Keeping cool in a war zone: Device promises relief for desert soldiers
... war zones have to face is heat. The gear soldiers wear and carry can contribute 10 additional degrees to the outside temperature, a dangerously significant increase on a 95-degree day, for instance. In collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Institute of EnvironmentalMedicine, Dr. Ellen Glickman, Kent ...Bones hold the key to blood renewal
...topoietic stem cells into the bloodstream. As they wear away the bone, they allow the stem cells out of the niches and into the bloodstream. Although some hematopoietic stem cells can always be found circulating in the blood, when there is bleeding or inflammation in the body, more stem cells are needed t...New method for dating art prints and early books borrows know-how from genetic science
... by aging of the wood and copper alone, not by the wear and tear of the printing process itself or the number of times an impression was made with a particular block or plate. "Aging of the wood creates breaks in the relief of a carved woodblock, causing line breaks on the resulting print" Hedges discover...First human trial of antibacterial contact lens
...re a major impediment to more convenient, extended wear of contact lenses," says UNSW Professor Mark Willcox, who will supervise the trial. "This trial is the first significant step towards overcoming this significant problem." Acute red eye occurs in 20 per cent per year of the estimated 100 million we...Constant din of barking causes stress, behavior changes in dogs in shelters
.... And pity the poor dogs. "While employees may wear hearing protectors, dogs don't have that option," said Crista Coppola, an adjunct instructor in the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Excessive noise in shelters can physically stress dogs and lead ...Protein folding physics, nanohandles, sunscreen for algae and classical quantum weirdness
...cal properties of holococcolithophore algae, which wear plates made of patterned calcium carbonate, showed that the algae are particularly good at scattering ultraviolet (UV) light. The team of Mexican and Spanish physicists who analyzed the structures speculate that the patterning may serve as a kind of ...Modern humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's 'odd man out'
...t greatly influenced by environment, life ways and wear and tear. He was careful to examine traits that appear to be largely independent of each other to avoid redundancy. "I wanted to see to what extent Neandertals are derived, that is distinct, from the ancestral form. I also wanted to see the extent ...Of rice and hen: Fashions from the farm
... -- In the future, it might be perfectly normal to wear suits and dresses made of chicken feathers or rice straw. But don't worry: These clothes won't resemble fluffy plumage or hairy door mats. Scientists at the University of Nebraska Lincoln plan to develop these agricultural waste products into convent...ACS Weekly PressPac -- September 6, 2006
... In the future, it might be perfectly normal to wear suits and dresses made of chicken feathers or rice straw. But don't worry: These clothes won't resemble fluffy plumage or hairy door mats. Yiqi Yang and colleagues report that they plan to develop these agricultural waste products into conventional-l...Train your brain to hear your friends at a party
... study with human subjects who have volunteered to wear an earplug for five days. These subjects will be tested in a similar ring of sound and their performance measured over time. Early results show that humans also have the same ability to train their brain to cope with the hearing loss and become bette...Weather forecasting technique wins top prize in 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition
... lenses. Seventy million people around the world wear contact lenses and contracting lens-induced infections is not uncommon. Yang's goal is to prevent infection-causing bacteria from adhering to contact lenses. It was while Yang was just in the eighth grade that she began thinking of her invention. ...Pittsburgh-based team engineers muscle, bone cell differentiation with aid of ink-jet printer
...c diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), wear and tear associated with aging joints, accidental trauma, and joint deterioration due to autoimmune disorders. The custom-built ink-jet printer, developed at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, can deposit and immobilize growth factors in virtual...USC-led researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
...ut we believe it is sufficient to withstand normal wear and tear," says Shi. He hopes to move the technique to clinical trials within the next several years, a potential boon for dental patients who are not appropriate candidates for dental implant therapy or would prefer living tissue derived from their...USC-led researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
...ut we believe it is sufficient to withstand normal wear and tear," says Shi. He hopes to move the technique to clinical trials within the next several years, a potential boon for dental patients who are not appropriate candidates for dental implant therapy or would prefer living tissue derived from their...Cartilage discovery offers arthritis hope
...an five million people in the UK, is caused by the wear and tear of the smooth, hard cartilage tissue that...ilage becomes mechanically weak and susceptible to wear and tear. "Eventually, the cartilage breaks down altogether and sufferers experience severe pain as...How does your brain tell time?
...in, and do not resemble the conventional clocks we wear on our wrists," said Buonomano. Because time-related information is critical to understanding speech, determining how the brain tells time represents an important step toward understanding the causes of diseases, such as dyslexia, that result in im...ACS News Service weekly PressPac -- Feb. 7, 2007
...hich collect PAHs from motor vehicle exhaust, tire wear and oil drips, the article adds. ARTICLE # 5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, Feb. 12, 2007 "Dust-up over Pavement Coatings: Texas city tracks stream pollution to sealant then bans coal tar-based coating" This story will be available on Feb. 1...Researchers unearth 4,300-year-old chimpanzee technology
...ize of cantaloupes -- with distinctive patterns of wear -- were used to crack the shells of nuts. The research demonstrates conclusively that the artifacts couldn't have been the result of natural erosion or used by humans. The stones are too large for humans to use easily and they also have the starch re...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...at the proprietary coatings substantially increase wear resistance of most components they have tested. In the field, the oxide films have proven themselves as they have extended the life of steel industry rollers, die casting molds at a wheel plant and even blades to cut 11 billion ketchup packets each y...Super-thin membrane, 50 atoms thick, sorts individual molecules
... the membranes to see how they stand up to regular wear and tear, and how resistant they are to clogging, which is a chief problem with conventional filters....