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Biologically inspired sensors can augment sonar, vision system in submarines

...ubmarine) for long-distance tracking. With further advances in engineering, man-made underwater vehicles should be able to autonomously image hydrodynamic events from their surroundings, Liu said. "Although biology remains far superior to human engineering, having a man-made parallel of the biological syste...

Army research mission focused on autism

...’s mission is to "promote innovative research that advances the understanding of autism spectrum disorder and leads to improved treatment outcomes." "We need to move to a place in research where we are making discrete improvements focused on the urgency of helping our children," said Peter Bell, chair of t...

New science of metagenomics 'will transform modern microbiology'

... for a new Global Metagenomics Initiative to drive advances in the field in the same way that the Human Genome Project advanced the mapping of our genetic code. Microorganisms are essential to life on Earth, transforming key elements into energy, maintaining the chemical balance in the atmosphere, providing ...

New insights into autoimmunity and depression

...s behavioral changes may lead to novel therapeutic advances for SLE patients with depression," Dr. Shoenfeld reflects....

MIT's ocean model precisely mimics microbes' life cycles

...t the genetic diversity of marine microbes, recent advances in computational capability and a simple recognition of his own bias. "Physicists, like myself, have a bit of a reductionist view. We often shy away from the complexity of the real world in our models and prefer to reduce things to the simplest ca...

Reversing cancer cells to normal cells

...zebrafish model, and the extraordinary technologic advances made in microscopy and molecular biology in recent years, the team was able to show that the aggressive melanoma cells secrete Nodal, a critical component underling the two-way communication between tumor cells and the embryonic microenvironment. Nod...

New imaging technique tracks traffic patterns of white blood cells

...s contributed enormously to the recent mechanistic advances in leukocyte trafficking," wrote Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers lead author Elaine Y. Chiang, Andres Hidalgo, Jungshan Chang and Paul S. Frenette of the Department of Medicine’s Immunobiology Center and Black Family Stem Cell Institute in...

Protein structure initiative launches new resources for the scientific community

... being used in labs both large and small. Such advances include: The miniaturization of samples needed to grow, purify, and crystallize proteins; Robotic systems to handle samples and image crystals; Enhanced software to analyze structural data and create higher-resolution images; More acc...

Recycling technology

...ontain are potentially hazardous and technological advances are so rapid that society is already discarding millions of LCD screens each year. There are no viable recovery techniques and no fully safe disposal options. Some 40 million LCD television sets were sold worldwide last year with expected sales lik...

A buffet for early human relatives

...working on his Ph.D. degree, "really made terrific advances in the lab to make this [study] possible," Cerling says. The laser was used to remove samples at various points along the length of the tooth, which is marked by tiny ridges called perikymata. They run parallel to the tooth's crown and represent ...

What does the public really know about HPV?

...en shown to cause cervical cancer. Despite recent advances in the detection and prevention of HPV, the link between the virus and cervical cancer is not well known to the public. In June 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent infection of two high risk types of HP...

Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology

...nce at Rensselaer campaign. "This award further advances the strong partnership between IBM and Rensselaer ...center is designed to help continue the impressive advances in shrinking device dimensions seen by electronics manufacturers, and to enable key nanotechnology i...

Seals protect brain, conserve oxygen by turning off shivering response on icy dives

...e who have suffered severe hypoxia, although those advances are likely years in the future, he added. ...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

...eveloping countries could potentially benefit from advances in regenerative medicine to address the epidemic of non-communicable disease and other pressing health needs," the authors say. Regenerative medicine combines know-how from diverse disciplines to repair, replace or regenerate cells, tissues or orga...

Report calls for improved monoclonal antibodies against solid tumors

...chers, including Dr. Weiner, have made significant advances to understand the optimal antibody affinities requ... therapies should be administered. Given these advances in our knowledge, the authors write, “an equally large number of antibody construct and therapy vari...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

...rd engineering Professor James Swartz will discuss advances in such "cell-free" protein synthesis, including production of versatile, nanoscale viral spheres that can act as delivery trucks for a new class of potentially more effective vaccines. "We want to make proteins that are important as pharmaceutical...

Mayo Clinic: Gene expression profiling not quite perfected in predicting lung cancer prognosis

While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing lung cancer studies shows that this technology has not yet surpassed the accuracy of conventional methods used to assess survival in l...

A new understanding of how cells defend themselves against bacterial pore-forming toxins

...hed in the September 22 issue of the journal Cell, advances our understanding of how cells mount a survival response when attacked by bacteria and parasites and also gives insight into the more general process of cell membrane biogenesis. Bacteria and parasites often use special toxins to perforate the memb...

Better sludge through metagenomics

...s accumulate phosphorus, and it will lead to major advances in optimizing and controlling the EBPR wastewater treatment process," McMahon said. "In particular, it makes possible further research into why some wastewater treatment plants occasionally fail. These failures often result in serious pollution of la...

What animals can tell us about hemorrhage, organ transplants and aging

...t may apply to humans, and may spur future medical advances to benefit people. These scientists exude an enthu...Human life expectancy has been greatly enhanced by advances in disease prevention and treatment. But what do we know about how and why we age, and can we slow t...

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