Discovery that bacterium is phosphate gourmet key clue to what makes it most social of bacteria
...rther fourth pathway in combination, to detect and utilise phosphates, making it a very sophisticated consumer of phosphates - the bacterial equivalent of a gourmet diner. That the 3 pathways act in concert probably enables the organism to find phosphates in different chemical states or environmental condit...ECCO 13 offers new insights into patients' perceptions of cancer
... had been unhelpful. Cancer sufferers who opted to utilise alternative approaches were more likely to be younger, female and educated to a higher level. 45% of CAM users since diagnosis had breast cancer, compared with only 17% of non-CAM users. In terms of the actual pattern and type of CAM use reported by ...York researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
...organism in the soil in contaminated land that can utilise the explosives as a source of nitrogen for growth. But, because RDX is so mobile in soil, the bacteria present are not degrading it quickly enough to stop the contamination of land and ground water. So the York team has redeployed the enzyme in the b...University of Leicester announces world first forensic technique
...r Rutty said: "The demonstration of the ability to utilise mobile MSCT technology under these circumstances may result in a complete rethinking of the type of radiology to be used in temporary mortuaries or mass fatalities scenes. The work presently being undertaken by my research team within the Forensic P...New groundbreaking findings in taste, smell and chemical irritation
...fies the big and small: elephants and bark beetles utilise elements of an identical chemical language -- It never ceases to amaze that the more species differ from one another, the more similar they seem to share in common. Such is the case in the chemical language of elephants and how they use chemistry id...Opportunities for structured doctoral research
...extreme demands. The focus of their research is to utilise materials and technologies for packaging that up to now have not been used in electronics. (Spokesperson: Professor Gerald Gerlach, Technical University of Dresden) The focus of the Research Training Group "Transcription, Chromatin Structure and D...Long acting insulin makes the grade
...lin are significant. Up until now those wishing to utilise this medication have had to pay extremely high prices for the product. This decision is a welcome relief to literally hundreds of thousands of people around the country," Mr Conway said. "The finer details are yet to be released, but Diabetes Austr...Deakin University discovery could lead to new leukaemia treatments
...or Ward said the next step in this research was to utilise the model systems established to develop new therapeutics....Universities in 1.5M drive to cut cost of solar power
... College London, will investigate new designs that utilise intrinsically inexpensive materials and cheap fabrication methodologies. The research team are aiming to build demonstration hybrid solar cells that have the long-term potential to be mass-produced and to achieve an energy conversion efficiency app...Leicester researcher to lead global team tackling carbon 'time-bomb'
...y of Helsinki, Finland agreed: "Now is the time to utilise our research data to demonstrate how globally important tropical peatland really is, especially in terms of its impact on the global climate. Over the last ten years many people have only been aware of this ecosystem when choking haze from peatland f...Telemedicine initiative for sub-Saharan Africa: Pilot projects proposed
...e European Union Strategy for Africa commitment to utilise Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to enhance interconnectivity in Africa. The potential of this greater interconnectivity, which will be supported under the tenth European Development Fund (EDF), to extend the reach of health and healt...Effective new biodiversity data access portal
...ociety, countries and organisations are invited to utilise GBIF's new Data Portal.......eted proteins, we found that theyre not adapted to utilise molecules in the soil, says Professor Harwood. However, they do enable Bacillus anthracis to grow in an animal host. Some breakdown animal protein such as muscle fibres, others are the toxins which eventually kill the host, but others belong to the...