Molecular biology fills gaps in knowledge of bat evolution
... family level to the genus level and probe in more detail into the bat evolutionary record. He also plans to compare the completeness of the bat fossil record with that of other mammals. ...UAB scientists discover the origin of a mysterious physical force
...llege London have studied this mysterious force in detail and have discovered where its origins lie. In the same way that a flag flutters in the direction the wind is blowing, at a microscopic level water molecules are gently attracted towards the direction in which an electric field is pointing. However, ...Anti-bacterial additive widespread in U.S. waterways
...bial chemical thathas been studied in much greater detail because it is more easilydetectable.Using an empirical model and published data on the environmentaloccurrence of triclosan, the researchers predicted triclocarbanconcentrations for 85 U.S. streams. The study results suggest that theantimicrobial con...Another Look Finds Promising Proteomics Test is Not Biologically Plausible
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a small sample of blood is unlikely to lead to a reliable clinical test right away. After conducting repeated checks of the data that supported the test’s effectiveness, the res......e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a small sample of blood is unlikely to lead to a reliable clinical test right away. After conducting repeated checks of the data that supported the test’s effectiveness, the res...Cracking the olfactory code in bees
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a small sample of blood is unlikely to lead to a reliable clinical test right away. After conducting repeated checks of the data that supported the test’s effectiveness, the res...Signaling protein builds bigger, better bones in mice
...e University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a small sample of blood is unlikely to lead to a reliable clinical test right away. After conducting repeated checks of the data that supported the test’s effectiveness, the res...The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life
...ings of living organisms at a much higher level of detail than ever before. One innovation of SPIM is the illumination of a sample from the side rather than along the traditional view of the microscope lens. This eliminates a problem that has plagued three-dimensional microscopy in the past: researchers co...Purdue proves concept of using nano-materials for drug discovery
... reactions." Findings being reported in the paper detail how researchers created the device with the same "microfabrication" techniques used to make computer chips. The reactors range in diameter from about 400 to 60 microns, or millionths of a meter. Human hairs are about 100 microns wide. "You can think...Development of portable infectious disease detector
...housand cells confined in a small volume.(For more detail see "New device can help defend against novelbiological agents" at[http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/news_microphys.htm].)Under the leadership of Franz Baudenbacher, assistant professor ofbiomedical engineering and physics, Vanderbilt researcher...PANTHER Protein Classification System Database 5.0
...ystem Web site,which provides sufficient molecular detail of the pathway data forsystems biology applications. “We've gained enormously from thiscollaboration, and we are pleased to be providing the results to thescientific community. Dr. Kitano’s ‘process notation?is a key advancefor representing biologica...X-Ray Beams And Fruit Fly 'Flight Simulator' Aid Scientists' View Of Muscle Power
...second has been a mystery that we now can solve in detail using these new technologies?Maughan said. Maughan and his colleagues?research experiences with genetically malleable fruit flies has increased the potential for addressing much more specific questions about the roles of various protein components i...PET/MRI scans may help unravel mechanisms of prenatal drug damage
...echnique alone did not provide adequate anatomical detail of the tiny fetal organs. The current study combined PET with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track cocaine pharmacokinetics down to the level of the placenta and individual regions of the fetal brain. "The MRI images, which have...Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue
...apy and in solar energy conversion. Because of the detail offered by Mongelli's poster, Brewer says she will focus on the exciting potential of creating molecules to reduce water to hydrogen. The talk, "Designing photochemical molecular devices utilizing Os and Ru polyazine light absorbers and Rh and Pt rea...Penn Researchers Use Robotic Surgery
...n vision allows, and to work at a smaller scale of detail than conventional surgery permits. Unlike other endoscopic systems now in use, which afford reverse-image views that require counter-intuitive movements by surgeons (whereby the surgeon must move his hand to the left in order to move the mechanical d...Two new retroviruses—transmitted from animals—identified
...n vision allows, and to work at a smaller scale of detail than conventional surgery permits. Unlike other endoscopic systems now in use, which afford reverse-image views that require counter-intuitive movements by surgeons (whereby the surgeon must move his hand to the left in order to move the mechanical d...U of T researchers map role of Epstein-Barr virus in cancer
...protein complex so scientists can see in molecular detail how the EBNA1 protein binds to USP7 and the resulting impact on cell growth. Once that level of detail is achieved, she says scientists can then design specific mutations in these proteins to see what ha...Cancer related gene p53 not regulated as indicated by previous tissue culture research
... of this vital safeguard has been studied in great detail for many years but mainly in tissue culture, or in vitro, models. A new mouse model, created by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, suggests that what researchers have learned about the regulation of p53 activity from in vitro s...Enlisting genomics to understand flu evolution
...onstrated in this study is the first to examine in detail a reassortment event from a persistently cocirculating minor strain to a previously dominant strain leading to an epidemiologically significant outcome--the emergence of the "Fujian" strain in the 2003-2004 flu season. The Institute for Genomic Rese......h virus engaging of the cell receptor. The papers detail how the team isolated and characterized the gene that encodes B5, called hfl-B5, and used the DNA sequence to find out more about the protein structure of the B5 receptor. In the presentation at the International Congress for Virology, Fuller will de...