Study casts doubt on 'Snowball Earth' theory
Remains of photosynthesizing microbes in prehistoric rocks suggest Earth was not ice-bound The study appears in the Sept. 29 Science Express. The lead author is Alison Olcott, a Ph.D. student of earth...Virginia Tech football player uses prototype cast
Virginia Tech's starting running back Cedric Humes was able to play against Boston College despite a broken arm (the ulna bone) thanks, in part, to a prototype composite brace designed for him by Virginia Tech engineers. Brian Love, a professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering, and his biomaterials class met with Mike Goforth, Virginia Tech's director of a...Research casts doubt on circulating stem cells
Adult stem cells taken from bone marrow are the "shooting stars" of their field. Many research scientists have been speculating that the cells might be able to pass through the blood into diseased organs and replace defective tissue. Such cells are seen as the potential key to the treatment of certain muscle diseases. However, a study currently being conducted at Bonn's University Clinic has prod...Scientists develop malaria forecasting tool to predict disease risk
A new tool to predict epidemics of malaria up to five months in advance has been developed by a scientist at the University of Liverpool. The model uses predictions of climate variability to indicate the level of risk of an epidemic up to five months in advance of the peak malaria season ?the earliest point at which predictions have ever been made. The model will assist doctors and health...Gene chips forecast ecological impacts of climate change
Gretchen Hofmann, an associate professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk about the use of technologies in molecular biology to assess climate-change related impacts on marine invertebrates at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 18. Her research centers on sea urchins...CAST EIA Kit from Alpco Diagnostics
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Stephen Roemer Mary Jensen Harry Osterman MarkVanek LI-COR Biotechnology Division LI-COR and Stratagene release the first commercially available precastgels for automated DNA sequencing and genetic analysis. Stratagenes CastAway gels* for...Four New CastAway Precast Gels
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CastAway precast gels for fast analysis of RAP-PCR and differentialdisplay Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Stratagenes new CastAway precast sequencing gels were used to detectand isolate differentially expressed gene products amplified by the RNAarbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (R...Madison-based TrafficCast makes national inroads as data provider
, a company that provides traffic data to a range of other map and travel services, is expanding well beyond its Madison headquarters in order to meet with the demand from i...Study casts doubt on keyboard ills
Using a computer does not appear to pose a severe occupational hazard for developing the wrist and hand ailment known as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to a Danish study published Tuesday.The finding was based on a survey of nearly 7,000 workers at 3,500 locations who were questioned initially on symptoms and 5,568 of the group who were assessed a year later. This study found a...Doubts Cast On Benefits Of Vitamin E
Studies on vitamin E seemed to suggest that supplementing the diet with vitamin E helps in preventing cancer and heart problems. //Recently, a study published In Journal Of American Medical association, says the reality of taking vitamin E supplements may be something very different. The researchers had studied patients with cardiovascular diseases through Heart Outcomes Prevention Eval...Lesions in the eyes may forecast a stroke
The eyes are, since ages, regarded as a mirror of the inner self. However, according to a new study, eyes may now predict the likelihood of a stroke and stroke-related death. // The study, published in the October issue of Neurology, describes a novel simple, non-invasive diagnostic tool using the eyes to determine whether people have a higher risk of suffering from a stroke. Accordin...WHO Forecasts Bird Flu Pandemic Among Birds
New outbreaks of the bird flu virus is expected in poultry during the course of 2006, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This is not expected to take place // among human beings on a large scale, in spite of the human infections in Iraq and Turkey. Governments have however been called upon to be prepared to face the worst, and all the 192 member nations have been called up...Kids Fall Ill After Consuming Ricin-Contaminated Castor Beans in China
More than a 100 middle and primary school students in the county of Jingyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province were apparently poisoned by ricin early on Thursday. //The state media reported that the children were poisoned by ricin, which was found in the castor beans that they ate. The magistrate of the county, Li Xiaojing said that all the poisoned students were taking part in a bea...Castroviejo Corneal Trephine Set
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