New databases put wings on search for bipolar risk genes
... results. It also tells researchers if genes they want to study are represented on commercially-available gene chips. ...New UD tissue-engineering research focuses on vocal cords
...utic challenge, Jia said. Jia and her colleagues want to explore two parallel tissue-engineering approac...ormation. In the second approach, the scientists want to form functional tissue from a combination of vocal fold connective tissue cells (fibroblasts), ar...Chickens dieting to help Delaware waterways
..., said he has been contacted by several states who want to model their nutrient management program after Delaware's. While he does not raise poultry, Vanderwende operates a dairy farm near Bridgeville, with 700 dairy cows and 3,000 acres of crops. All in all, these phytase diets are doing the job, Van...Military to study better pain relief in battle zones
...cal conditions in the laboratory. Ultimately, they want the particles to be able to: control the releas...first year of in vitro studies, Baker and his team want to apply for continued DARPA funding to proceed with animal and eventually human studies. ...MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
...ing the fish's powerful forward thrust. We don't want to replicate exactly what nature does, said Tangor...on be joining the faculty of Drexel University. We want to figure out what parts are important for propulsion and copy those. So far, the team has built s...Wild weather forces farmers to adapt
...ures and precipitation, scientists say farmers may want to adopt a system in which crop sequencing decisions are based upon weather patterns and management goals each year. However, before making the change to a more adaptable cropping systems strategy, researchers say its important to understand how shor...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...eping habits, development and emotional health may want to consider psychological treatment, OConnor said. Several evidence-based therapies exist, and unlike medication, none of them are suspect in the least for causing adverse effects to baby. Given prenatally, psychological interventions could instill...Nanowaste needs attention of EPA, industry and investors
...s, from production, to use, to disposal. We do not want a nanowaste problem to be a legacy of this technology....$9 million EPSCoR grant to foster integrated research
...id. Thats where the research trend is going and we want to be at the forefront of this trend. EPSCoR is a National Science Foundation program that aims to increase research grant competitiveness in states traditionally underrepresented in research funding; boost student participation in science, mathema...UCLA study links air pollution to clogged arteries
Got high cholesterol? You might want to stay away from air pollution. Thats the message of a new UCLA study linking diesel exhaust to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which significantly increases ones risk for heart attack and stroke. Published in the July 26 edition o...Renewable energy wrecks environment
...e but they are not green," asserts Ausubel", If we want to minimize new structures and the rape of nature, nuclear energy is the best option."...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
.... Martin, and Tobias Bonhoeffer Sometimes if you want something well made, you have got to allow some time. So it goes it seems with making synapses. Ngerl et al. this week focused on the temporal requirements for the synapse formation at newly formed spines. The authors used two-photon laser-scanning m......ule valves and chambers -- may help scientists who want to identify and characterize new microbes circumvent the need to culture them at all. Research on the device published in the July 9, 2007, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has far-reaching implications for the ...Coming soon -- Protein synthesis without amino acids?
...er means. As a next step, the Chinese researchers want to include not just one, but a variety of imines into the same chain....Exercise, exercise, rest, repeat -- how a break can help your workout
... change the way we approach exercise. Who wouldnt want to take a breather for that" Many people believe prolonged exercise will be optimal in order to reduce body fat, but our study has shown that repetitions of shorter exercise may cause enhancements of fat mobilization and utilization during and af...Bull's-eye -- Programs targeting math, science teacher shortage may get boost
... and often is really key to this program. We dont want them to get out there and find out theyre really not where they want to be. At UH, the College of Education and NSM are collaborating in teachHOUSTON, together with ...NY Stem Cell Foundation's 2nd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference
...rk with people who are so focused on a mission and want to work together to achieve that goal....Unraveling the physics of DNA's double helix
...ngineering and materials sciences at Duke. "If you want to create accurate models of DNA to study its interaction with proteins or drugs, for example, you need to understand the basic physics of the molecule. For that, you need solid measurements of the forces that stabilize DNA." In a study published o...... the mine, surface buildings and inventory. I also want to publicly thank the NSF for its thorough selection process and the Homestake Collaboration scientists for the tremendous amount of time and talent invested in making Homestakes case. ......r medical problem is difficult. Plus, people don't want to dig through sewage to find these phages, says Lu. So Collins and Lu defined a modular system that allows engineers to design phages to target specific biofilms. As a proof of concept, they used their strategy to engineer T7, an Escherichia coli...