Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...ng, researchers no longer have to wait for soil to settle before collecting measurements. A system of ports lets workers test and sometimes even fix sensors without hauling equipment to the surface. And off-the-shelf components keep the cost of building and maintaining a GEOPS unit low. Scientists can use...Using fruitflies to examine alcohol tolerance
...dentifying specific genes and pathways, they could settle for once and for all whether these are simply way stations on a single continuum of neural adaptation, or three different sets of brain adaptations of alcohol. In the end, the goal is to move beyond our current understanding, that is, that some huma...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
...how that about half the atmospheric particles that settle in south Florida during summer months originate in North Africa. Factors Affecting Nutrient Delivery to Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Restoring Water-Quality Conditions in the Nation's Largest Estuary , Scott W. Phillips, USGS, Baltimore, MD 1:...Flocking together: Study shows how animal groups find their way
...ng, published in the Feb. 3 issue of Nature, helps settle age-old questions about how animals coordinate their actions. Previously, scientists had looked for subtle signals or other explicit systems that animals may use in disseminating information through groups. The new study showed that such complexity i...Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
...y of photodiodes. The result? They may not have to settle for merely smelling the roses. Complex processing: The eyes have it The eye is a complex machine. It has more than 100 million photoreceptors. "If we compare it to modern digital cameras, for example, it will be 100 megapixels," Palanker said durin...VCU study shows big-brained people are smarter
...ence." The study, published on line June 16, could settle a long-standing scientific debate about the relationship between brain size and intelligence. Ever since German anatomist and physiologist Frederick Tiedmann wrote in 1836 that there exists "an indisputable connection between the size of the brain an...Cloning advance: Researchers demonstrate direct transfer of terminally differentiated cell nuclei
...further reprogramming. Thus, these findings do not settle the question of whether the egg cytoplasm can itself reprogram a fully differentiated nucleus. It therefore remains a possibility that many cloned mammals might be derived from rare stem cells present in donor-cell samples rather than derived from di...Scripps scientists identify target of an immune suppression molecule called CD22itself
...nt approach, Paulson and his colleagues decided to settle the question by looking at the target of CD22 in a natural or "in situ" setting. As it turns out, the in vitro experiments that identified CD45 and IgM as candidates for recognition by CD22 were wrong. Paulson and his colleagues designed a way to att...Researchers discover stem cell 'guide' that may be key for targeting neural stem cell treatments
...e the sinus cavity. PK2 allowsthese new neurons to settle into the proper areas of the olfactory bulb,thus permitting these neurons to function normally. "Our findings identify one of the first endogenous guidance moleculesfor migrating neurons in the adult brain," Zhou said. "We are learningthat molecules...Alzheimer's disease; new approach, new possibilities?
... this protein results in 'plaques'; deposits which settle in the brain cells responsible for memory and observation. How the plaques develop is the key in the search for a treatment. Samir Kumar-Singh and his colleagues on a team headed by Christine Van Broeckhoven have unraveled how certain plaques are for...UCLA researchers identify key enzyme linked to childhood blindness
... to other forms of human blindness. "These results settle the long standing mystery about the identity of the retinoid isomerase," Travis said. "Scientists have been searching for this enzyme for almost 20 years. Our results also explain why finding this enzyme has been so difficult, until now." Other resea...Anemone armies battle to a standoff
... after about 20 or 30 minutes of battle the clones settle down to a truce until the next high tide. It's not just polyps along the border between two clones that clash. Polyps three or four rows away from the front will reach over their comrades to engage in fights, Grosberg said. Differentiation into warri...Oysters: The natural way to protect our shores
...refore able to maintain themselves as new recruits settle and grow. "Sustainability is an important component to note as maintenance requirements would likely be reduced on created oyster shell reefs as opposed to other heavier shoreline protection structures (i.e. limestone rock breakwaters) which usually...Virginia Tech engineer investigates enzyme link to neurological disease
...binding begins. The bigger agglomerates attempt to settle out of the solution, and Love and Burguera track particle sedimentation. The tracking method, called Z-axis Translating Laser Light Scattering (ZATLLS), is unique to Virginia Tech and based on key concepts in transport phenomena. It has been used to ...Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident
...his compilation of the latest research can help to settle the outstanding questions about how much death, disease and economic fallout really resulted from the Chernobyl accident," explains Dr. Burton Bennett, chairman of the Chernobyl Forum and an authority on radiation effects. "The governments of the thr...New research shows folic acid in grains has reduced birth defects
...rth defects by up to 70 percent, and we should not settle for anything less than maximum prevention." Since 1996, the March of Dimes has recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration set the level of folic acid required in enriched grain foods at 350 micrograms per 100 grams of grain to prevent as ...Immune system has evolved to prevent autoimmune disease
... could shed light on this immunological puzzle and settle the scientific controversy." The Rice analysis finds the human immune system evolved to minimize the risk of cross-reactivity. For example, each cell in our bodies contains about 100,000 proteins with an average of 500 amino acids apiece. Consequentl...... turn into strings of three bubbles. Finally, they settle down into evenly spaced single bubbles. The bubbles rise from nucleation points on the glass wall. The nucleation points are small defects in the glass that trap tiny vibrating pockets of carbon dioxide. Dissolved gas in the champagne gradually coll...Sustainable agriculture: Canadian institute offers definition, recommends path
...rrivals in the 21st Century few of whom choose to settle in rural communities," the paper notes, suggesting...s, such as community-owned cooperative housing, to settle in rural areas. As well, government policies should foster: Local ownership of farms, regardless ...... goes to the wards, the more virulent bacteria may settle into the areas left vacant. As a first step, the surgeon could use probiotics to try and prevent this sequence of events, for example by dipping their hands into a probiotic substance such as yoghurt."...