Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...ent called endosymbiosis, and swapped some genetic material to create a new hybrid genome. "This project helps illustrate the amazing diversity of life on our planet," Armbrust says. "Diatoms display features traditionally thought to be restricted to animals and other features thought to be restricted to pl......chers analyzed the physical appearance and genetic material (mitochondrial DNA) of modern human head lice, Pediculus humanus, to construct a family tree for lice showing when various species branched off from each other. Genes of modern lice also were used to reconstruct their population histories over time. ...Columbia University scientist wins 2004 Nobel Prize
... behavioral patterns may be encoded in the genetic material and inherited from parent to offspring. ...A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...limestone, Likens and colleagues looked to another material to neutralize an acidified stream at Hubbard Brook-- Wollastonite. Over one hundred and thirty pounds (61kg) of this naturally occurring calcium silicate mineral, mined from the Adirondacks and manufactured into a pellet form, was manually applied t...New biomaterials improve medical devices
... the amount of lab work necessary to develop a new material for a specific application. Among the clinical applications that will be discussed on the second day are drug-eluting cardiovascular stents, orthopaedic tissue engineering to repair or replace bone, and scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration....Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
...will use the latest in micro technology to produce material which will let in air to cool a wearer when it is ...othing gets hot and sweats, the tiny spikes in the material will react to the moisture and automatically open up, so that air from the outside can get through t...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
...analysis would then be used to develop a synthetic material that incorporates properties that produce controll... manner it will provide a truly integrated "smart" material that serves as the foundation for a new generation of biologically inspired engineering systems. In...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
...will use the latest in micro technology to produce material which will let in air to cool a wearer when it is ...othing gets hot and sweats, the tiny spikes in the material will react to the moisture and automatically open up, so that air from the outside can get through t...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...l piece of optical fiber - a clear, solid, plastic material that transmits light through its core. The fiber is coated with a type of molecule called an antibody, which specifically recognizes L. monocytogenes and captures it, binding it to the fiber. When the fiber is placed in a liquid food solution, any L....MIT: Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
...will tell their customers, 'Virtually none of your material is going to landfill.' While we recognize that tha...s roadbed filler." The quality of the recovered material determines its potential uses. If the quality is sufficiently high, the material can be reused by ma...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...teel beams with orange stucco bases, that match in material and color the building's faade, support a multi-se...rtyard are four large blackboards made of the only material for such purpose that can resist the weathering of the outdoor environment--Vermont slate. Next to ...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...ne, Gallivan and Desai used a piece of the genetic material RNA, known as an aptamer, which was known to bind to theophylline tightly. The remaining challenge was to couple this binding to a vital function of the bacteria -- the production of a protein. To do this, the Emory team created a new sequence of RNA...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...place no restrictions on the bat handle's shape or material composition. Exploiting their knowledge of mechani...h, a device sends a short pulse of ultrasound to a material and detects the long echo caused by the initial pulse as it spreads out, as well as multiple reflect...Health, food, new technologies featured during ACS meeting Oct. 17-20 in Peoria, Ill.
...he invention of a revolutionary dental restorative material based on nanotechnology. Ian Tevis Next Generation Award from the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, which is given to a college intern employed at NCAUR to recognize excellence among future scientists. Kenneth and Doris...Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...o the bottom of the hole and covered it with loose material such as sand. But installing GEOPS is almost as clean and simple as pushing a needle into an apple, Clark says. GEOPS' tough tip punctures the surface of the earth and slides easily through without disturbing the soil beneath or damaging its own par...First-ever Texan/German symposium opens doors
...he MPI-P departments. Wolfgang Knoll, director of material science at MPI-P, is leading his group as the other half of this joint symposium. Advincula and Knoll already enjoy a strong collaborative relationship. In April, the two researchers hosted a symposium on "Nanostructured Materials Based on Poly...Multi-species herbivore outbreak follows El Nio drought in Panama
...hine Van Bael. Moth larvae devoured 250% more leaf material than usual even as researchers were setting up an experimental protocol to monitor herbivores and leaf damage on twenty tree species reachable from the gondola on the arm of a 42 m tall modified construction crane in Panama City's Metropolitan Park. ...Researchers redrawing the Tree of Life
...e of Life laboratories will exchange plant and DNA material and gene sequence data, and some labs will focus on analyzing certain aspects of the project. Each laboratory will depend on results from the others, including Hilu's work on the mat-K gene. Then all the data generated at the seven labs will be combi...Rutgers is on the 'NIH Roadmap'
...other biological fields. The course also provides material for the BioMaPS Web site and the curriculum for a semester-length course taught by Olson and Ehrlich. The first short course focused on gene transcription and was held at Rutgers this past summer. It involved experts from several universities, includ...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
... duplication in the human genome shows our genetic material has undergone rapid functional innovation and structural change during the last 40 million years, presumably contributing to unique characteristics that separate us from our non-human primate ancestors. The consortium's analysis found the distributi...