Nanotechnology helps scientists make bendy sensors for hydrogen vehicles
...ble to be wrapped around curved surfaces, and this proves useful in many applications, notably in vehicles, aircraft and portable electronics. The leakage of hydrogen caused by tiny pinholes in the pipe of a space shuttle, for example, could not be easily detected by individual rigid detectors because the...Military to study better pain relief in battle zones
... release, or halt it, as needed. If the concept proves successful after the first year of in vitro studies, Baker and his team want to apply for continued DARPA funding to proceed with animal and eventually human studies. ...20 Kentucky firms share $1.9 million from state to match federal SBIR-STTR awards
...f companies expressing an interest in this program proves that, said Governor Fletcher. These grants will be used to develop new technologies into commercial products. As these Kentucky start-up companies grow and prosper, they will repay our investment many times over by providing high-paying jobs for our ...A new method of adult stem cell growth efficacious in treatment of disorders of the cornea
... Faculty of Medicine of the University of Navarra, proves the therapeutic efficiency in using corneal stem cells in patients with pathologies of the cornea, such as caustications or ocular herpes, by using stem cells from a healthy contralateral eye. The technique is being currently applied to patients with...Purdue-IU researchers explore new method for early disease diagnosis
... more samples and to determine if this methodology proves to be sensitive to cancer and heart disease, as it is for metabolic disorders. We also plan to try other sample types such as tissue."...Foxes get frisky in the far north
...evidence from adult foxes and their offspring that proves that some arctic foxes are mixing it up when it comes to mating. Until recently, wildlife biologists considered many species of caninesincluding foxes, wolves and coyotesto be monogamous. But molecular genetic techniques are starting to reveal com...Biodesign Institute leads innovative project to prevent cancer
...ancer, said Lake. And, if the platform technology proves successful, it could be applied to other cancers. The Biodesign Institute duo will lead a highly interdisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians, which involves renowned collaborators from other institutions including: Laurence Miller, MD, Mayo...'Wurst' ensures that the respiratory system works
...n with RDS each year. For many of them the disease proves fatal. Fruit fly helps in the search for active substances Researchers are now looking for suitable substances that can improve the function of the "Wurst" proteins in fruit flies. "In collaboration with my colleague Professor Dr. Michael Famul...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 30, 2007
...e for sickle cell gene therapy A new explosive proves unusually touchy Progress toward a healthier f...RTICLE #2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new explosive proves unusually touchy Journal of the American Chemical Society The first systematic study of a new gro...Common treatment for methamphetamine overdose may damage brain cells
...lation of cells by the amino acid glutamate, which proves toxic to cells producing the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Their results are published in the May 30 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience . "This work in laboratory animals raises immediate concerns that a standard treatment for...Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin
...en up by such cells, the presence of the C-peptide proves that at least some of the insulin was produced, or synthesized, by the engineered cells....$5M gift will attack Lou Gehrig's disease from all angles
...ns generous gifts. If additional laboratory work proves successful, a clinical trial in ALS patients could begin within five years. The other prongs of the attack involve two other laboratory-based approaches that could also lead to clinical trials. The first will develop a method to help ALS-affected ...Study warns deep-sea mining may pose serious threat to fragile marine ecosystems
...d Fiji," he says. "If this first attempt at mining proves successful, its like letting the genie out of the bottle."...DNA sieve -- Nanoscale pores can be tiny analysis labs
...ngs of the National Academy of Sciences,* the team proves for the first time that a single nanometer-scale pore in a thin membrane can be used to accurately detect and sort different-sized polymer chains (a model for biomolecules) that pass through or block the channel. Traditionally, unknown molecules are......for human consumption. If the tagging experiment proves successful the team hopes to conduct trials with coral trout off Great Keppel Island on the Great Barrier. Similar studies are planned for coral trout in PNG and in the Caribbean with a threatened species, the Nassau groper. In both cases the team ho......mor to keep growing and eventually spread. If that proves true, the SYT-SSX gene itself would be a target for possible new drugs to treat synovial sarcoma. But other genes that are overactive in synovial sarcoma tumors were identified in the new study, and they also may be potential targets for anticance...No sex for 40 million years? No problem
... process when a new rotifer is born. The new study proves that these differences are not random and are the result of so-called 'divergent selection', a process well known to cause the origin of species in sexual organisms. Dr Barraclough adds: "These really are amazing creatures, whose very existence ca...New bird species found in Idaho
...ronts a paper to appear in The American Naturalist proves otherwise. Julie Smith, now at Pacific Lutheran University, and her former graduate advisor, Craig Benkman at the University of Wyoming, have uncovered strong evidence that coevolution has led to the formation of a species of bird new to science in t...New hope for regenerative medicine
...transplants from these animals. This unambiguously proves that the transplanted uniparental cells could produce hematopoietic stem cells. "The ability of the "sperm derived" androgenetic cells to replace adult blood was totally unexpected based on what occurs with these cells during development. The male...'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites
...ally deadly radioactive metal. If bioremediation proves successful on the uranium, technetium, nitrate and other potentially lethal leftovers at the Oak Ridge site, the process should work to mitigate contamination at more than 7,000 other sites nationwide -- and do so more economically and effectively th...