Monitor in Biological News

Duke, Harvard researchers to monitor bonobo reintroduction

DURHAM, N.C. -- American researchers who have been studying the rare and threatened bonobo ape will lead monitoring efforts after a group of orphan bonobos are returned to the wild in the Congo for the first time this month. On June 14 and 28, for the first time ever, a group of 18 orphan bonob...

Star Trek-like technology offers noninvasive monitor for patients and athletes

HOUSTON (April 29, 2009) How long will it take to develop Star Trek-like medical technologies? The gap between science fiction and reality is closing faster than many people may think. A noninvasive, needle-free system that uses light to measure tissue oxygen and pH will soon be an alternati...

EPA and USDA should create new initiative to better monitor nutrients

WASHINGTON --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture should jointly establish a Nutrient Control Implementation Initiative (NCII) to learn more about the effectiveness of actions meant to improve water quality throughout the Mississippi River basin and into the ...

Sweat it out: UH study examines ability of sweat patches to monitor bone loss

Some health assessments that are routinely carried out on Earth are not practical when the "patients" are free-floating astronauts on long space flights, such as missions to Mars or the Moon. A new, NASA-funded study from the University of Houston department of health and human performance will e...

Remote technology sees through ice, snow and hot air to monitor power plants

On Aug. 14, 2003, the power grid failure that left the northeastern United States in darkness surprised a country unaccustomed to interrupted electricity. Expectations of a plentiful energy supply in the United States contrast dramatically to the situation in some developing countries that lim...

Tests show LLNL detection instrument can monitor the air for all major terrorist threat substances

Security and law enforcement officials may some day have a new ally - a universal detection system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists. This type of system is under development by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...

Built-in exercise monitor predicts fitness

We all hold the secret to getting fit, according to researchers from the University of Exeter. The research team has shown that we each have a built-in ability to judge how hard our bodies are working, often with remarkable precision. A series of studies over the last two years, culminating in...

Looking through the eyes of a mouse, scientists monitor circulating cells in its bloodstream

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 A team of researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have developed an optical device that allows them to peer through the eyes of a mouse and monitor the cells passing through its bloodstream. ...

Cancer patients monitor fatigue in real time

Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms cancer patients experience during chemotherapy and radiation treatment, but it's difficult for health care professionals to accurately assess its severity. Nurse researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are studying fatigue in...

Study finds how organs monitor themselves during early development

How are you? In biological terms this question could involve a feedback loop that lets the body check in on itself and then act on that information. Although feedback loops are essential and they abound in biology, they aren't well understood. Feedback loops enable an organ such as the liver to det...

Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections

The University of Manchester has received £1m (?.67m) to develop a new device able to 'sniff out' harmful infections. The funding will be used to create a non-invasive wound monitor to treat patients with severe burns, skin ulcers or gaping wounds. The aim is to produce a device which is able ...

Short-term Bio Sensors Monitor From Afar

A new study reveals critical molecular events in the origin of fat cells. The findings are central to understanding chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as fat cells produce hormones critical for metabolic control, the researchers said. The study finds that a hormonal cocktail routinel...

Firefly protein lets researchers monitor molecule linked to cancer

Scientists have used a glowing protein from fireflies to observe the activity of a molecule that is an important target for new drugs to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and several other disorders. The target molecule, known as IKK (for IKappa kinase), regulates processes that can trigger drama...

Highest ever winter water temperatures recorded

... Southern Surveyor to track the currents but there are also other indicators such as tropical species reaching Tasmania. "It's important for us to monitor these changes in the ocean, as they can have consequences for marine ecosystems, fisheries, aquaculture, coastal communities and more," Dr Cresswell s...

Carnegie Mellon's Jean VanBriesen leads research team on Monongahela River

...ociation of drinking water suppliers that has been selected by the state to monitor the river quality. "We will essentially collect data ...e Mellon's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The sensors will monitor for some aspects of water quality, and the Carnegie Mellon team will take a...

Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house

...ging colors Battle model cars powered by fuel cells to see which is fastest Watch a master scientific glassblower demonstrate his craft monitor climate change with live data feeds from around the world Ride an energy bike to generate electricity Identify proteins and learn how they c...

Holding breath for several minutes elevates marker for brain damage

...cal damage over time. The researchers recommended further research on free divers that would begin early in their careers and follow them for years to monitor their neurological function. The study is "Increased serum levels of the brain damage marker S100B after apnea in trained breath-hold divers: a stu...

Scientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema

...mice, the researchers hope that in future it will be possible to adapt the test for use in patients. "It would allow us to use MMP12 as a biomarker to monitor disease evolution and the risk of emphysema formation. It could also serve to examine the response to therapeutic interventions in patients with infla...

A crystal ball for brain cancer?

...astoma. Half of the patients received infusions of Avastin every two weeks. All underwent monthly brain scans by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor change. The researchers analyzed the MRI scans of the patients whose tumors returned. Explaining what the team saw requires an understanding of ho...

University has grand designs to build a house of straw

...s and sound insulation qualities. Dr Katharine Beadle, the principle researcher on the project, explained: "We're putting sensors into the walls to monitor temperature and humidity levels, and using technology to simulate the heat and moisture generated by people." Craig White, Director of White Design...

UTMB study identifies women at risk of gaining excessive weight with injectable birth control

...UTMB's department of obstetrics and gynecology. The researchers recommend that physicians tailor counseling based on women's risk factors, closely monitor weight at each three-month follow-up visit and suggest a different contraception method to patients who gain significant weight within the first six m...

Ethiopian government celebrates rinderpest eradication

...iopian government workers and the Tufts veterinarians their indigenous knowledge on rinderpest symptoms and patterns of transmission. Their ability to monitor for flare-ups following the vaccinations was crucial to conquering rinderpest. Similar tactics were used to eradicate rinderpest in other African c...

C. difficile spores spread superbug

...fessor of Microbial Pathogenesis from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases. "At last we can monitor the transmission of this major pathogen using a tractable model system. This will be invaluable in determining the role of spore formation in transmis...

Overfishing and evolution

... Using snorkelers and SCUBA divers is not the best way to monitor fish populations, if we want to know the evolutionary effects of overfishing. The fish population in coral reef areas is often assessed by snorkele...

Scientists report first remote, underwater detection of harmful algae, toxins

... The achievement was recently reported in the June issue of Oceanography . This achievement represents a significant milestone in NOAA's effort to monitor the type and toxicity of harmful algal blooms (HABs). HABs are considered to be increasing not only in their global distribution, but also in the freq...

Research network wins approximately £5.7 million to target human and animal diseases in Africa

...nks medical and veterinary institutions from five African countries and the UK to improve the capacity of African institutions to detect, identify and monitor infectious diseases affecting humans and animals, including new infectious human diseases of animal origin. SACIDS will primarily be supported by...

A bird's eye view of art

...istics of the subjects in the paintings. Pigeons from the Japanese Society for Racing Pigeons were placed in a chamber where they could see a computer monitor displaying the children's art. In the first series of experiments, four pigeons were trained to recognize 'good' paintings by being rewarded with ...

Engineering innovative solutions for 21st century medicine

...t of medical innovation throughout the history of medicine, benefiting millions of people with tools such as implants and prosthetic limbs, devices to monitor the physiological state of patients, and instruments to maintain bodily functions, such as the implantable pacemaker. As both medicine and engineering...

Europe and China watching Earth together

... joint undertaking between ESA and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China encourages scientists to use Earth observation (EO) data to monitor and understand environmental phenomena in China. The symposium, held in Barcelona's World Trade Centre, was opened by the Spanish Delegate to ESA's E...

Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost

...el would require terminal operators to purchase, deploy and operate inspection equipment in consultation with the U.S. government; to hire, train, and monitor private inspectors to analyze secondary inspection images; and to overcome some information technology challenges associated with sharing scanned imag...

Energy-saving method checks refrigerant level in air conditioners

...f the refrigerant and weigh it, a procedure that requires a vacuum pump and is quite time consuming." The new alternative works by using sensors to monitor the temperature of refrigerant at various points along the tubing in an air-conditioning unit. The technique is easy to use because the sensors are si...

Faculty of 1000 praised by Wellcome Trust

... The Wellcome Trust has used Faculty of 1000 evaluations to monitor the success of their funding support. To determine whether their grants were being put to good use, the Wellcome Trust analyzed close to a thousand...

UC Davis grant zeroes in on novel asthma diagnosis and treatment

...se the new omics technology -- metabolomics --to assist the diagnosis and monitor asthma therapy." "The metabolomics is already used to predict the drug ...gy will eventually help us to find new ways to diagnose asthma as well as monitor its treatment." Through its national grants program, the American Asthm...

Scientists capture the first image of memories being made

...nection and reinforcing the memory. The study published in Science , is important for understanding how memory traces are created and the ability to monitor it in real time will allow a detailed understanding of how memories are formed. When considering what might be going on in the brain at a molecular...

New tracking approach will help protect polar bears

... aerial monitoring methods may be becoming less accurate with increased sea ice changes caused by global warming, and we need a more sensitive tool to monitor Canada's bear populations," says Dr. de Groot. "This [new] method, along with others being evaluated, should allow us to annually survey all of the co...

University of Houston diesel testing center teams with state transportation agency to cut emissions

...ill do what Harold calls "a baseline emissions assessment" of each vehicle before the BlueMAX unit is installed. After the installation, the team will monitor the unit's performance using a portable emission measurement system, which is connected to the vehicle during operation in the field. UH's diesel-t...

World Day to Combat Desertification focuses on human security

...emedied by using appropriate land management techniques, it is essential to monitor the areas most at risk. ESA has been working closely with the UNCCD se...led DesertWatch to develop a set of satellite-based information services to monitor and assess the status of land degradation with the support of four of the E...

Innovative system for monitoring coastline processes

...ch, has developed a system for monitoring the coast in order to observe and monitor maritime processes along our coastline. This is innovative technology for t...e. The Kosta System, installed in Mundaka on the Bizkaian coast, aims to monitor the Urdaibai estuary, as well as to gain knowledge about and predict the co...

CSIRO deal to commercialize 'artificial gut'

... Until now predicting GI involved feeding the test food to a number of human volunteers and taking regular blood samples over the following hours to monitor changing blood sugar levels. This new machine can replace this expensive and time consuming process in the development phase of products, leaving the ...

Common chemotherapy drug triggers fatal allergic reactions

...is despite receiving steroid premedication," Bennett said. "Physicians should be diligent in reporting adverse events to regulatory agencies to better monitor the impact of Cremophor on patient safety. Physicians may also want to consider exploring other alternative chemotherapy options that do not include C...