New Stanford center probes nanoscale material
...scopy, spectroscopy and atom manipulation who will participate in CPN's middle-school educational outreach; Barbara Jones, a theoretical and computational physicist who as CPN's "roving theoretician" will study quantum spins and help various groups interpret their data; and Dan Rugar, a manager of nanoscale stud...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...ve their home institutions for weeks and months to participate in KITP programs, which address the questions that define the leading edge of scientific research. That purpose of creating a home away from home to stimulate collaborative scientific exploration accounts for the residential scale of...Texas universities expanding new information network
...f worldwide collaborations, but also allow them to participate in leading-edge research using state, national and global resources and information infrastructures that form the basis for a significant and rapidly growing part of the economy," said Lennart Johnsson, Cullen Professor of Computer Science and Direct...Coke versus Pepsi: It's all in the head
..., their findings suggest "that the hippocampus may participate in recalling cultural information that biases preference judgments." The researchers concluded that their findings indicate that two separate brain systems--one involving taste and one recalling cultural influence--in the prefrontal cortex interact t...Scientists identify new cause of obesity
...Vaisse says. For more information regarding how to participate in the UCSF Genetics of Human Obesity Study directed by Vaisse, call toll-free 1-866-857-1145. Cecile Lubrano-Berthelier, PhD, post-doctoral fellow at the UCSF Diabetes Center, is co-lead author of the paper. Co-authors and collaborators on the resea...To save dolphin's dorsal fin experts combine medical technology and teamwork
...markable healing as the young dolphin continues to participate in his pioneering regenerative therapies in a quiet lagoon alongside the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort. Veterinarians are excited by his progress, but caution that Liko still has a ways to go on the road to recovery....Safer medical implants, more comfortable fabrics among research items at Rochester meeting
...ociety and the Canadian Society for Chemistry will participate in a Town Hall meeting. Representing the ACS will be President Charles Casey, President-Elect William Carroll and former President Eli Pearce. The CSC will be represented by Vice-President Yves Deslandes and Treasurer David Schwass. (Tuesday, Nov. 2,...Gimli gobblers Mercury scientists to conduct unique human experiment next week
...ek in Gimli, Manitoba, 60 mercury researchers will participate in a unique experiment. For three days, half the experimental group will eat two meals a day of local Lake Winnipeg fish washed down with six cups of black tea. The other half will eat the fish but drink no tea. Participants will provide blood sample...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
... is one of 20-25 Level I trauma centers which will participate in the trial nationwide and the only one in Illino...mmunities of Berwyn, Hillside and Northlake, which participate in Loyola's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) network. These communities have extensive experience w...Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance
...ty appointments, and opportunities for students to participate in research. Building on the strengths of both institutions, it is anticipated that the focus of the joint research projects will be in the areas of microbial, plant, and animal genomics and functional genomics, which have many applications to human ...Identifying the path to infection
...ay for certain substances to leave a cell but also participate in preparing the substance for secretion. In this case, PapC gathers the "parts" that make up the adhesive and then guides the assembled adhesive out of the cell. Li and his colleagues found that PapC consists of two main structural elements, with...Tiny exosomes extracted from donor cells may be 'magic bullet' for drug-free transplants
...n capture antigens efficiently and are believed to participate in the induction of transplant tolerance. By contrast, once mature, dendritic cells are capable of triggering the T cell activation that leads to transplant rejection. Additional research will be required to determine whether donor-derived exosomes ...Joslin and Stanford researchers find key clues to muscle regeneration
...em cells do move to the muscle but don't regularly participate in repairing muscle damage. In the first part of the Dr. Wagers' latest study, the researchers isolated muscle satellite cells from mice and marked them with a substance that glows in fluorescent light. They also generated adult bone-marrow cells and...U. Va. Health System to develop new approaches to treat type 1 diabetics with islet cell transplants
...way." The U. Va. Health System was invited to participate in the NIH islet cell consortium because of translational research by Dr. Zandong Yang and Dr. Meng Chen of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism into the use of a new anti-inflammatory drug called lisofylline as an immunosuppressant. This yea...Researchers call for studies on role of BRCA1 mutations in chemotherapy response
... strategies targeting BRCA1-mediated pathways that participate in cancer cell death or an improved response to conventional treatments."...Science and medicine - bridging the gap
...of new courses, and release of clinical faculty to participate in graduate training activities. Student-related expenses can also be covered, including stipend support and health insurance, travel to medical meetings, expenses of clinical training experiences, and tuition. "HHMI already supports two programs th...NASA study finds tiny particles in air may influence carbon sinks
...equipment and standardization to institutions that participate in the program. Data from AERONET provides near real-time observations of aerosols. Data from this collaboration provides near real-time observations of aerosols. AmeriFlux is a multi-institutional network supported by several federal agencies that p...New painkiller was born in Utah
... unusual opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in cutting-edge research that can make a real difference." Olivera says McIntosh first isolated and characterized the painkiller in the venom of the fish-hunting cone snail Conus magus, or magician's cone, which is about 1.5 inches long and thus to...US Oncology, Inc. plays role in newly approved ABRAXANE for metastatic breast cancer
...who were resistant to taxane drugs and continue to participate in the ongoing clinical development of the drug. Clinical trials of ABRAXANE have shown that the new drug is superior to solvent-based paclitaxel (commonly marketed as Taxol) in response rate and time to tumor progression. "ABRAXANE is a signific...... of Health. The scientific community is invited to participate in its development by providing feedback or submitting data sets via the website ( ctd@mdibl.org ). CTD is being developed at MDIBL. Key participants in this project include Dr. James L Boyer (Principal Investigator) and Dr. John N. Forrest, Jr. (Par...