Genome sequencing reveals key to viable ethanol production
...orn is the easiest method, but doing so on a large scale would drive up the price of corn, corn starch, and...nol in one step, but is not used at the industrial scale yet because the first step, breaking down the plants cellulose, is much too inefficient. The key, Wu...Magnetic resonance microscopy research lands professor NSF award
...ove through micro-channels," Codd said. At this scale smaller than the width of a human hair the laws of physics, as most people know them, change: water can flow against gravity and molecules can stretch. "Fluids behave very differently at small levels," Codd said. "We are able to create computer s...Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships
...rstand this effect at the opposite end of the size scale how would this force effect a mirror that was so small and floppy that the recoil of individual photons would shake it measurably? According to Harris. "The answer has been debated since the first days of quantum mechanics, and will provide new insi...New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water
...and knows where we should put this step and how to scale it up. I study how viruses and other types of colloidal particles are transported in water, and Kali knows all about waterborne pathogens. "Our hope is that the technology we've developed will help people in our country and around the world, especi...A dietary supplement protects the lives of farm shrimp
...the fact that PHB can be produced on an industrial scale for a reasonable price, PHB addition to animal diets would be an alternative to antibiotics that is not only effective, but also economically attractive. In this respect, our findings might contribute to a more sustainable animal production." said Pr...Scientists will discuss creating a culture of sustainability February 19 at AAAS
...er terms, andfor the first time on any significant scale incorporate those values into resource decisions." 21st-century challenge While such interdisciplinary efforts represent progress in transforming the academic landscape, Ehrlich cautioned that much more needs to be done, from increasing univer...Smithsonian receives $8M HSBC grant
...anges in tropical and temperate forests on a large scale and with standardized methods; in the process monitoring 3 million trees representing more than 8,000 species (more than 10 times the number of tree species in all of Europe and North America combined) Panama Canal: Create the largest ever field e...Biodesign Institute takes part in $14.4M NIH chemical defense grant
...ons, he can create enough ChEs with the system and scale it up accordingly to supply the entire U.S. in about 100-1000 acres, depending on the protein yield per plant. At the end of the new grant period, Mor is hopeful that his approach will lead to new effective and safe countermeasures to protect huma...Nanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove
...acture of electrical and mechanical devices at the scale of atoms and molecules. Using techniques typically reserved for the manufacture of computer chips, the Wisconsin team fabricated a mold for making a rubber template with slits narrow enough to confine single strands of elongated DNA. The new techni...Risk of extinction accelerated due to interacting human threats
...arming, which is evident by the regional to global scale patterns of coral bleaching and mortality when temperature increases only few degrees. It is not surprising then that in regions like the Caribbean, where coral reefs are relatively well monitored; up to 80% of the coral cover has been lost in recent...Human's ecological footprint in 2015 and Amazonia revealed
... For years, ecological science has shown how large scale forest clearings cause declines in biodiversity and the availability of forest products. Yet some important changes in the rainforests, and in the ecosystem services they provide, have been underappreciated until recently. Emerging research indic...Rutgers survey examines public responses to the recent spinach recall
...ated spinach received in September 2006. The broad scale of the resulting recall and related media attention provided a unique opportunity for researchers at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI) to study the U.S. food recall system. The results of this study were published today on FPI's web site, http...Energy institute will put Illinois at forefront of farm bioenergy production
...sciences. The Institute will be unique in both its scale and its partnership between BP, academia and others in the private sector." Previous support, from the Illinois Council for Food and Agricultural Research, enabled U. of I. scientists to pioneer research in the use of Miscanthus as a bioenergy crop...Women in polluted areas at higher risk of cardiovascular disease
...uced, it would potentially translate on a national scale to the prevention or delay of thousands and thousands of heart attacks, strokes, and bypass surgeries, not to mention fewer early deaths."...Breakthrough in nanodevice synthesis revolutionizes biological sensors
...e cells." "The sensor is essentially on the size scale of the molecules it is designed to sense," said lead author Eric Stern , a graduate student whose thesis work has focused on designing and building nanoscale chemical and biological sensors. His project was funded by the Department of Defense and pl...Genomatix and Molecular Connections form strategic partnership
... are able to combine the best of two worlds: large scale text mining and our expert knowledge of gene regulation with the unbeatable expert curation of Molecular Connection's expert scientists," he continues. In my eyes this is a perfect match. From all what I have seen, Molecular Connections adheres to ...... will be engineering biology from the biomolecular scale to the multicellular, tissue, and population level in areas ranging from biopharmaceuticals to biochemicals to bioenergy. BioChE XV will include plenary and keynote presentations, oral and poster sessions, and social gatherings that bring together re...Beyond nature vs. nurture: Williams syndrome across cultures
...ated their children generally lower on the 7-point scale of the questionnaire. "Perhaps the stigma of having a 'different' child in Japan affected the ways in which parents ranked their child's degree of sociability," speculates the scientist. In an earlier study, published last year, Bellugi and her col...ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting
...ic health issues in security and biodefense, large scale decontamination, biodefense informatics and microbial forensics. The focus sessions will be followed by a keynote address by Thomas Monath of the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Pandemic & Biodefense Fund entitled, "Developing products against ......n the early 20th Century and subsequently by broad scale deforestation for pasturelands. Only 370 acres of the bird's habitat previously had been in any way protected, but even this limited sanctuary is at risk from timber extraction clearing the last subtropical forest fragments surrounding it. Now, supp...