Nuclear in Biological News

DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

... Compact Gamma Camera This high-resolution nuclear medical probe can pinpoint the locale of cancer ... also combines the best aspects of conventional nuclear imaging detectors while minimizing their ... be used to help prevent terrorists from smuggling nuclear materials into the country. The Land Mine ...

PNNL scientist garners early career presidential award

... past and future energy needs: cleaning up buried nuclear or toxic contaminants and storing carbon dioxide ... such work will help reduce the impacts that nuclear and fossil fuel energy use have on the ... mathematical models to help researchers clean up nuclear contaminants from past practices or help future ...

Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost

... the global transportation system are not carrying nuclear bombs, according to a paper being presented at a ... Qaida or other terrorists will try to smuggle a nuclear weapon into the United States, Congress has ... vessels provide terrorists with a way to hide a nuclear device destined for U.S. shores," they write. ...

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers first to clone mice in Spain

... on 12 May, 3 June and 10 June. By means of nuclear transfer techniques, scientist collected mature ... contribute to an increase in the success rate of nuclear transfer cloning, currently situated at ... transferred to the oocyte cytoplasm. Its use in nuclear transfer processes however is very recent. It was ...

American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- May 6, 2009

... New "smart" polymer reduces radioactive waste at nuclear power plants Industrial & Engineering ... waste produced during routine operation of nuclear reactors. Their study, which details a ... metal oxides when they interact with coolants. In nuclear power plants, these oxides trap radioactive ions, ...

Searching for pollution in the Caribbean

... the formal title of the project is Use of nuclear Techniques to Address the Management Problems of ... was among the sites selected. Role of nuclear Techniques Tracking and understanding the ... Laboratory (IAEA-MEL). The laboratory applies nuclear techniques to research, document pollution and ...

New method developed by UC San Diego bioengineers gives regenerative medicine a boost

... changes in DNA methylation associated with nuclear reprogramming." DNA methylation is a type of ... Madison used their novel method to study nuclear reprogramming of differentiated adult human cells into pluripotent stem cells. "We found that nuclear reprogramming based on the existing retroviral ...

Regulation of cell proliferation by the OGF-OGFr axis is dependent on nuclear localization signals

... translocation and reliant on the integrity of nuclear localization signals in the OGF receptor (OGFr). ... OGF and OGFr in both the cytoplasmic and the nuclear compartments. The OGF-OGFr axis is known to ... nucleus for up to 8 days. Transport through the nuclear pore and repression of cell proliferation ...

When every photon counts

... its visual challenges had a unique impact on rod nuclear organisation: The distributions of the densely ... segments of the rods. Hence, this change in rod nuclear organisation improves vision at nocturnal low ... retina and furthers our understanding of the nuclear architecture in general. ( Cell , April 17th, ...

Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metals

... used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from nuclear weapons production decades ago. Using a unique ... to uncover new methods for treating waste from nuclear weapons production in the 1960s and '70s. ... present in the soil, and can in fact be found at nuclear waste sites such as the Hanford site in the state ...

Ben-Gurion University engineers develop technique to help combat nuclear proliferation

... to "denature" plutonium created in large nuclear reactors, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear arms. By adding Americium (Am 241), a form of ... "de-claw" more than a dozen countries developing nuclear reactors if the United States, Russia, Germany, ...

CSHL researchers pinpoint structure-building role for 2 non-coding RNAs

... essential to both initiate and maintain these nuclear structures. Thus, not only did MENε and ... by the Rabies virus. Spector's work on nuclear ncRNAs continues. "Whether other nuclear compartments also similarly serve as RNA stores ...

American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing

... issues, such as ballistic missiles, tactical nuclear weapons, or submarine detection. Other problems ... Goethe died. Delbruck and other members of the nuclear physics institute in Copenhagen performed the ... This would lead directly to the discovery of nuclear fission a few years later and the construction of ...

Internationally acclaimed researcher joins UH faculty thanks to $5.5 million grant

... of TMHRI and will head the proposed Center for nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, a collaborative ... "Dr. Gustafsson will join two of the world's top nuclear receptor researchers, TMHRI's Drs. Willa Hsueh ... in establishing the world's largest center for nuclear receptor research." Gustafsson said he looks ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Jan. 7, 2009

... EASTERN TIME, Jan. 12, 2009 Shrinking U.S. nuclear weapons labs poised for historic reinvention ... News Because of a changing global role for nuclear weapons, government officials are seeking to cut the size of the U.S. nuclear weapons labs by a third-over the next 20 years. ...

Genetic mutation causes familial susceptibility for degenerative brain disease

... on the cytoplasmic surface of what's known as the nuclear pore. It helps the nuclear pore bring proteins into and out of the nucleus, ... finding that a missense mutation in part of the nuclear pore predisposes individuals to ...

Lamin A/C deficiency is 'unnerving'

... Mutations in the nuclear intermediate filament lamin A/C (LMNA) gene are ... that either loss or mutation of LMNA disrupted nuclear positioning by causing the mislocalization of two other proteins: Nesprin-1, which spans the outer nuclear membrane and anchors nuclei to the actin ...

In just 5 years, gene discovery to clinical trial of potential treatment

... research team identified the component, called nuclear lamins, as the culprit in HGPS; o Gene-hunter ... (also called progerin) that disrupts the cell's nuclear membrane. Because progerin wreaks havoc, cells ... Until the late 1990s, however, funding for nuclear lamina research was sparse. Still, the link to ...

Dancing atoms now understood

... and engineers routinely use to control atoms in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and its ... whose slightly different interaction with the nuclear spins can be used to detect their presence amid ... resonance, it uncovers hidden behavior in the nuclear inversions that researchers had previously ...

The inaudible symphony analyzed

... measuring 'inaudible' sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This 'infrasound' can also ... storms, volcanoes, avalanches, earthquakes and nuclear tests. Infrasound is measured with arrays ... one other and to identify their sources. nuclear Test Ban Treaty Large explosions in the ...

NIAID announces 25 new awards to develop radiation countermeasures

... and treatments for radiation exposure after a nuclear attack. Several of these grants were awarded ... against chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) threats. In the event of a nuclear attack, people exposed to radiation would suffer ...

2008 SNM Wagner-Torizuka Fellowships announced

... fellows will study and perform novel work in nuclear cardiology, neurology, gerontology and other ... training and experience in the fields of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging for Japanese ... make significant contributions toward advancing nuclear medicine in Japan. This unique fellowship, ...

Case Western Reserve University researchers track Chernobyl fallout

... CLEVELAND - When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the ... soil at a depth that corresponded with the nuclear explosion than that of Poland. Radionuclides ... both from natural processes and as fallout from nuclear testing. Gerald Matisoff, chair of the ...

8 National Medals of Science awardees to be honored at gala, then the White House

... For her pioneering contributions in nuclear physics that have advanced research into many ... generation from fusion, dating of artifacts, and nuclear medicine; her passion for teaching; and her ... interesting both from the point of view of basic nuclear research and for understanding the ...

Syntermed licenses Emory ERTb software for enhanced cardiac imaging

... improve the quality and accessibility of nuclear cardiology images has been licensed by Emory University to Syntermed, an Atlanta-based nuclear medicine imaging and informatics software ... it will introduce at the American Society of nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) 2008 annual meeting in Boston, ...

White House announces 2007 National Medal of Science laureates

... of Pennsylvania, for her contributions in nuclear physics that have advanced research into ... generation from fusion, dating of artifacts, and nuclear medicine. Charles Slichter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for establishing nuclear magnetic resonance as a powerful tool to reveal ...

New book tutors future presidents and public on science behind the headlines

... president, know enough about the physics of nuclear weapons to assess the threat? In leading the ... of manned exploration of space and the dangers of nuclear weapons. With book in hand, candidates and ... major issues facing the country today: terrorism, nuclear power ...

RNA emerges from DNA's shadow

... are connected to the genome by proteins called nuclear pore complexes. In one of the presentations, Nick ... how some genes are enhanced by being close to the nuclear pore complex, indicating a close relationship between gene expression and nuclear structure that must have played out through ...

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2008

... the first mixed-oxide pellets from recycled spent nuclear fuel in a process that doesn't produce a separate ... Project for the Department of Energy's Global nuclear Energy Partnership. Program Manager Jeff Binder of the nuclear Science and Technology Division said conventional ...

New paradigm for cell-specific gene delivery

... cell-specific promoter that was able to mediate nuclear targeting of any plasmid carrying this sequence ... now demonstrate that such restriction of nuclear entry using this specific DNA sequence can be ... DNA. Thus, this work establishes the control of nuclear entry of gene therapy vectors as a novel approach ...

Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale

... In partnership with Los Alamos and the National nuclear Security Administration, Roadrunner was built by ... ability to certify that the United States nuclear weapons stockpile is reliable without conducting underground nuclear tests. Roadrunner also will be used for science ...

More sensitive radiology monitoring in the Basque Country

... with agreements such as the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty, as well as to detect and quantify a possible nuclear or radiological accident. Depending on the ... Dr. Fernando Legarda Ibez, of the Department of nuclear Engineering and Fluid Mechanics and has been ...

Argonne-SRNL agreement supports critical DOE, national priorities

... National Laboratory (SRNL) to collaborate on nuclear energy and environmental management research ... "The MOU allows Argonne to remain a leader in nuclear energy research," Argonne director Robert Rosner ... and engineers involved in fast-reactor design and nuclear fuel separations and processing technologies ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 16, 2008

... ARTICLE #3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Questioning nuclear powers ability to forestall global warming ... Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy ... of mining and milling uranium for use as fuel in nuclear power plants. Advocates ...

Ceramic, heal thyself

... development of radiation-resistant materials for nuclear power plants and waste storage. Researchers ... cells and oxygen sensors, might be suitable for nuclear applications. The researchers also simulated ... that is a candidate for immobilizing high-level nuclear waste. The simulation defects clustered together ...

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2008

... over water-cooled reactor designs used in U.S. nuclear power plants. But creating fuel that burns ... of the Department of Energy's Next Generation nuclear Power Plant project. The fuel elements are built ... Technology Division and funded by DOE's Office of nuclear Energy. [Contact: Mike Bradley, (865) 576-9553; ...

Power of molecular imaging reveals secrets of the heart

... reported in the April issue of the Journal of nuclear Medicine. Researchers in Germany were able to ... cells, said Kai Kendziorra, M.D., a specialist in nuclear Medicine at the University of Leipzig in Leipzig, ... cardiac events over longer periods. For decades, nuclear medicine imaging has contributed functional ...

Symposium on energy research highlights future challenges, opportunities

... and engineering fields, covered solar and nuclear energy, the hydrogen economy, electrical energy ... you were to pick a specific source whether it is nuclear energy or biomass, for example it all comes down ... said. Another intriguing source of energy is nuclear power, which accounts for 19 percent of the ...

Regional nuclear conflict would create near-global ozone hole, says CU-Boulder study

... A limited nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and India using ... Boulder. The computer-modeling study showed a nuclear war between the two countries involving 50 Hiroshima-sized nuclear devices on each side would cause massive urban ...

President's science adviser to address IEEE International Homeland Security Conference

... . The National Science and Technology Council, nuclear Defense Research and Development Subcommittee, ... security conference in 2008 to share the U.S. nuclear defense research and development roadmap with the ... with special sessions on radiological and nuclear areas Infrastructure protection and cyber ...