MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
...ter robot better suited for military tasks such as sweeping mines and inspecting harbors-and for that they are...r first-generation fin successfully replicated the sweeping and cupping motions of the sunfish fin, but the motors that controlled the fin were too large and no...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 9, 2007
...teria, or other triggers. The article describes sweeping advances in encapsulation technology for personal care products, including encapsulation systems headed for the market in the months ahead. The systems represent significant improvements over those used in the past, and may open the door to the use ...Biodesign Institute takes part in $14.4M NIH chemical defense grant
...skeletal muscles. This nervous system has a vital, sweeping scope, from the dilation of the pupil in the eye, through excretion of tears and saliva to powerful muscle contractions in the gut, heart and lungs. Consequently, nerve agent poisoning can lead to more severe symptoms like involuntary excretion, trem...Museum-fueled global study shows you can't judge biodiversity by its bird
...emed for biodiversity conservation, according to a sweeping study in which a Michigan State University ornithologist participated. A global group of scientists including Pamela Rasmussen, of the Department of Zoology, has done the most detailed study yet of how rare and threatened species of birds, mammals an...Georgetown leads effort to study safety of 'alternative' tobacco products
...y either overtly claim to or subtly imply. The sweeping grant, the first of its kind, will examine all aspects of the increasing number of "safer" tobacco or nicotine delivery systems, products which range from low nicotine cigarettes and cigarettes that heat tobacco instead of burn it, to nicotine mints ...Walgreens and Joslin Diabetes Center form broad alliance to improve diabetes outcomes
...abetes research, care and education, have formed a sweeping alliance to improve health outcomes for Americans with diabetes. Over the next five years, Walgreens and Joslin, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, will develop and deliver awareness, wellness, prevention and education programs nationally to rea...Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis
...he "canary in the coal mine" - the first clear and sweeping biological example of environmental change, pollution and toxicity that may ultimately affect many other animal species, including humans.The demise of amphibians also has ecological ripple effects they provide a major control of insect pests, and i...Novel connection found between biological clock and cancer
...dition to its pacemaker functions that play such a sweeping role in the rhythms and activities of life. "The notion that the clock regulates DNA-damage input and that mutation can affect the clock as well as the cell cycle is novel," says Jay Dunlap, professor and chair of genetics at DMS. "It suggests a f...ACS News Service weekly press package -- June 5, 2006
....unc.edu ARTICLE #5 Unforeseen consequences of sweeping new White House risk assessment proposal Chemical & Engineering News A well-intended White House plan to introduce a standardized risk assessment process for all federal agencies could have far-ranging negative consequences, according to an article ...In 3D, early fat development first requires 'remodeling'
...ritical for full-blown fat development, leading to sweeping changes in gene activity. In contrast, they report, fat cells deficient for MT1-MMP develop apparently normally when placed on the flat surface of a laboratory dish. "When small fat cells embedded in what is essentially a 3D molecular cage receive th...Rockefeller researchers discover a biological clock within a clock
... ago, we had identified lots of genes and had this sweeping picture of how circadian clocks work. But this indicates that there are much more formidable properties of the system that were overlooked."...... depending on the sample structure. It's much like sweeping a metal detector over the ground to map out the location of a buried pipe the rising and falling pitch of the metal detector results because the hidden metal changes the way the detector circuit reacts. Conventional optical microscopy, on the other ...Scientists map one of biology's critical light-sensing structures
...e door for a host of manipulations that could have sweeping implications for agriculture. Writing in the Nov. 17, 2005 issue of the journal Nature, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that they have obtained the crystal structure of a phytochrome from a bacterium, the first s...Scientists discover secret behind human red blood cell's amazing flexibility
...l bat swung over home plate. "These back-and-forth sweeping motions would speed up the movement of oxygen from one side of the membrane to the other," said Sung. "We think this model may explain why the deformations of red blood cells squeezing through narrow capillary openings are so important: the movement ...Researcher: Toxic flood lifts lid on common urban pollution problem
...benefits. Finally, cities can use high-tech street sweeping equipment that is very effective at capturing pavement contaminants. "If you pick up this potentially toxic material before it gets into the hydrological cycle, it is far more economical than if you try to take it out of the water after the fact," h...Researchers zero in on estrogen's role in breast-cancer cell growth
... and integrative physiology. The findings may have sweeping implications, said Katzenellenbogen and lead author Jonna Frasor, a postdoctoral researcher who joins the faculty of the department of physiology and biophysics in the U. of I. College of Medicine at Chicago this month. For one, the mechanisms at pla...Scientists get look at genes' defensive playbook
... are severely burned or injured, was revealed in a sweeping analysis of gene activity in volunteers who were injected with a bacterial product that temporarily created flu-like symptoms. "During a 24-hour period, the expression of more than 3,700 genes changed in blood leukocytes," said Lyle Moldawer, Ph.D., ...Blink, and the brain misses it
...enting the brain from becoming aware of the eyelid sweeping down over the pupil during a blink and the world going dark," explains Professor Frith. In summing up the study's implications, the authors suggest that when we blink, the brain may just miss it....Where China goes, the rest follow in the global neighborhood
... Two internationally acclaimed scientists present sweeping evidence that China's challenges from polluted air and water to making and consuming goods to family life already are making a big impact on the environment and human well-being in China and other parts of the world, including America and Europe. ...Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures
...of ocean resources in over 30 years. It calls for sweeping changes in ocean policy including dramatic increases in ocean science funding and restructuring of government agencies that manage ocean resources. "Governor Bush's response to the report was by far one of the most substantial and relevant of any sta...