Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...The team of researchers has already filed a patent protecting the invention. They are now working on ways to boost the efficiency of the batteries and supercapacitors, and investigating different manufacturing techniques. "Energy storage is an area that can be addressed by nanomanufacturing technologies and o...Interaction of just 2 genes governs coloration patterns in mice
...ion that camouflage mice against their background, protecting them from many predators. The work, published this week in the journal PLoS Biology, marks one of the few instances in which specific genetic changes have been linked to an organism's ability to survive in the wild. "Our work shows how changes in j...Antioxidant overload may underlie a heritable human disease
...tamins C and E, offer health-promoting benefits by protecting against damaging free radicals, a new study in the August 10 issue of the journal Cell reveals that, in fact, balance is the key. The researchers show in mice that an overload of natural antioxidants can actually lead the heart to failure. There is...Innovative tagging technique may help researchers better protect fish stocks
...ions may be connected across broad areas, and that protecting them in one location will allow for sustainable fisheries outside of the reserve boundaries. But such theories are mostly untested and do not necessarily account for how long and how far larvae may or may not drift in the open ocean. ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...gy snap is the key to a new waterproof coating for protecting concrete from water damage, according to a study scheduled for the current (August 1) issue of ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , a bi-weekly journal. Awni Al-Otoom and colleagues in Jordan point out that concretes unique properties...Chickadee, nutchatch presence in conifers increases tree growth, says CU-Boulder study
.... While some ant species "tend" aphid colonies -- protecting them from predators in exchange for their carbohydrate-high "honeydew" secretions - feeding activity by birds can disrupt this relationship, triggering aphid population decreases and increases in tree growth. "These ponderosa forests have very com...'The Man Who Saved The Sea Turtles'
...eys -- but return to Tortuguero to reproduce. By protecting just one beach, then, he demonstrated how it might be possible to save an entire sea turtle population from extinction. Fortunately, Costa Rican government officials championed Carrs cause, and Tortuguero National Park was established in 1975. The tu...Nature's weapon against nerve agents
... the effectiveness of the enzyme, known as GOT, in protecting animals against the damaging cognitive and coordination problems resulting from exposure to the organophosphorus nerve agent. The study will be carried out by Israeli firm Braintact, and follows earlier unpublished work with rats which showed the ...Isoprene emission from plants -- a volatile answer to heat stress
... indicate that isoprenes have an important role in protecting the leaves from the harmful effects of high ambient temperature. How does isoprene confer heat tolerance? Does isoprene act as an antioxidant due to its chemical reactivity" And more generally: Is this effect of significance under natural condition...Mucins stand guard against gut infections
...ll surface mucin 1 (Muc1) plays a critical role in protecting the mucosal lining of the gut from bacterial infection. These authors orally infected mice with the bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni (a common cause of diarrhea) and found that 1 week after infection this organism could be detected in the or...JCI table of contents: July 19, 2007
...ll surface mucin 1 (Muc1) plays a critical role in protecting the mucosal lining of the gut from bacterial infection. These authors orally infected mice with the bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni (a common cause of diarrhea) and found that 1 week after infection this organism could be detected in the or...Conservation Leadership Program announces 2007 awardees
...g a wide range of global environmental issues from protecting sharks in Brazil to conservation of threatened amphibians in Colombia and endangered turtles in Cambodia to the assessment and conservation of threatened bird species in China. The Conservation Leadership Programme offers support to teams of emergi...Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...s an investment well worth it in terms of not only protecting irreplaceable natural places, but also helping local people benefit from those resources, said Jorgen Thomsen, CEPF executive director and senior vice president at CI. We applaud AFD for joining us and for recognizing how healthy ecosystems and human...Aphids make 'chemical weapons' to fight off killer ladybirds
...in which a species provides an ingenious method of protecting itself, whatever the circumstances. Dr Powell ad...g-off the ladybird predator dies in the process of protecting the colony....Germany's embryo protection law is 'killing embryos rather than protecting them'
...currently stands it is killing embryos rather than protecting them, he concluded. Other figures from the consortium show that the number of ART procedures in Germany has nearly halved since state funding for them was cut. Professor Anders Nyboe Andersen told the conference that Germany was a stark illustra...New research holds promise for protecting cancer patients against infertility
Lyon, France: A promising new therapy for protecting the fertility of women with cancer and auto-immun...tic that this will prove to be an effective way of protecting fertility for women without the problems that have been associated with GnRH agonists in the past, s...Key to tackling malaria may lie in bed nets for adults and older children
...e open access journal PLoS Medicine, suggests that protecting half of all older children and adults would also p... this strategy appears to overlook the benefits of protecting the rest of the population. Using recently-developed models of mosquito behaviour and mortality,...Critical protein prevents DNA damage from persisting through generations
A protein long known to be involved in protecting cells from genetic damage has been found to play an even more important role in protecting the cell's offspring. New research by a team of scientists at Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes ...Military bases can benefit by addressing sprawl issues and biodiversity
...affected the quality of life around Fort Carson by protecting large open spaces. Similarly, buffering projects such as the ones near Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada can also help preserve the local agricultural way of life. Titled The Thin Green Line: An Assessment of DoDs Readiness and Environmental Prote...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 20, 2007
...tients from reaping aspirins beneficial effects in protecting against heart disease and stroke. The study is sch...efits after reaching the stomach and digestion in protecting against heart disease and cancer. In addition, wines antibacterial activity has been recognized sinc...