Earth from Space: Splitting iceberg
Envisat captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the southern Atlantic Ocean. A huge fissure was spotted running south to north through the berg on 1 March by C-CORE, the Canadian ice-tracking service, while stu...Pill splitting program of University of Michigan can save money
Pill splitting program developed by University of Michigan could save lot of money but pharmaceutical companies are not happy with the program as they feel that the new program will cause them heavy loss in profits.// The University of Michigan feels that the new program will help save lots ...Valve Repair First in New England Done With Robotic Device
... from nurse-advocates at Patient Advocates that the technique is less invasive than traditional surgery, which requires a much-larger incision and the splitting of the breastbone for access to the heart. The robot-assisted surgical option, which involves tiny incisions between ribs, also can reduce the risk o...Hollow mask illusion fails to fool schizophrenia patients
...ur understanding of this disorder. Danai Dima, Hannover Medical School, says: "The term 'schizophrenia' was coined almost a century ago to mean the splitting of different mental domains, but the idea has now shifted more towards connectivity between brain areas. The prevailing theory is that perception prin...iMedica Corporation Announces the Release of Patient Relationship Manager 2009
... in a manner similar to writing a progress report. On the practice management side, PRM 2009 introduces a cleaner superbill with UB-04 functionality, splitting superbills by service site and integrated credit card processing. PRM 2009 also helps physicians become eligible for incentives, including the Ce...iMedica Corporation Announces Release of Patient Relationship Manager 2009
... in a manner similar to writing a progress report. On the practice management side, PRM 2009 introduces a cleaner superbill with UB-04 functionality, splitting superbills by service site and integrated credit card processing. PRM 2009 also helps physicians become eligible for incentives, including the Cen...Molecule tracking reveals mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells
...in attachment. They emit a "wait" signal until the microtubules properly attach." Careful control over microtubules, they added, is vital for accurate splitting of the chromosomes. The lead researchers on the study were Andrew F. Powers and Andrew D. Frank from the UW Department of Physiology and Biophysic...SYNTAX defines borders between CABG and PCI with TAXUS drug-eluting stents
... the first time investigators used a measure known as the SYNTAX score, which had been designed to evaluate the complexity of the coronary disease. By splitting the population in tertiles, a low score was defined as less than 22, an intermediate score as between 23 and 32 and a high score as greater than 33. F...Doctors Fear Patients Not Filling Prescriptions
...d that patients are not getting prescriptions filled or skipping doses. Respondents also fear patients are trying to extend their medication supply by splitting pills, or discontinuing treatments that help with disease prevention or maintenance without consulting their physician. "These are challengi...Indevus Announces Agreement With Teva to Develop Pagoclone for the Treatment of Stuttering
...hase IIb study, the Agreement provides for Indevus to participate on a 50/50 basis with Teva in the U.S., sharing development and marketing costs, and splitting future profits, in addition to receiving milestone payments. Under certain circumstances, either party may convert the Agreement from the 50/50 arrang...Weizmann Institute scientists develop a unique approach for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen
The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable fuel. But man-made systems that exist today are very inefficient an...Scary ancient spiders revealed in 3-D models, thanks to new imaging technique
...ming an ambush predator, hiding away and only exposing itself when it had to come out to eat." At present, most palaeontologists analyse fossils by splitting open a rock and looking at the creatures encased inside. This means that scientists can often only see part of the fossil and cannot explore all of th...Accolade for solar-hydrogen project
...engineering. Dr Li Puma said: "Hydrogen production by conventional water splitting over a nano-structured photocatalyst has been the topic of numerous investi...elds hydrogen at rates up to 100 times greater than with conventional water splitting making the process commercially feasible." Dr Li Puma has a leading inte...Turning sunlight into liquid fuels
...l step towards this goal with the discovery that nano-sized crystals of cobalt oxide can effectively carry out the critical photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules. "Photooxidation of water molecules into oxygen, electrons and protons (hydrogen ions) is one of the two essential half reactions o...Mysterious microbe plays important role in ocean ecology
...ole in the ecosystem and how it affects the balance of carbon and nitrogen in the ocean." During photosynthesis, photosystem II generates oxygen by splitting water molecules. Because oxygen inhibits nitrogen fixation, most nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria only fix nitrogen at night, or do it in specialized cel...Mysterious microbe may play important role in ocean ecology
...ole in the ecosystem and how it affects the balance of carbon and nitrogen in the ocean." During photosynthesis, photosystem II generates oxygen by splitting water molecules. Because oxygen inhibits nitrogen fixation, most nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria only fix nitrogen at night, or do it in specialized cel...Lead-flapping objects experience less wind resistance than their trailing counterparts
...of flags experienced less drag than a flag in isolation. Both results are contrary to existing research on fluid force. The trailing flag acts as a splitting plate that restricts the lateral motion of the oncoming flow, the researchers said in explaining their results. This effect indirectly reduces the mot...Europe rallies behind nanotechnology to wean world from fossil fuels
...nisms through eons of evolution. Plants and a class of bacteria, cyanobacteria, have evolved photosynthesis, involving the harvesting of light and the splitting of water into electrons and protons to provide a stream of energy that in turn produces the key molecules of life. Photosynthesis can potentially be h...Molecular cubes in the sunlight
...he future. It would be ideal to obtain hydrogen by splitting water instead of from petroleum. However, the elec... from the burning of fossil fuels. Photolysis, the splitting of water by light, is a highly promising alternati...e biggest hurdle to overcome in the photocatalytic splitting of water to date has been the lack of a robust cat...Future for clean energy lies in 'big bang' of evolution
...ay for plants to evolve by "kidnapping" bacteria to provide their photosynthetic engines, and for animals by liberating oxygen for them to breathe, by splitting water molecules. For humans now there is the tantalising possibility of tweaking the photosynthetic reactions of cyanobacteria to produce fuels we wan...Not all titanium dioxide is equal when it comes to splitting water with visible light
Researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be presenting at this year's American Chemical Society 2009 Spring Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following talk will occur on Tuesday afternoon. Scientists are hot on the trail of materials that use ...Norgen Biotek Corp. Announces OEM Manufacturing & Supply Agreement with Exiqon A/S
... microRNA using a single column, without sample splitting. These products are unique and offer a substantial cost and time savings over sample splitting and a multi-column approach. Such powerful tools are of a significant benefit to researchers who are interested in studying the genome, proteo...Nanostructure boosts efficiency in energy transport
...ns with minimal energy loss. Similarly, the relatively new science of water splitting requires capturing energy within semiconductor materials and then efficient... separate and store hydrogen and oxygen gases. "The current challenge in splitting water involves how best to capture photons within the semiconductor materia...Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer
...ter into hydrogen and oxygen. The semiconductor also stores the gases produced, enabling the simple separation of hydrogen and oxygen. So-called water splitting may play a key role in producing hydrogen for fuel. "We're excited to have discovered this unique structure and we are already at work to gauge jus...Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen
...hose processes also generally would cost more than splitting water with electricity. One reason for the difficu...t the water into its component gases. The water splitting requires 1.23 volts, and the current experimental ... take the proper path and put their energy to work splitting water and producing hydrogen. ...Governors business-plan contest has a surprise ending
...ng to Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council , the maximum score a company could receive from the judges was 80 and the two winners splitting the prize were a numerical tie. He said they had an oral presentation and tied again, thus the judges declared a tie. The prize money included, b...Governor tells state, university to work together on IT
...t, with some overlap. This May, the governor had agreed to let the state and university build their own networks, though it was not known then whether splitting the work would cost more or less. The university had plans to create a network called the Wisconsin Education and Research Optical Cyberinfrastruct...Governor tells UW to scrap network plans
...t, with some overlap. This May, the governor had agreed to let the state and university build their own networks, though it was not known then whether splitting the work would cost more or less. The university had plans to create a network called the Wisconsin Education and Research Optical Cyberinfrastruct...Midwest large cap life science group strengthening in the third quarter
...so continued its torrid growth pace. Who would have ever thought this was a company that was under reorganization just a few short years ago? Since splitting off from parent Abbott Labs, Hospira also continues strong growth in its stock price. The stock price is on pace to almost double its initial listing ...Merge launches Spanish version of imaging tool
...healthcare providers transition from film to filmless workflow environments. The Spanish version includes enhanced thumbnail views, spine labeling, splitting image series and improved support for CD and DVD burning with a localized Spanish interface. Robert White, president of Merge eMed, said this new v...