Pioneering approach to wastewater treatment earns Stanford engineer the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
... Water Prize for pioneering work in the design and operation of water and wastewater systems. The prize, which ...x processes that now can be used in the design and operation of treatment systems. He has also tackled the important problem of organic compounds and pollutants ...Switching genes to overdrive improves muscular dystrophy symptoms in mice
...ells. PGC-1alpha is also required for the normal operation of genes that control the development of neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) sites on muscle fibers where nerves attach and signal the fibers to contract. Part of the reason that exercise builds stronger muscles is that it increases PGC-1alpha activity. C...New study sheds light on long-term effects of logging after wildfire
...Ottmar. "Each forest, each fire, and each logging operation affects fuels differently, and variation exists within any forest stand. It is also important to consider the whole fuel bed when thinking about fire hazard in the future." Model projections indicated that large fuels will increase over time in th...Renewable hydrogen energy -- an answer to the energy crisis
...he project will culminate in the design, build and operation of a working prototype system, with the aim of demonstrating that solar energy can be directly harvested to produce hydrogen, and in turn cost effective electricity and heat. EPSRC Interim Chief Executive, Dr Randal Richards says: "This is excell...Famous Galpagos tortoise, Lonesome George, may not be alone
...onment with no local resources and funding such an operation will be costly." According to Powell, "These findings offer the potential for transforming the legacy of Lonesome George from an enduring symbol of rarity to a conservation success story." ...Study led by Scripps Research scientist reveals little-known cell networks vital to circadian rhythm
...ercellular mechanisms are in fact essential to the operation of cellular circadian clocks. "Our study reveals some previously overlooked mechanisms for sustaining cellular circadian rhythm," said Steve A. Kay, whose laboratory spearheaded the research. "Essentially, when cells communicate en masse through t...Energy department selects 3 Bioenergy Research Centers for $375 million in federal funding
...ns to fund the Centers for the first five years of operation (Fiscal Years 2008-2013). These Centers will provide the transformational science needed for bioenergy breakthroughs to advance President Bushs goal of making cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive with gasoline by 2012, and assist in reducing America...Semiconductor membrane mimics biological behavior of ion channels
... charged molecules and ions, thereby mimicking the operation of biological ion channels, said lead researcher ...a and graduate student Julien Vidal, simulated the operation of the semiconductor membrane at a number of electrostatic potentials. They report their findings in...Researchers watch antibiotics, bacteria meet at atomic level
...ers found that the antibiotic prevented the normal operation of the elongation complex by freezing it in the inactive state. They saw a loop-shaped element that must close every time the elongation complex adds a nucleotide (a building block of DNA or RNA) to the growing RNA chain. This loop must open again ...Report recommends off-site disposal of secondary waste
... submit results, and obtain authorization for full operation can be very lengthy due to the time required to actually conduct the burn and the large amount of data that must be submitted and analyzed. However, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the disposal operations, thes...Nottingham biosciences million pound injection
...sive surgery in tissue repair. It will mean that operation and rehabilitation times could come down significantly. After injection, the porous material we use gradually degrades, leaving behind only newly formed bone tissue. RegenTec has developed an extensive portfolio of patents and hopes that its inject...First case of successful ovarian tissue transplantation between two, nonidentical sisters
...erefore the chances of rejection were minimal. The operation was a success. I can get pregnant the natural way. Thats something I could never have hoped for a couple of years ago. ...Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2007
...plemented in pump impellers undergoing severe wear operation at the Sonoco paperboard plant in Newport, Tenn. The impellers in the plant are working at three times the life of regular impellers with an annual energy savings of 56 million BTUs. The funding source is DOEs Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewabl...Abnormal fat metabolism underlies heart problems in diabetic patients
...ual physical properties that are essential for the operation of the energy-producing cell structures called mitochondria. When mitochondria lose a lot of their cardiolipin, they malfunction. Their malfunction not only interferes with the energy supply of heart muscle cells, it also increases the amount of dam...