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Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

The new book Hotspots Revisited identifies 34 regions worldwide where 75 percent of the planet's most threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians survive within habitat covering just 2.3 percent of the Earth's surface (roughly equivalent to the combined areas of the five largest U.S. states). This habitat originally covered 15.7 percent of the Earth's surface, an area equivalent in size to Russia a...

Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that promoting cleaner, more efficient technologies for producing charcoal in Africa can save millions of lives and have significant climate change and development benefits. The African continent, as well as many developing nations in Asia and Latin America, is dependent on b...

Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

An infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins who has spent nearly three decades studying the life-threatening, tick-borne infection known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever warns that the first widespread outbreak of the bacterial disease in Arizona is a growing and dangerous sign of how humans can inadvertently help spread infectious organisms beyond traditional state boundaries. In an arti...

UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots

Employing a simple new technique to manipulate the sugars that power many front-line drugs, a team of Wisconsin scientists has enhanced the antic-cancer properties of a digitalis, a drug commonly used to treat heart disease. Reporting the work in the Aug. 8 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of pharmaceuti...

T-rays: New imaging technology spotlighted by American Chemical Society

T-ray sensing and imaging technology, which can spot cracks in space shuttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Charles A....

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AccuSpot LC-MALDI Plate Spotter from Shimadzu

Description:The AccuSpot automates LC micro-fractionation, spotting and preparation for MS analysis. With the AccuSpot system, LC eluent can be accurately and continuously spotted onto target plates, in trace amounts. This allows for automatic preparation of target plates for MALDI-TOF-MS measurements. When used in conjunction with Shimadzus Two-Dimensional Micro LC System and Shimadzu Biotechs AXIMA MALDI-T...
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Bovine IFN gamma ELISPOT Kit from Endogen

Description:Endogens Bovine IFNγ ELISPOT (enzyme-lined immunospot) Kit analyzes interferon gamma (IFNγ) production at the single cell level. A spot forms at the site where secreted cytokine is bound, is counted (either using a dissection microscope or automated ELISPOT reader) and then compared to the number of cells added to the microplate. This allows the frequency of cells secreting the cytoki...
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Spotlight 400N FT-NIR Imaging System from PerkinElmer

Description:With costs of poor quality running into billions of dollars worldwide, pharmaceutical manufacturing organizations are under increasing pressure to reduce expensive rework costs. In tablet production, the microscopic distribution of ingredients is known to impact important quality parameters such as dissolution, stability, bio-availability and hardness. However, to date there have been no convenie...
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PROTEINEER sp: Automated Spot Picker from Bruker Daltonics

Description:Automated Spot PickingA modified digital scanner serves as the spot-picking platform. This scanner requires three of the five standard rack positions on the tray, leaving space for up to 4 micro well plates on the remaining two racks.The software allows for manual selection of single spots by mouse-click on the scanned gel image. The individual x,y-coordinates, together with the corresponding p...
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Location, location, location: Spots to consider for online ads

In recent months, popular search engines have undergone significant changes: Google allows marketers to target specific ad positions within...

Wisconsin gets "biotech hotspot" designation from industry newsletter

Wisconsin has earned another national mention as a "biotech hotspot," this time in e-mail newsletter FierceBiotech. In aggregate this kind of recognition raises the state's profile and is just what the biotech industry has been asking for. Joining Wisconsin on the list of five hotspots were California, Maryland, New Jersey and Singapore. John Carroll, the editor responsible for compiling...

S.C. Johnson lands in No. 2 spot in Information Week 500 list

Seven other Wisconsin organzations, other than S.C. Johnson, made this year's list.<br...

Deep sea event will put spotlight on Internet 2 capabilities

Audiences will have the opportunity to watch just that next week a...

TDS takes top spot in region in customer satisfaction rankings

TDS results in the represent a combined score of...

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Experimental Blood Test May Spot Heart Attack Risk, Study Says

Oxidized phospholipids can be tested in blood to indicate the possibility of heart// attack in people under 60 years. A report in the 7th July issue of New England Journal of Medicine indicates that blood levels of Oxidized phospholipids may indicate the amount of fatty build- up patients have in their arteries of heart. This may in future be able to avoid the use of invasive tests...

Spread Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Is A Probability, Say Experts

Researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine had said in a research finding to be published in The New England Journal of Medicine that the disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever may spread faster// than people thought possible, to cause an outbreak. The research highlights the importance of the recent outbreak in Arizona, US, as the first confirmed cases that could...

New Method To Identify Protein Hot spots

Though Proteins are stable there are certain conditions under which they loose their stability and aggregates with the unbounded proteins leading to protein aggregation called as Amyloid Fibers// which is though to be responsible for causing neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases. The Research team from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, led by the researcher...

Upgrade Health Benefits: Wal-Mart in a Tight Spot

Olympia: With an imminent deadline, labor unions are pushing Wal-Mart against a Wall, to cough up more on Healthcare for its staff. // Although it appears that the unions are doing this for the cause of the workers, and improve their lot, there appears more to it than what meets the eye. The scene is on the brink of a major tussle between the vehemently anti-union companies and the unio...

Misconceptions Put AIDS Patients In Tight-Spot

Despite the widespread awareness being propagated by the Indian government many AIDS patients are put to hardships, as still most of the people don’t even possess the basic knowledge about AIDS.// Newly married Celina was busy knitting dreams of life and love when destiny dealt a cruel blow - she was infected with AIDS through her husband at the age of 21. Now, 13 years l...

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3.5v Halogen HPX Spot Retinoscope

Description:3.5v Halogen HPX Spot Retinoscope provides 40% more light output than conventional scopes and maintains a consistent output level which greatly enhances illumination and produces the sharpest retinal reflex, making refractions....
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Blu-Spot Blue Ophthalmic Light

Description:Features a twist-on backswitch, with a diffused, cobalt blue light beam....
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Headband headlight system (10-75 mm variable spot)

Description:It provides excellent illumination from an inexpensive platform and is mounted on the comfortable UltraLite headband....
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Headband headlight system (100 mm fixed spot)

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3.5v Spot Retinoscope Set with Rechargeable Handle and Soft Case

Description:Our 3.5v Streak or Spot Retinoscope Sets feature instruments with the brightest light output in the industry, reliable handles, and convenient cases....
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