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A new male-specific gene in algae unveils an origin of male and female
...dominant sex (MT-) of its isogamous ancestor. This breakthrough in understanding provides an opportunity to address any number of extremely interesting questions regarding evolution of oogamy and the origins of male-female dichotomy....Uniform tungsten trimers stand and deliver
... make bonds and break bonds. That's the scientific breakthrough here." Though it appears simple, the model system was challenging to develop, White said. The collaborators employed specialized equipment available from the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE user facility located ...Quantum dots reviewed -- Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?
...electronic properties that make them suitable for breakthrough treatments such as the detection and destruction of cancer cells. Just released on the nanotechnology website AZoNano, is a comprehensive review of the latest literature and studies into Quantum Dots. The review by Sandeep Kumar Vashist, Rupinder...UCLA researchers unravel a mystery about DNA
...rying out instructions contained in our genes. The breakthrough described in an article in the Nov. 17 issue of th... manipulating single molecules, one at a time -- a breakthrough in its own right." "The study of molecular machines, the dynamics of their moving parts and their...Scientists discover toxin that causes gastro disease
...hildren," Dr Beddoe said. He said the research breakthrough may also provide insights into the development of age-related and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and may be used in the treatment of some cancers....Teenager moves video icons just by imagination
...of Atari's Space Invaders, one of the most popular breakthrough video games of the late '70s. The player controls the motions of a movable laser cannon that moves back and forth across the bottom of the video screen. Row upon row of video aliens march back and forth across the screen, slowly coming down from the ...Researchers in Montréal and the US create model of key immune-system component
...al and Johns Hopkins University, have made a major breakthrough in understanding an essential aspect of the immune... Dr. Desjardins and his team. Their very important breakthrough further confirms the wisdom of the Québec government’s decision to invest in innovation, in this cas...New technology to speed up research into Huntington's disease
...ool developed at Cambridge University represents a breakthrough in the race to find treatments to help sufferers with Huntington's disease. Researchers have developed an effective new method of testing cognitive decline in mice with the disease, using an automated touch screen. It is hoped the screen will also ...Brown scientists map structure of DNA-doctoring protein complex
...sitions to create the structural map. "The real breakthrough here is successfully using FRET to determine the structure of a large protein-DNA complex," Sun said. "Biologists now have a new tool to help them understand a variety of these complexes, including ones that control cell division, gene expression and...Transplanted photoreceptor precursor cells restore visual function in mice with retinal degeneration
...mology in London. The technology represents a breakthrough in transplantation-based therapies for neuro-degenerative diseases. It suggests that scientists may need to introduce changes in stem cells in order for them to become highly specialized neurons. Although the experiment has implications for hum...NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective
...gies" grants have as their goal the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less. Grant recipients and their approximate total funding are: John Nelson, Ph.D., General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, N.Y.,$900,000 (2 years),"Closed Compl...Male contraception: One door opens, another closes
...he Population Council in New York have announced a breakthrough on a non-hormonal compound known as Adjudin (Nature Medicine, Oct. 29). By injecting the compound as an attachment to a modified hormone that seeks out the testes, researchers have found that a low dose is both safe and effective in rats. Without thi...Genetically engineered blood protein can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen
...sed to split water into its constituent parts. The breakthrough may pave the way for the development of novel ways of creating hydrogen gas for use as fuel in the future. Professors Tsuchida and Komatsu from Waseda University, Japan, in collaboration with Imperial College London, synthesised a large molecular ...T-ray breakthrough could make detecting disease far easier
A breakthrough in the harnessing of 'T-rays' - electromagnetic terahertz waves - which could dramatically improve the detecting and sensing of objects as varied as biological cell abnormalities and explosives has been announced. Researchers at the University of ...Volcanic eruptions, ancient global warming linked
...bal warming and changes in ocean chemistry. The breakthrough came from being able to find a marker ?the ash eruption ?that was distributed all over the North Atlantic, and showed up in the marine record as well, Duncan said. The volcanic activity that took place in Greenland 55 to 61 million years ago broug...New measure of sexual arousal found for both men and women
... www.sexandcoupletherapy.com ). "This is a huge breakthrough in the assessment of genital blood flow research in women's sexual health," observed Irwin Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine. "Previous testing was invasive and involved placement of measuring instruments in various locatio...New culture method for hepatitis C virus uses primary hepatocytes and patient serum
... the infection. This culture system provides a breakthrough in studying HCV replication in nontransformed hepatocytes, the natural target of the virus. By allowing infection by patient serum containing a wide array of virus strains, this system may allow better understanding of the differences between differe...Scientists produce neurons from human skin
...o lead researcher Professor François Berthod. This breakthrough could eventually lead to revolutionary advances in... out Professor Berthod. In the short term, this breakthrough might have an impact in the field of neuroscience research. "Producing neurons from skin cells could...Scientists unlock secret of what makes plants flower
... research, said: "This could be a really important breakthrough in plant science. Since the 1930s when it first became clear that something was communicating the perception of changes in day length in leaves to the shoot apex, and causing flowering, scientists have been trying to work out exactly how this mechani...UF scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands
...biogeographical implications and represents a real breakthrough in elucidating the evolutionary history of the family," Olson said. ...Other Tagsdip 2Other Contentsyouryouryouryouryouryouryouryouryourodorodorodorodorbreastfeedingbreastfeedingbreastfeedingbreastsbreastsmothersmothersmothersmothersmothersmotherssoundssoundssoundssoundssoundsdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesdifficultiesbreechbreech
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