Breakthrough in micro-device fabrication combines biology and synthetic chemistry
...s may be mass produced at a lower cost, and with a wider variety of shapes and compositions than ever before, for dramatic improvements in device performance by utilizing very small biologically produced structures. These entirely new biologically-enabled approaches are detailed in the current issue of the...European Commission funds EBI to research synergies between bio- and medical informatics
...ly summer 2006, enabling further discussion by the wider community of bioinformaticians, medical informaticians, the growing number of clinical professionals whose work spans these domains and European policy makers. The project will culminate in a report that will summarise the project's findings and will...Bird flu claims critically endangered mammal
A far wider range of wildlife species could be at risk from bird flu, warnsa biologist from the University of East Anglia. Dr Diana Bell, of UEA's School of Biological Sciences, says the discoverythat avian flu was responsible for the death of three rare civet c...Scientists and artists to search for common ground
... support artists and scientists can offer within a wider cultural environment. Rules of Engagement is organ..., and this conference will benefit CNAP and indeed wider communities in the university sector by giving us insights to the ways in which science can be commu...Coyotes in the suburbs, bears in the backyard
...hat the resulting multi-faceted habitat supports a wider range of species, many of which may depend upon disturbance. Warren will present this research as part of Contributed Oral Session 105: Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species: Fauna; Management. Wednesday, August 10, 1:30 5:00 PM, Meeting Room 52...Cells direct membrane traffic by channel width, scientists say
...undred-millionth of a centimeter -- an angstrom -- wider than a normal water channel. So even if glycerol molecules line up properly, as do water molecules to pass through a pure water channel (as documented by researchers in the same lab in 2002), the slightly larger sugar molecule is out of luck. The poi...Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans
...s suggest that tuna and billfish are indicators of wider patterns of diversity. The emerging global hotspots map is a product of oceanographic patterns, but also of history, showing the distribution of big fish though space and time. It reveals that some areas recognized today as good fishing are perhaps e...Researchers identify gene's role in suppressing longevity
...ther turning off the gene eliminates senescence in wider range of cells. The studies would also permit Alt's team to explore potential roles for SIRT1 in tumor suppression and other functions....How HIV disables the cells' call for help
...' normal immune response. But their work may have wider implications: this molecular fragment, which has such a devastating effect in one disease, might turn out to be an effective treatment for other disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. In the initial stages of HIV infection, the protein coatings of ...US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome
... ILRI bioinformatics unit will in turn support the wider application of bioinformatics through the Biosciences east and central Africa (BecA) initiative, which is part of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) continental science and technology network. These skills will be crucial to help Af...Field Museum gives prestigious Parker/Gentry Award to eminent New World ornithologist
...ntific communities of Costa Rica, Colombia and the wider scientific community, The Field Museum is proud to give him the tenth annual Parker/Gentry Award." The private award ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at The Field Museum. Dr Stiles plans to be in Chicago between June 2...The making and breaking of microtubules
...of a few protofilaments side by side; as they grow wider the ribbons close into very large helical tubes with a diameter of 500 angstroms, instead of the slim, 25-angstrom diameter of a microtubule (an angstrom is a ten-billionth of a meter, roughly the dimension of a small atom). Raised to body temperatu...Walk slowly for weight loss, according to University of Colorado study
... Because obese people generally have heavier legs, wider stances and swing their legs in a wider arc, the researchers expected the cost of walking for obese people to be significantly higher. "Thi...Public release of pig genomic sequences
...ollaboration, which puts its emphasis on issues of wider importance. The endeavour will be incorporated into the next stage of the pig genome project in which a draft sequence map of 6 fold genome coverage will be produced. This effort will be coordinated by the international Swine Genome Sequencing Consor...New plant DNA libraries provides massive boost to world's plant researchers
...c libraries from 20 different plant species, a far wider range than is available from other DNA library services. Secondly, the Warwick researchers have been able to create plant DNA libraries with large and "unbiased" inserts that give the best possible representation of the DNA of each species. Genomic D......around the Bahamas. Warm tropical waters support a wider variety of sponges, making them richer prospecting grounds. Back in the lab, the scientists put extracts from the animals they have collected through a battery of tests. If they find something with interesting properties, the researchers attempt to i...Habitat use by North Pacific right whales, Eubalaena japonica, in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
...rved in the North Atlantic perhaps because of the wider availability of larger copepods in Alaskan waters....Ecosystems, economic choices and human well-being
...lege the gains of one group over the losses of the wider community. The MEA also cites subsidies for agriculture or extractive industries that distort the relative costs and benefits of ecosystem services. The end result, it says, is that "often the majority of local inhabitants [are] disenfranchised by th...Like the famous doughboy, nanotubes give when you poke 'em
...we found was that as we tested this technique with wider and wider nanotubes, the bigger tubes were much less stiff than the smaller tubes," said Riedo. Riedo and coll...... BtRB fusion gene were shown to be more toxic to a wider range of insects than plants with Bt alone. Corn plants producing low levels of BtRB killed 75% of stem borer larvae, compared with 17% in Bt-only plants. Bt-resistant cotton leaf worm was highly susceptible to BtRB plants; 90% of larvae died within ...