Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...ucial processes for making computer chips, such as chemical vapor deposition, are now being done at atmospheric pressure where vacuum pressure was once necessary. Add to the list atomic- and molecular-scale microscopy, which is routinely done in air and liquid, and you'll get a sense of the many controlled e...A glass of red wine a day may keep prostate cancer away
...dels of prostate cancer to see if giving mice this chemical compound will reduce the onset of prostate cancer and/or decrease the aggressiveness of the disease. The first author of the study, W. Marieke Schoonen, M.S., formerly a graduate student in Stanford's group, is now a doctoral student at the London ...World's largest scientific society holds regional meeting Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 in Fort Worth
...xas Instruments (TI) in Dallas on a new system for chemical mechanical polishing, resulting in the improvement of TIs semiconductor chips. Additional details about the meeting can be found at http://www.swrm.org/ . ...Rice bioengineer named to Technology Review's TR100
...meron Professor of Bioengineering and professor of chemical engineering, and Naomi Halas, Rice's Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry. Drezek's nanotech research focuses on medical applications of a tunable class of nanoparticles called metal nanoshells ...Envisat Symposium report day 3: Satellites supporting Kyoto - our future is in our forests
...te change. Human activities have been changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere, leading to an incre...th America." Methane is eventually broken down by chemical reactions in the atmosphere, but carbon dioxide is a longer-lived greenhouse gas. Surface vegetation...Lab studies show two proteins prevented progressive nerve cell loss in Parkinson's disease
...ain known as the "substantia nigra" that produce a chemical called dopamine begin to malfunction and progressively die. Dopamine acts as a chemical messenger to send signals to a part of the brain called the basal ganglia that controls movement and...How a dietary supplement can protect against Alzheimer's disease
...ures that festoon the surfaces of neurons, take in chemical signals from neighboring neurons to trigger nerve ...s. The dendritic proteins are damaged by oxidation chemical reactions, which the antioxidant DHA is known to protect against. When the researchers restricted di...Needle-free anthrax vaccine shows promise in animal studies
...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. Mark T....Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awards UT Southwestern $12 million to continue Dallas Heart Study
...gators since 1999 include: Identification of key chemical signals that change a stem cell into a heart cell,...in the lab to repair a failing heart Discovery of chemical signals needed for normal heart development, as well as signals involved in abnormal growth of the h...Riverbank filtration pulls pollutants from drinking water
...gh the sediment, the water is exposed to physical, chemical and biological processes that help remove impuriti... be pulled out by a straining process. Some of the chemical contaminants and microbes react with components in the sediment and remain behind, too. As a result,...Health benefits of citrus topic at American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia
...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio....New compounds show promise in fighting malaria and cancer
...ed. "When the heme encounters the peroxide bond, a chemical reaction occurs. Powerful chemical species such as carbon-free radicals and oxidizing agents are produced, harming and eventually killi...Novel imaging technique shows lymph nodes, metastases in breast cancer without surgery
...technician would inject the new imaging agent. Its chemical properties would then light up, in real time, the ...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferen...Blueberry compound shows promise of lowering cholesterol as effectively as drug
...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. Mark T....New imaging technique may help reduce risk of heart attacks, strokes
...ng on location, either heart attack or stroke. The chemical sequence of events is still unclear, but at the ro...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferen...Philadelphia hosts health fair Aug. 25 for women and children
...inary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio...Chemists honor 'Heroes' for biotechnology achievements in health
...in 1996 by the ACS, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful produ... national meeting in Philadelphia on Aug. 22. "The chemical advances made by our Heroes serve as testimonials to the valuable role chemists, chemical engineers ...Combination of erection pill and testosterone gel may benefit men who fail treatment with pill alone
...Sildenafil enhances the effects of nitric oxide, a chemical in the body that allows increased blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation. "Research suggests nitric oxide may be dependent on testosterone to function properly," said Dr. Shabsigh. "While further studies are needed, this concept may expl...Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics, study indicates
...e said, is the elevated level of serum arginine, a chemical precursor to nitrogen oxide that dilates arteries, that was observed in the men. Arginine may improve blood flow in the kidney, he said. The study, despite focusing on just 14 participants, "is probably the strongest one done so far from the numbers...ASU researchers demonstrate new nanotech effect - moving water molecules by light
...mistry and biochemistry; Tom Picraux, professor of chemical and materials engineering; Mark Hayes, associate p...ing; Jennifer Taraci, a postdoctoral researcher in chemical and materials engineering; and graduate students Teresa Clement and Jeff Dailey working in Picraux's...