Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...ur, and ozone are retrieved. In addition SCIAMACHY yields many important cloud and aerosol parameters as well as ocean colour." Research groups at the Universities of Bremen and Heidelberg, KNMI and the Netherlands National Institute for Space Research (SRON) have been working on the retrieval of methane a...Binghamton University launches microelectronics research center
...onents can be produced more efficiently, at higher yields and at a lower cost. The expected R2R microelectronics manufacturing will be key to critical next-generation applications in areas such as medical diagnostics and treatment, military and homeland security, flexible displays and electronics, computer ...Consumers to benefit from organic potato breakthrough
...ect, and were shown toincrease organic potato crop yields by up to 40 per cent. New and effectiveorganic crop management strategies have also been tried and tested. Results of the project (called Blight-MOP), which involved 13 partners inEurope, will be presented today at a conference in Newcastle hosted b...Virco establishes comprehensive set of clinical cutoffs for the vircoTYPE HIV-1 resistance test
...'s proprietary Expert Clinical Knowledge. The test yields rapid, cost-effective results within 48 hours....3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...e developed a new tool called the "4D scan," which yields a 3D image of a tumor while tracking a patient's motions in the fourth dimension---time. A 4D scan provides a precise, stable location of a tumor--since the data from the "fourth dimension" can correct for image blurring and other distortions caused...Wavefront LASIK demonstrated superior to conventional LASIK
...is good, we're finding that wavefront guided LASIK yields sharper and higher quality vision, and higher patient satisfaction compared to conventional LASIK. The improvement will likely be most apparent when driving at night," said US Navy Captain Steve Schallhorn, MD, the Director of Cornea and Refractive ...Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
...pointed to asparagine as the major amino acid that yields acrylamide during certain cooking conditions. However, the McGill team identified other amino acids that may, under the right conditions, also produce acrylamide or its derivatives. Studies may lead to strategies for lowering acrylamide in heated foo...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
... train of radiofrequency pulses is measured, which yields the spatial characteristics of the sample. Many factors affect the best ways to encode and detect information about a particular sample, whether it's a living organism, a sample of tissue on a slide, a gas, liquid, or mineral sample, or even a solid...Stroke news tips for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004
...rican Vascular Association screenings with similar yields for a total of 6,046 patients. Researchers estimate that these carotid artery screenings may have prevented 30 strokes and saved $1,944,210 in stroke care costs. The investigators attempted to prevent strokes by either removing the carotid blockage...2nd opinion from major center leads to better breast cancer detection, treatment changes
...nion at a major cancer center like U-M, even if it yields different recommendations, doesn't mean a woman has to continue with all her care there. Patients may have surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy at the University or may return to their home area for any or all components of their treatment. ...A new technique detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's in healthy people
...s long (shorter than a pinky), the brain structure yields its exact dimensions unwillingly. The entorhinal cortex is even smaller than the hippocampus, and it, too, is hard to discern clearly. Faced with these challenges, Dr. Rusinek set out to devise a technique that would be more reliable than currently ...'Reset switch' for brain cells discovered
...more NMDA receptors -- the alternate mRNA splicing yields a receptor protein with a variant of this bit that encourages the receptor to attach to the transport machinery. "It's a very surprising mechanism, and it explains a lot," said Ehlers. "It explains why the process is relatively slow, because the proc...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
...anelle becomes the center of a lasing process that yields light signals as bright as that emitted by an entire cell several orders of magnitude larger, offering possibilities for analysis that light scattering - the current method of choice for rapid mitochondrial analysis - lacks. Because the light has to ...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
... and more efficient lifting. More leg muscle power yields better functional lifting performance. Cadaveric ... a novel cadaveric shoulder dislocation model that yields in vivo pathology, structural and functional changes within the body. Using a custom testing device ...MRI may help find missed breast cancers in high risk women
...sease. Researchers caution, however, that MRI also yields a significant number of false positive results, leading to additional exams that may have a negative psychological impact on women who are already anxious because of their elevated risk. "MRI may improve the sensitivity of breast cancer surveillance ...New biological sensors for detecting blood glucose developed by Hebrew University, U.S. Scientists
...results have shown that this "nanoplug" technology yields more sensitive and specific measuring of glucose in the blood then has been possible with existing techniques. The researchers believe that enzyme electrodes of this type are likely to serve in the future as tiny devices not only to sense glucose ...Organically grown foods higher in cancer-fighting chemicals than conventionally grown foods
... combination of organic and conventional practices yields the highest levels of antioxidants. "This may reflect the balance between adequate nutrition in the form of fertilizers and external pest pressures because of the lack of pesticides and herbicides," Mitchell explains. "Originally, the question was j...Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 23-25
..., mday@mriresearch.org ) Combinatorial method yields potential novel disease-resistance strategy (Sarah A. Mounter, University of Missouri-Columbia, Plant Microbiology & Pathology, mounters@missouri.edu ) Antifungal sesamol derivatives (Gerald Caple, University of South Dakota, Vermilllion, 218-...FINAL ALERT: RPB Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research to be held in Washington, DC Sept. 22-25
...ont. Super Vision LASIK, for one, a procedure that yields better than 20/20 vision. SVL makes use of wavefront analysis to detect slight deviations in the way the eyes focus light -- information that's then put to work guiding the laser's precise, point-by-point reshaping of the corneal surface. Then there'......ondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The technique yields three-dimensional images of the electrically charged atoms, or ions, present in a sample, sorting the ions by mass and charge and producing separate images for each type of ion. The sensitivity of the technique is so high that it can even distinguis...