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Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?

... is released when biofuels burn. Environmental costs Some environmentalists criticize the use of biofuels by arguing that planting large quantities of corn or grass to produce ethanol will require widespread deforestation, which threatens biodiversity. ''It depends on what acres of land one uses [t...

Neural bottleneck found that thwarts multi-tasking

...Dux said. "Even so, I would never do it. Dual-task costs can be up to a second, and that's a long time when you're traveling at 60 miles per hour."...

Bacteria from patient's dental plaque causes ventilator-associated pneumonia

... have shown that this infection can add $40,000 to costs and double the length of stay of the patient in the hospital. Ironically, it turns out that the patient’s own dental plaque is a major source of germs that cause ventilator-associated pneumonia. In results to be presented today (March 23, 2007)...

Billions of dollars saved in US by polio vaccination

...bbens, a research associate at HSPH, estimated the costs and the effectiveness of historical polio vaccination strategies. They found that the U.S. invested over $35 billion between 1955 and 2005 and will continue to invest billions into the future to pay for polio vaccination. They estimated that these hi...

'Juiced-up' battery fueled by sugar could power small portable electronics

...r task. Suppression is therefore not automatic and costs energy. A humorous example of the principles Veling investigated is the Dutch TV quiz programme Rad van Fortuin (Wheel of Fortune). The candidates of this quiz are brutally distracted whilst answering the questions and can therefore scarcely answer t...

Molecular tools make the cut

...r task. Suppression is therefore not automatic and costs energy. A humorous example of the principles Veling investigated is the Dutch TV quiz programme Rad van Fortuin (Wheel of Fortune). The candidates of this quiz are brutally distracted whilst answering the questions and can therefore scarcely answer t...

Brain fends off distractions

...r task. Suppression is therefore not automatic and costs energy. A humorous example of the principles Veling investigated is the Dutch TV quiz programme Rad van Fortuin (Wheel of Fortune). The candidates of this quiz are brutally distracted whilst answering the questions and can therefore scarcely answer t...

Plastic that degrades in seawater could be boon for cruise industry and others

The costs due to complications from preterm birth are stagge...ited about these findings. It is estimated that it costs the Canadian health system almost $2 billion a year to take care of premature babies and their medic...

Improving outcomes in premature births

The costs due to complications from preterm birth are stagge...ited about these findings. It is estimated that it costs the Canadian health system almost $2 billion a year to take care of premature babies and their medic...

'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites

... Eastern Europe, Canada and South America, and the costs of cleanup are projected in the billions if not trillions of dollars in the U.S. alone. "As it now stands, bioremediation, which is potentially much cheaper than current technologies, has not been used much at all, but it should be," he said. ...

Immunization rates hit record high in poor countries

...large numbers on its own. "The sweet whey only costs 32 cents a pound," says Costa, who gets his donated from a New York-based cheese company, and receives support for his research from the USDA and EPA and other funders. Whey is a far cheaper growing medium than those available in labs for the many...

New test helps identify hepatitis C patients at high risk of developing cirrhosis

...., to perform the genetic test. The test currently costs about $500. ...

Fungal factories may save hemlock forests

...large numbers on its own. "The sweet whey only costs 32 cents a pound," says Costa, who gets his donated from a New York-based cheese company, and receives support for his research from the USDA and EPA and other funders. Whey is a far cheaper growing medium than those available in labs for the many...

Virtual duck bills demonstrate species coexistence

...resource partitioning, each trait must impose both costs and benefits on foraging ducks. It is the trade-off between these costs and benefits that allows resources to be partitioned." "Foraging ducks are faced with the cost of ...

Chromosomal microarray analysis proves accurate

...eaudet. Currently, chromosomal microarray analysis costs from $950 to $1,500. In the current study, Beaudet and his colleagues analyzed the results from 2,513 samples taken from patients referred to the laboratory because they had physical or mental features that suggested one of these repetitions or de...

Faster, low cost sequencing technologies needed to drive era of personalized medicine

... more reliable. In the past generation, sequencing costs have fallen 100-fold, from roughly a dollar a DNA base to a penny, but are still far out of reach for the public. Zhang's technological vision would enable scientists to sequence billions of base pairs of DNA in a single day. This is the size of ...

NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective

...mprove DNA sequencing technologies. DNA sequencing costs have fallen more than 50-fold over the past decade...ct to sequence the human genome. However, it still costs around $10 million to sequence 3 billion base pairs ?the amount of DNA found in the genomes of human...

A silent pandemic: Industrial chemicals are impairing the brain development of children worldwide

...s than 70. Today, it's estimated that the economic costs of lead poisoning in U.S. children are $43 billion annually; for methylmercury toxicity, $8.7 billion each year. "Other harmful consequences from lead exposure include shortened attention spans, slowed motor coordination and heightened aggressiven...

Ebola-outbreak kills 5000 gorillas

...ervation community are intimidated by the up-front costs of vaccination and would prefer to instead spend the money on anti-poaching. What they are not factoring in is the fact that one year of Ebola vaccination could save as many apes as decades of anti-poaching. We need to do both." Walsh also points ...

Fast test for low blood flow in dogs detects early heart trouble

...n North America since February 2005. Each machine costs between $1.5 million and $2 million. A single test costs approximately $700. ...

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