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Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?

...ear. But critics say that corn ethanol alone won't meet the president's goal of 35 billion gallons of alternative fuels in 10 years, because cultivating corn to use only its grain would take up too much land. According to the National Environmental Trust, producing 35 billion gallons of ethanol annually w...

New sensor detects gaseous chemical weapon surrogates in 45 seconds

...al weapon agent sensing technique that promises to meet or exceed current and emerging defense and homeland security chemical detection requirements. The technique, called Quartz Laser Photo-Acoustic Sensing, or "QPAS," is now ready for prototyping and field testing. PNNL, a Department of Energy nation...

Biodiesel won't drive down global warming

...s expected to play an important role in helping to meet the EU's Kyoto commitment to reduce levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 8% by 2012 relative to 1990 levels, and by 20% by 2020. ...

Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction

...trolled fishing. Increasing international trade to meet an insatiable demand for grouper poses a particularly major threat. The workshop outcome serves as another reminder of the need for sustainable fishing and consumption of important fish species. The threatened groupers are naturally vulnerable to ...

Living with water scarcity -- world must act now

...ct to improve water use in agriculture now will we meet the acute water-environment-poverty challenges fac...d reform processes, crafting water institutions to meet local needs. And we need to place the means of getting out of poverty into the hands of poor people...

How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones

... should be put into place before the storm hits to meet both the short-term goals of salvage and fire prevention and the long-term goal of reforestation and ecological recovery." Stanturf and fellow authors use the case study of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to illustrate the major decisions and actions ...

Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu

...namic research community response network that can meet the needs of a global response to a global threat such as the avian flu." Much of the nitty-gritty work on the avian flu project will be done by students, at both the graduate and undergraduate level. "We’ll be engaging students from the above ins...

Engineering the heart piece by piece

...e possibility of engineering customized patches to meet the specific requirements of patients. All of these approaches are described in the recent review article. The new article, by Birla and lead author Louise Hecker, a graduate student in the U-M Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, des...

How T lymphocytes attack

...circle the enemy positions and "patrol" until they meet a tumour cell, which they have previously learnt to recognise. They then halt to eliminate it, before resuming their rounds. The rapidity of the advance achieved by T lymphocytes is indicative of either the absence of an adversary, or defeat of the...

Researcher examines polymers created with poultry feathers

...ased plastics. They are cheaper to manufacture and meet or exceed most properties except for water resistance and longevity. Meeting these performance requirements is a challenge, Barone explains. Barone is taking his lead from nature to find potential solutions to these performance requirements. He is...

Vitamin D deficiency widespread during pregnancy

...D dietary intake recommendations are not enough to meet the demands of pregnancy," Dr. Bodnar said. "Improving vitamin D status has tremendous capacity to benefit public health." ...

Overfishing large sharks impacts entire marine ecosystem, shrinks shellfish supply

...large sharks have been fished in recent decades to meet the growing worldwide demand for shark fins and meat." Sharks are targeted in numerous fisheries, and they also are snagged as bycatch in fisheries targeting tunas and swordfish in both U.S. and high seas fisheries. As many as 73 million sharks ...

Stem cells engage in dialogue with the cells that regulate their futures

...late the amount and kinds of new cells produced to meet current demands. The niches also help maintain a supply of stem cells for later use. Inside your body, for example, there are separate niches for stem cells that will become blood, for cells that will become skin, and so on. Niches are places whe...

Transplanted photoreceptor precursor cells restore visual function in mice with retinal degeneration

...specific neuron--our transplantation efforts would meet with greater success. This technique gives us new insights in repairing damage to the retina and possibly other parts of the central nervous system." Drs. Ali, Swaroop and their colleagues report that the transplanted cells in diseased mouse ret...

A valuable fly for research into disease

...dying human disease using this animal system, will meet for the first time to present and discuss their research. The conference, to be held at the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park) on October 5-7, will focus on the use and exploitation of Drosophila as a tool to study human diseas...

How mammals fuel milk production may have implications for cancer

... the manner in which the mammary glands of mammals meet the incredible metabolic demands of milk production. As the normal pathways of breast development undoubtedly affect breast cancer, the findings may have therapeutic implications, the researchers said. The researchers found that one of three “isofor...

American scientist's research of life's first cells

... December, during an award ceremony. She will also meet with Nobel Prize winners Andrew Fire and Craig Mello during her stay in Stockholm. Irene Chen received the grand prize for her essay, "The Emergence of Cells During the Origin of Life," which is being published in the 8 December issue of the journal ...

Giant insects might reign if only there was more oxygen in the air

... central tissue, and get wider or more numerous to meet the additional oxygen demands of a larger body. ...igh, the insect needs smaller quantities of air to meet its oxygen demands. The tracheal diameter can be narrower and still deliver enough oxygen for a much...

For Pacific white shrimp, gender matters when competing for food

...upply comes from farming. As the industry tries to meet the growing demand for shrimp and shrimp-based products, identifying shrimp that grow more efficiently will be an important tool to maximizing production. ...

Scientists get best look ever at water-life connection

...wly, it could get in the way of proteins trying to meet -- it would be a bottleneck in the process. And if it moved too fast, it couldn't connect with the protein at all. So I think this is nature's way of getting the interaction just right." ...

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