Art of Science exhibit opens at Princeton
...ture, 'Oval with Points,' so I thought it would be perfect for the Art of Science show," said exhibit co-organizer Andrew Moore (no relation to Henry Moore). "It fits with the whole theme of the exhibit that science has this incredible aesthetic component to it." Cash prizes were given to the top three entr...First high-flex knee replacement implant shaped specifically to fit woman's anatomy
...e for them. It's the same with knees, and it makes perfect sense to design knee implants with women in mind, particularly considering that women are by far the majority of the knee replacement patient population." Nearly two-thirds of the more than 400,000 annual knee replacement patients are women, accordin......h no loss of muscle tone or feeding tubes and with perfect grooming and tanned complexions. All but one of the movies showed the comatose person only with closed eyes, when in reality people in comas often have their eyes open and can open their eyes in response to speech and pain. Wijdicks and his son, Coen...Diverse sea 'bugs' revealed on landmark Atlantic cruise to census zooplankton
...opelus). The specimen, extremely large and in near perfect condition, is easily distinguished from its sister species by a unique combination of jaw teeth, lateral line pores a light-producing organ; and Rare male anglerfishes, which use their jaws and teeth to attach themselves like parasites to the much...Mutant mice show key autism traits
...seen in ASD, although it is unreasonable to expect perfect phenotypic overlap of human ASD with any mouse model." Also, they wrote, "as appropriately pointed out by the authors, Pten deletion is restricted to postmitotic neurons in the CNS [central nervous system] in their model, and current evidence suggest...Gene variant protects against type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and hypertriglyceridemia
...ividuals who did not have the variant. "This is a perfect example of the interdisciplinary studies between population sciences, nutrition, and basic scientists at HSPH," said Gkhan Hotamisligil, a senior author and James Stevens Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism. The lead author was HSPH Research......ultiple functions to prevent aging and cancer is a perfect example of the kind of problem we designed the SBDR program to solve. With 21 investigators in 15 institutions, SBDR's goal is to gain fundamental insights into the molecular machines that maintain genomic integrity, by applying a range of experiment...In chemical genetics, a new strategy could speed drug discovery
...rotein. Going back to ice cream, imagine that the perfect flavor is a mix of vanilla AND chocolate. If you tested all possible flavors individually you would never get a "hit." In fact with pirl1, the target turned out to be a complex of two proteins, Cdc42 and RhoGDI. These advantages make this techniqu...Economic benefit of NINDS-supported clinical trials estimated at more than $15 billion
...the trials. Using this measure, a year of life in perfect health is considered equal to 1 QALY, and years of sub-optimal health are assigned numerical values between 0 and 1 based on the severity of impairment. The value of a single QALY was estimated at $40,310, which was the average economic productivity...NJIT students take top awards at a national design contest
... publications and community service. NJIT scored a perfect 1,000 points in this contest. The team won a plaque, a $200 prize and earned a place in the Ingersoll-Rand National Inter-Regional Contest. With more than 20 students present, NJIT also won the Most-In-Attendance Award as well the Kilometer Award, ...UC Davis, Lawrence Livermore researchers
...train of Salmonella bacteria that turned out to be perfect for creating 14C-B12. "We turned this bacteria into a micromachine for making labeled B12," said Anderson. "The strain of bacteria was so efficient, that it used up all the labeled material it was given, which made it into 14C-B12. Vitamin B12 is one...Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
... pieces of cartilage, but they are still trying to perfect the mechanical strength of the engineered meniscus tissue, which must be able to withstand up to an astounding 2,400 pounds per square inch of compressive pressure....MRI study opens door to assessing, preventing dangerous brain iron levels
...in diseases. In addition, the study finds a nearly perfect correlation between iron levels in various brain r... adults, ages 19 to 82. In addition to the nearly perfect correlation between published post-mortem brain iron levels and those measured by FDRI, the study fo...Researchers say environmental pollution is important piece of social justice debate
...d development," says Dilworth-Bart. "They are in a perfect position to take the lead here because they have the research skills to ask the most important and valuable questions."...Warbling whales speak a language all their own
...tructure. Information theory, in contrast, proved perfect for analyzing humpback whale songs because it provided a quantitative analysis of the complexity and structure of the songs. "Information theory was the right choice because it allows one to study the structure of humpback songs without knowing what ...Cells in mucus from lungs of high-risk patients can predict tumor development
...an 60 percent." The researchers are now working to perfect the test because it is not yet accurate enough for the clinic. It identified 65 percent of individuals who later developed symptoms of lung cancer, but also tagged 35 percent of cancer-free control participants. "Our hope is that our continuing resea...The American obsession with the perfect lawn
...f big business created the American obsession with perfect lawns. A confluence of social changes was at work ...at by exposing the origins and consequences of the perfect lawn, Americans will be able to adopt more realistic expectations about how their yards should look....Salk researchers make fast strides towards understanding how our body controls walking
... after delving into the circuitry further, it made perfect sense. Once excited, motor neurons tend to stay "on" for long periods of time and need to be actively turned off. That is exactly what V1 neurons are doing," explained Goulding. In order to initiate the next step, each burst of motor neuron activity ...20 of world's top women scientists honored in Paris for groundbreaking research in life sciences
... L'ORAL alongside an organization like UNESCO is a perfect example of the sort of partnership which we can engage in with the private sector," said Kochiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. To commemorate UNESCO's 60th anniversary L'ORAL and UNESCO awarded a special tribute to Professor Christiane Nssl...