Technique in Biological News

Iowa State University researchers develop process for 'surgical' genetic changes

... many resulting plants were tested. The new technique harnesses a natural process called homologous ... Wright and Townsend hope the precision of this technique will speed the regulatory process. "In the ... sinapoylcholine, also called sinapine. The new technique could allow scientists to remove the genes that ...

New advance in revolutionary 'bullet fingerprinting' technique

... itself has been removed. The revolutionary technique was named last year as one of Time Magazine's top ... Now continuing work exploring this forensic technique in the Department of Chemistry at the University ... Researcher Alex Goddard has uncovered a natural technique that he believes is so simple, which can explain ...

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

... better varieties for use in biofuels. A new technique that is providing some much needed answers has ... auto-fluorescence of plant cell walls, this technique enables researchers for the first time to ... that this label-free visualization and mapping technique can provide a means of rapidly screening a wide ...

Ovarian transplantation: First baby is born after a new technique

... Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new technique for transplanting the ovaries of women who have ... of cancer treatment. He said that his team's technique worked to restore ovarian function quickly and ... The researchers have so far utilised this technique with two patients who had been treated for cancer ...

Energy-saving method checks refrigerant level in air conditioners

... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Engineers have developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by ... along the tubing in an air-conditioning unit. The technique is easy to use because the sensors are simply ... Air Conditioning Engineers in Louisville, Ky. The technique also was described in a paper published in the ...

Size did matter

... "Holotomography is a non-destructive imaging technique like computer tomography (CT), but we use ... very recently that palaeontologists use this technique to image fossils, but the results achieved so far show that this technique will surely lead to many important discoveries on ...

Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers

... are flexed repeatedly. They are also made using a technique called electrophoretic deposition (EPD) that is ... like Dickerson have begun applying the technique to nanoparticles. "The science of colloidal ... So far the Dickerson group has used the technique to make films out of two different types of ...

A research work will be the reference to characterize the climatic impact of desert dust

... Rascado developed his doctoral thesis "Lidar technique for atmospheric characterization by elastic and ... Rascado. Use and fine tuning of the LIDAR technique According to Professor Alados, "the implementation of the Lidar technique is much more useful than the traditional ...

'Disordered' amino acids may really be there to provide wiggle room for signaling protein

... protein, Roder says. Typically, researchers use a technique called x-ray crystallography, in which they can ... technique. Instead, Roder and colleagues used a technique called nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, ... and their colleagues came up with an innovative technique that allowed them to look at the protein from ...

Novel vaccine approach offers hope in fight against HIV

... cautioned that many hurdles remain before the technique used in this animal study might be translated into an HIV vaccine for humans. If the technique leads to an effective HIV vaccine, such a vaccine ... Further studies need to be conducted if this technique is to become an actual preventive measure against ...

Lyncean Technologies Inc. receives $1.2 M from NCRR to develop new imaging technique

... publication using the CLS x-ray beam employed a technique called Differential Phase Contrast Imaging (DPCI) ... sensitive to the local scattering power. This technique has been primarily developed at the x-ray beam ... coherence necessary for the fringes. The DPCI technique has already demonstrated superior visualization ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

... says Guarino. Using a pattern detection technique called the continuous wavelet transform, the team ... particularly powerful way of doing this employs a technique called "time reversal." In time reversal, signals ... backwards to cancel out interfering noise. The technique is used in astronomy to remove atmospheric ...

Distinguishing single cells with nothing but light

... of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human ... cells using only light. Availability of such a technique means that immunologists and other cellular ... through the cells. With the availability of a technique where making a measurement does not alter ...

New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible

... first widely applicable high-throughput screening technique that works even with proteins about which little ... several years ago developed a now widely used technique called Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP). ... proteins possible, one major drawback is that the technique requires laborious gel or mass spectrometry ...

Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications

... The rules of attraction Dr. Lindsay's technique for observing DNA sequences relies on devices ... at the atomic scale." Crucial to the new technique is the fact that the strength of the glue ... to reading single molecules through such a technique can be overcome, the method holds the potential ...

New aerosol observing technique turns gray skies to blue

... size, and global distribution. A new detection technique and a new satellite instrument developed by NASA ... light," Cairns said. The new retrieval technique also integrates more information about short-wave ... measuring aerosols with polarized light. Cairns' technique measures polarization more accurately, integrates ...

Novel veterinary procedure detecting life-threatening injuries touted

... used as a non-invasive, point-of-care imaging technique to detect PTX and other thoracic injuries in ... paper that evaluates an incredibly useful bedside technique that empowers the physical examination in a good ... very good results. It is wonderful to see this technique come back to the veterinary world, as the very ...

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

... of the Negev engineers have developed a technique to "denature" plutonium created in large nuclear ... can only be used for peaceful purposes. This technique could help "de-claw" more than a dozen countries ... additive into all plutonium. An article on the technique and findings will appear next month in the ...

Scientists find black gold amidst overlooked data

... in this case, we found treasure." The new technique could provide a more timely and cost-effective ... at higher latitudes. The description of the new technique was published in January in Geophysical Research ... to a better use of our public resources." The technique could be useful for detecting and monitoring oil ...

New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

... Ind. - Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of ... research associate in civil engineering. The technique also is a departure from conventional methods ... "This type of sensor isn't new, but the technique for using it is," McLamore said. "Sensors have ...

U of T technique put to use to test clean up of contaminated groundwater

... improve the success of clean-up efforts using a technique developed at the University of Toronto. "The ... outlines how this can be done using a novel technique called Compound Specific Isotope Analysis, ... Sherwood Lollar. Over the past decade, as the new technique has become more widespread, centres for research ...

New computational technique allows comparison of whole genomes as easily as whole books

... human genome is only 1 percent of the DNA. The technique produces groupings of organisms largely ... similar sequences than distant relatives. This technique assumes organisms have genes in common, however, ... maps of all known protein structures, wanted a technique that could be used to compare genomes of all ...

Tension in the nanoworld

... (s-SNOM). Part of the team had pioneered this technique over the last decade, enabling chemical ... in industrial semiconductor nanodevices. The technique makes use of extreme light concentration at the ... first experimental evidence that the microscopy technique is capable of mapping local strain and cracks of ...

MIT develops new way to fuse cells

... be fused together into a hybrid cell. The new technique should make it much easier for scientists to ... member of the Whitehead Institute, report the new technique in the Jan. 4 online edition of Nature Methods . ... with studies of stem cell reprogramming, this technique could be used to study interactions between any ...

New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins

... and other animals grows, some version of the new technique may allow similar protein predictive capabilities ... and Martin Weigt, an expert in a computational technique known as message passing, in Turin, Italy. This ... very first message-passing experiment. Either the technique would accurately identify the direct pairings or ...

UC San Diego and Genentech scientists develop potentially disruptive antibody sequencing technology

... reduction" compared to the most widely used technique today, which can take weeks or even months The technique is also faster than the complementary DNA (cDNA) ... named for Swedish chemist Pehr Edman. (The technique was used in the sequencing of insulin, for which ...

Next generation microscopy: No stain, big gain

... A newly developed label-free imaging technique called stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) will ... Xie at Harvard University reported this new technique in the December 19 issue of Science. "It is a ... and medicine. This work compliments an earlier technique we developed with funding from the National ...

Molecules in the spotlight

... is available in French . A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a ... with a source of femtosecond X-ray pulses, in a technique now known as ultrafast X-Ray Absorption ... from the Swiss Light Source synchrotron in a technique developed at the PSI, the researchers were able ...

ESA tests laser to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide

... A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon ... of the carbon cycle. The proposed measuring technique involves two short laser pulses being emitted at ... a laser system. This indicates that the measuring technique proposed by A-SCOPE could accurately retrieve ...

Einstein researchers develop technique to count messages made by single genes

... Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step ... a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA. The technique could provide a window into the process by which ... on inappropriately, causing disease. The new technique provides a detailed look into processes that ...

New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies

... Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely ... electronic chip for detection or analysis. The technique overcomes limitations inherent in two existing ... often used in biomedical applications. "It's a technique that you would likely use in sensors, but we also ...

Researcher tricks immune system in diabetic mice

... transplanted islets are its own cells. This new technique eliminated the need for the immunosuppressive ... at the Feinberg School. "This technique is a highly attractive potential therapy for ... If successful, the next step would be testing the technique on human subjects. Miller said ...

New technique eliminates toxic drugs in islet transplant in diabetic mice

... transplanted islets are its own cells. This new technique eliminated the need for the immunosuppressive ... at the Feinberg School. "This technique is a highly attractive potential therapy for ... If successful, the next step would be testing the technique on human subjects. Miller said ...

Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25

... Swimming Mystery Solved with Digital Imaging technique 4) Engineers Unearth the Digging Secrets ... SWIMMING MYSTERY SOLVED WITH DIGITAL IMAGING technique Since the 1930s, scientists have puzzled over ... layer drag," says Wei, who plans to use the DPIV technique to measure flow around other marine mammals. ...

Protein 'tubules' free avian flu virus from immune recognition

... they were able to determine its structure using a technique called X-ray crystallography. This technique enables scientists to determine the ... from other influenza viruses." Bornholdt's technique for crystallizing the protein will prove valuable ...

Sensitive laser instrument could aid search for life on Mars

... a new study shows. The results, obtained using a technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's ... this analysis relies on a "point-and-shoot" laser technique that preserves more of the rock and reduces ... contamination. INL's method is based on a technique called laser desorption mass spectroscopy. By ...

Where optics meets medicine

... A Potential New Tool for Brain Surgeons New technique for Mapping Blood Supply in Retina Increases ... the electrical stimulation. They hope that the technique will one day provide information quickly for ... clinical trial designed to test how effective the technique is. Presentation FTuD3, "Optical ...

University success at national engineering awards

... impact of oil drilling and a scientific technique that can be used to help map out oil deposits, ... waste in a furnace or oven but the new microwave technique is far more efficient, using around six to seven ... College and Strata hope to commercialise the technique in time for the 2012 Olympics. Susan Huxtable, ...

Using novel tool, UD researchers dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure

... Delaware researchers have found. Using a new technique they developed, scientists at UD's Delaware ... that previously had been the standard, the UD technique collects all of this "cell trash" to analyze at ... sequences for the study, using a high-throughput technique known as sequencing by synthesis (SBS). The ...

Expanding cell girth indicates seriousness of breast cancer

... has spread beyond its point of origin. The technique allows screening of single cells 300 times faster ... with the electrical process. The research technique uses an electrical field within a microscopic ... of cell expansion. They also want to use the technique to diagnose other types of cancers and other ...