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Cellular message movement captured on video

...lin moving abruptly from hubs of communication and transportation activity on the cell surface toward the nucleus. Paxillin was labeled with a red fluorescence marker to make it stand out in live cells. Video available at http://video-jsoe.ucsd.edu/asx/Paxillin.paper.wmv.asx “It’s amazing to us. We thought the c...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

...ge to attend all sessions. General information on transportation and hotel accommodations can be found at http://asa.aip.org/saltlakecity/saltlakecity.html . Please return the reply form if you are interested in attending the meeting and/or receiving a copy of the book of abstracts. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS T...

Biodiesel study targets cleaner air, cleaner engines

...t's objective of five percent renewable content in transportation fuels by 2010. This is another example of how we can create new economic opportunities for farmers and the agricultural sector while also taking care of our environment." Natural Resources Canada contributed $300,000 to the project, with other part...

ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State

... be used as a heating oil or can be converted into transportation fuel at petroleum refineries. Brown said Conoc...rop improvement and production, the harvesting and transportation of biomass and the impacts of biofuels on economic policy and rural sociology. According to Brown...

New biofuels process promises to meet all US transportation needs

...viding all of the fuel needed for "the entire U.S. transportation sector." The new approach modifies conventional m...e fuel supply to meet the needs of the entire U.S. transportation sector - all cars, trucks, trains and airplanes." The process, which would make possible the dawn...

Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck

...alternative to the fossil petroleum used today for transportation fuels." The results were reported in the April 12 online edition of the Protein Engineering, Design and Selection journal, which also featured visualizations of the results on the cover. A convergence of factors from looming global warming to u...

Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie

...provide habitat for wildlife and fish, and support transportation and agriculture production. Lake Erie is the smallest of the five Great Lakes. ...

Vaccine-producing 'plant-factories'

...entific dogmas regarding the mechanisms of protein transportation in plant cells. The research was carried out by a team from the Institute of Agrobiotechnology and Natural Resources (a centre jointly run by the CSIC, the Public University of Navarre and the Government of Navarre), made up of Javier Pozueta, F...

The biggest bug in gut discomfort

...eus, taking up strategic positions near the cell’s transportation hub, the Golgi apparatus. Previous studies showing C. jejuni gaining intracellular access to intestinal epithelial cells despite its large size suggested to Watson and Galan that the bug had evolved a special mechanism to induce its uptake into th...

The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource

...mon tree may one day factor prominently in meeting transportation fuel needs, according to scientists whose research...partmental goal of replacing 30 percent of current transportation fuel demand with biofuels by 2030. DOE scientists envision a future where vast poplar farms in reg...

Biological motors sort molecules one by one on a chip

...y different small protein factories. The necessary transportation of materials within the cell occurs across a network of microtubules: long, tubular-shaped proteins that extend in a star-shaped formation from the nucleus of the cell to the walls of the cell. Molecular bio-motors, such as the enzyme kinesin, can wa...

DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels

...ternative to gasoline--into an economically viable transportation fuel "Cellulosic ethanol has the potential to be a major source for transportation fuel for America's energy future," Under Secretary for Science Raymond L. Orbach said. "Low producti...

Biofuels researcher searches for new sources

...ternative to gasoline" and "an economically viable transportation fuel." "Montana farms produce 10 million tons of wheat and barley straw that are typically left in the field. An additional five million tons of hay are produced annually," said Dave Wichman, superintendent of the Central Ag Research Center "The ad...

Scientific issues associated with carbon-neutral energy sources such as cellulosic ethanol

... initiative that will help transition the nation's transportation sector to use of domestically produced biofuels. Displacing use of gasoline with biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol, will dramatically reduce emissions of stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Somerville noted. This past year, Somerville ha...

Heart has enough oxygen to survive hypothermia, CPR crucial

...ng is not due to a lack of oxygen supply or oxygen transportation because unloading of oxygen at the cell level from hemoglobin is functioning," Tveita stated. Thus, it appears that the problem comes as a result of the lower cardiac output, he added. "Thus, efforts aimed at elevating cardiac output in this phase...

Biofuels can replace about 30 percent of fuel needs with significant research and policy effort

...dily address, with research, 30 percent of current transportation fuel needs. But reaching that goal will require 5-10 years and significant policy and technical effort," said Dr. Arthur Ragauskas, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a lead on the project. While many think of eth...

Morning grogginess more debilitating than sleep deprivation, according to CU-Boulder study

...new study has implications for medical, safety and transportation workers who are often called upon to perform critical tasks immediately after waking, since cognitive deficiencies following 24 hours of sleep deprivation have previously been shown to be comparable to the effects of alcohol intoxication, he said. T...

Newly discovered protein kills anthrax bacteria by exploding their cell walls

...e combined solution could be used in buildings, on transportation equipment, on clothing, even on skin, providing a safe, easy way to fight the spread of anthrax in the event of a mass release. ...

Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality

...t because industrial activity, domestic heating or transportation is suddenly reduced after the holiday season but because there is an eastward outflow of air that was previously revolving around Asia. This is the same type of phenomenon that carries dust from the Gobi Desert across to the West Coast of the US." ...

Green diesel: New process makes liquid transportation fuel from plants

... alkanes resulting in an ideal additive for diesel transportation fuel. Co-researchers include chemical and biologic...The carbon acts as an effective energy carrier for transportation vehicles. It's not unlike the way our own bodies use carbohydrates to store energy." About 75 perce...

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