is reporting in today's online issue of Na...AEA, UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to partner on CIRCA 07
...of the University at Albany, ranked by Small Times magazine as the nation's number one college for nanotechnology, will partner to hold a first-ever conference focused on the development of common nanotechnology-enabled platforms that will drive innovation and spur commercial opportunities in a broad array of...Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer life
...reports Marina Murphy in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. A team led by Mikhail Shchepinov, formerly of Oxford University, fed nematode worms nutrients reinforced with natural isotopes (naturally occurring atomic variations of elements). In initial experiments, worms' life spans were extended...Springer author receives prestigious award in Beijing
... Bulletin - the most renowned and frequently cited magazine for Chinese research literature in 2006. The State Scientific and Technological Awards, initiated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 2000, aim to reward citizens and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to...Magic beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes
...reports Lisa Richards in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Yellow soya has already been hailed for its cholesterol lowering capabilities; this is one of the reasons why frozen food manufacturer Birds Eye has added the beans to its range. However, a team of Korean researchers has shown that blac...Non-GMO solution to seafood allergies
...reports Lisa Richards in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Li Zhenxing led the research at the Ocean University of China. The team revealed that treating prawns with a combination of heat and irradiation significantly reduced the level of reactive proteins called allergens. They took blood from...Public agrees global warming exists, but divided over seriousness of problem
... This includes an update to a joint ABC News, Time magazine and Stanford poll on global warming released last ...ed during the last year. Secondly, New Scientist magazine has commissioned a survey by Stanford and Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C.-based, nonpar...DNA gives new perspectives to understand the mysteries of nature
...ults are now being published in the scientific web magazine PLoS ONE Publication. According to Eske Willerslev, the new approach discovered by the team at the Centre for Ancient Genetics have great scientific potentials: "Today, when using conventional methods to detect ancient DNA, we are only able to c...