Abnormal fat metabolism underlies heart problems in diabetic patients
...ery earliest stages of diabetes. "Diabetic hearts run mostly on fats for fuel because glucose isn't readily available to them," says Richard Gross, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and professor of medicine, of chemistry and of molecular biology an...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...cient; and using lower-carbon sources of energy to run refineries. The authors recommend that the new standard require only modest reductions in carbon intensity in the early years, and greater reductions later, as innovations reach the market. Non-liquid fuel providers (electricity, natural ga...MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
...er edges of the fin. When an electric current is run across the base of the fin, it sweeps forward, just like a sunfish fin. By changing the direction of the electric current, the researchers can make the fin curl forward at the upper and lower edges, but it has been a challenge to make the fin sweep a...Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
.... A fourth group, which served as a control, didnt run and didnt caffeinate. All of the mice were exposed to lamps that generated UVB radiation that damaged the DNA in their skin cells. Some degree of programmed cell death, also known as apoptosis, was observed in the DNA-damaged cells of all four gro...Report recommends off-site disposal of secondary waste
...g, storage, and disposal procedures. Commercially run hazardous waste management facilities can provide relief from the on-site disposal capacity problem and typically have far greater waste treatment and disposal capacity. The committee noted that changes to allow more off-site treatment and disposal ...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
...tion was a baseball game, FDA has scored the first run in the first inning. But the agency must act rapidly to adopt and fully implement the Nanotechnology Task Forces recommendations. Without moving quickly and building on the recommendations in the Task Force report, FDA will not be able to keep pace w...Researchers watch antibiotics, bacteria meet at atomic level
...leagues used the bacterium Thermus thermophilus to run their experiments. While T. thermophilus won't make a human sick, the bacterium is widely used to gather structural information at the molecular level. The researchers first isolated the RNA polymerase from T. thermophilus. They then created an act...Universal flu vaccine being tested on humans
... previous infection or vaccination. This is why we run the risk of catching the flu each year and also why a new flu vaccine must be developed each year. A universal flu vaccine that provides broad and lifelong protection - like the vaccines we have for polio, hepatitis B or measles - is not yet availabl...Vaccine trials inject hope into koala's future
...amuscularly. "The first phase of the trial will run for between six and 12 months," he said. "We will have initial results within the first six months but we will continue to monitor the koalas for 12 months to determine how long the vaccine stimulates an immune response in the koalas and whether or...Researchers witness natural selection at work in dramatic comeback of male butterflies
...," in which the characters Alice and the Red Queen run faster and faster at the top of a hill, only to find that they remain in the same place. "In essence, organisms must evolve or change to stay in the same place, whether it's a predator-prey relationship, or a parasite-host interaction," said Charla...Research team discovers gallstone gene
...t, "The genetic alteration probably makes the pump run permanently at high speed." The researchers now hope that their finding will have positive consequences for prevention and therapy. Professor Lammert thinks that, "It may be possible for certain patients to be helped with drug treatments in future...Scientists find endangered grey-shanked doucs in Vietnam
...y. He then received a small grant and mentoring to run the surveys, showing the impact on primate conservation and career development from such training and funding programs. When I gave up economics to pursue my passion for wildlife, I never dreamed that I would be able to make such an impact, Duong s...Early fire risk for mountains near Los Angeles
...peaking in December. The Santa Monica Mountains run west-to-east, paralleling the Pacific Coast near Malibu. The more urban eastern end includes the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, which divide the Los Angeles Basin from the San Fernando Valley. The wilder western part of the range includes the San...Sukhishvili invited to serve on NIH's Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section
...National Institutes of Health (NIH) committee will run from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2009. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and o...DOE Joint Genome Institute secures long-term lease on production genomics facility
...w lease will extend though 2013 with the option to run until 2018. The current DOE JGI staff of 240 University of California employees includes biologists, computer scientists, engineers, and support staff....Kansas, Missouri School Board members to explore improvements in science-related education
...an Foundation. Saturdays seminar is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at The Westin Crown Center, 1 Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo. The presentations and discussions at the seminar will cover a range of critical issues and challenges in K-12 science, technology and mathematics education. The ...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...nternational nonprofit organization that will help run the public event. The ridge marks the area where the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart and new crust forms from hot lava rising from the mantle. In and around the ridge are hydrothermal vents, volcanic structures that look like chimneys and gu...Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
...ther than the other. The observations also seem to run counter to the usual idea that the biological mechanisms evolve in ways that allow a "best" choice to be made between things rather than a random one. Now researchers led by University of Warwick physicist Dr Mario Nicodemi have explained how this ...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...overing oil. Sleipner, an industrial-scale project run by Norwegian oil company Statoil, injects carbon dioxide into a deep saline aquifer beneath the North Sea floor. Its economic success, scientists say, is due to the presence of Norway's high carbon taxes, which give green technologies an advantage ......ished ecological monitoring programs such as those run by the Environmental Protection Agency and face imminent closure unless Congress reverses the Agencys budgetary Plans that monitor air pollution and acid rain. Long-term monitoring programs help society understand environmental issues including aci...