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| New drug could transform treatment of Alzheimer's |
30 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Research conducted by Professor Gordon Wilcock of the University of Bristol, with colleagues in the UK and Canada, could result in one of the most exciting advances in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, if current results are confirmed by Phase 3 trials. |
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| Diet important for children's bones |
30 April 2007 - University of Bristol
The foods our children eat in early life affects the health of their skeleton in later childhood, according to research revealed at the Ninth Bath Conference on Osteoporosis. |
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| Dow Corning names new leaders for global curtain wall market and Asia construction markets |
30 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corporation has named Ricky Neoh as the new global market leader for the Construction Industry’s curtain wall market and Tim Efthimiady as the Asian Construction Industry leader. |
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| Resists oxidation, emulsification with water |
30 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Much of the superior performance of Molykote oils is derived from engineered chemistry combined with proprietary additives. The line’s special, engineered base fluids make Molykote oils inherently more resistant to oxidation and emulsion than conventional products. The additives significantly reduce oxidation caused by elevated pressures and temperatures that can cause premature lubricant breakdown. |
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| Every wanna-be rocker’s fantasy comes true |
30 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO has ‘built’ a shirt which could fulfil the fantasy of anyone who has, in the privacy of their homes, jammed along with one of rock ‘n roll’s great lead guitarists. |
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| Solar System Research is participating in experiments on the NASA space probe STEREO |
30 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Two space probes from the STEREO mission were launched from the American space centre at Cape Canaveral, ushering in a new era in solar research. The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Katlenburg-Lindau is playing a major part in representing Germany on this international mission. Thanks to new 3-dimensional observation technology, the project is intended to improve our understanding of the processes on the sun’s surface and their effect on the earth’s atmosphere ('space weather'). |
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| Brookhaven Scientists Develop Method to Remove Uranium from Contaminated Steel Surfaces |
30 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Center for Environmental and Molecular Sciences, and Stony Brook University have developed a simple, safe method of removing uranium from contaminated metallic surfaces using citric acid formulations so that the materials can be recycled or disposed of as low-level radioactive or nonradioactive waste. |
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| New mobile atmospheric laboratory gathering weather & climate change data on California Coast |
30 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists sponsored by the Department of Energy are conducting a six'month atmospheric research campaign at the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Marin County, California. The experiment’s goal is to help researchers understand how aerosols 'small particles such as soot, dust and smoke'influence the structure of marine stratus clouds, and how aerosols are associated with drizzle ' the misty rain regularly produced by these types of clouds. |
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| Brookhaven Scientists create a new nanostructure |
30 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have devised a method to create a new, intriguing nanostructure: ultra-thin, ribbon-like 'nanobelts' bound to nanotubes. Their research achieves several 'firsts' in the field of nanoscience, the study of materials on the scale of a billionth of a meter. |
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| Smoking damages key regulatory enzyme in the lung |
29 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Smoking appears to reduce a key enzyme in the lungs, possibly contributing to some of smoking’s deleterious health effects, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators. |
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| A step closer to a Malaria vaccine |
29 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
An international team of scientists that includes a researcher from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the three-dimensional molecular structure of a promising malaria-vaccine component. This research may help lead to a successful vaccine for the disease, which currently infects approximately 400 million people worldwide and kills about two million people each year, mostly children. |
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| X-rays yield pictures and chemical clues that may help trace contaminants, thwart terrorists |
29 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
As part of the search for better ways to track and clean up soil contaminants, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new way to 'image' the internal chemistry of bacteria. |
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| Max Planck researchers in Heidelberger film fast molecular motion for the first time |
29 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg have visualised vibration and rotation in the nuclei of a hydrogen molecule as a quantum mechanical wave packet. What is more, this has been achieved on an extremely short spatio-temporal scale. |
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| Virtual map of the sheep genome, a world first |
29 April 2007 - CSIRO
In a world first, a team of international scientists led by CSIRO has constructed a virtual map of the genome of the sheep. The ‘virtual sheep genome’, a physical DNA map of more than 98 per cent of the sheep genome, will be made publicly available by CSIRO this week. It contains the ‘best bet’ about where the sheep’s vast amount of hereditary information can be found on its 26 chromosomes. |
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| 19 food-grade industrial lubrication fluids, oils from Dow Corning offer exceptional purity, lubrication |
29 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
For those in the food industry who must keep the wheels turning, Dow Corning offers an array of 19 food-grade synthetic lubricating fluids and ultra high-purity mineral oils marketed under the Molykote brand name. |
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| Dow Corning announces new impact protection technology |
29 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of silicone solutions for the textile industry, will introduce its new, patented impact protection technology, the Dow Corning Active Protection System. |
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| Less fruit for toddlers when Mum smokes |
29 April 2007 - University of Bristol
What a child eats is highly influenced by whether the mother smokes, according to research published by Bristol's Children of the 90s study. Children of smokers ate less fruit and fibre, but more crisps, chips and sweetened drinks than children of non-smokers. The level of the mother's education is another major factor affecting diet, and to a lesser extent the mother's age. |
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| Low birth weight linked to psychological distress |
29 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Low birth weight is associated with adult psychological distress, according to a new study. The research found that children born full term but weighing less than 5.5 lbs (almost 3% of the total sample) had a 50% increased risk of psychological distress in later life. This remained the case after taking into account potential confounding factors, such as the father's social class, maternal age and adult marital status. |
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| Renewed hope for Parkinson's patients |
28 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Analysis of the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson's Disease has shown that the experimental treatment he received caused regrowth of the nerve fibres that are lost in this disease. This is the first time that any treatment has been shown to reverse the loss of nerve fibres in Parkinson's Disease. |
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| Early vision tests help cure childhood eye problems |
28 April 2007 - University of Bristol
The long-standing debate over the need for toddlers' eye tests is re-awakened by a new research paper published by the Children of the 90s project. Controversially, pre-school screening for amblyopia, or lazy eye, has been abandoned in much of the UK on the grounds that it can be done more effectively at school age and that age at starting treatment is irrelevant. |
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| Dow Corning expert to discuss ways silicone facilitates airbag technology development |
28 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Today's airbag market is ready for innovation, yet has very stringent evaluation and development methodology requirements. In his presentation, Mr. Blackwood will discuss ways silicone can address, primarily from a coated and sealed fabric perspective, the need for innovative and timely approaches to the development of new airbag technologies. Appropriate evaluation methods for use throughout the implementation process, which includes application, manufacturing and deployment, will also be discussed. |
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| China Application Center inaugurated to facilitate collaborative customer innovation |
28 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
The US-based Dow Corning Corporation announced today the establishment of its China Application Center, located next to its current processing plant in the Songjiang Industrial Zone of Shanghai. As a part of the company’s investment plan in China, the new Application Center represents Dow Corning’s latest contribution to global R&D excellence and strengthened customer collaboration in developing innovative applications and technology solutions. |
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| Major Australian Alzheimer’s study launched |
28 April 2007 - CSIRO
A major Australian study to better understand the devastating and deadly Alzheimer’s disease is being launched in Melbourne. The $10 million Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing has brought together leading Australian researchers for a three-year study to improve our understanding of the causes and diagnosis of the disease, to examine lifestyle and diet factors that may influence the onset of Alzheimer’s and to help develop preventative strategies. |
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| Novel construction principle at the nanoscale which prevents bones from breaking at excessive force |
28 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have found a new design principle at the nanoscale which is responsible for the enormous stability and deformabilty of bone. They found that a piece of bone stretches more than the fibres and much more than the mineral it is composed of. |
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| Reverse reaction offers way to break carbon-hydrogen bonds |
28 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In the annals of chemistry, there are many examples of hydrogen atoms moving from metals to carbon atoms. But no one has ever directly observed the reverse reaction, hydrogen atoms moving from carbon to a metal, until now. Using lasers and time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have captured the bond-breaking and making action. |
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| Scientists study and learn to prevent Nanoparticle Merging |
28 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified how billionth-of-a-meter sized metal particles, gold-atom clusters within carbon-atom shells, can mesh together to form larger particles and have also found a way to control this process. |
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| Another brain receptor confirmed to affect alcohol intake; may serve as treatment target |
28 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
A new set of experiments in mice confirms that a brain receptor associated with the reinforcing effects of marijuana also helps to stimulate the rewarding and pleasurable effects of alcohol. |
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| Filling Nanocontainers with liquid |
27 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In research that may help advance many emerging nanotechnologies, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, together with research groups from Harvard University and IBM, have learned how a very thin layer of liquid behaves on a “nanopatterned” silicon surface, that is, a surface etched with an ordered array of cavities, each only 20 nanometers (billionths of a meter) deep. |
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| Unique method used to determine chemical dynamics in combustion |
27 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, working with colleagues at Stony Brook University, have developed a unique experimental technique to measure the flow of energy inside a molecule in the process of breaking apart. The chemists’ experiments provide a critical test of theories used in computer models of combustion, which are used, for instance, by combustion engineers to design more fuel-efficient and less polluting machines. |
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| Technique identifies candidate amino acid sites that control protein functions |
27 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
With more and more protein sequence data available, scientists are increasingly looking for ways to extract the small subset of information that determines a protein’s function. In addition to sorting out what makes related proteins differ, such information can also help scientists engineer proteins to do new jobs. |
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| Max Planck scientists establish valuable database for analysing phosphorylated proteins |
27 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Cell signaling mechanisms often transmit information via protein modifications, most importantly the reversible attachment of phosphate, the so-called protein phosphorylation. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried have now developed a technology to identify and quantify the specific sites in proteins that get phosphorylated in answer to certain stimuli in living cells. |
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| CSIRO completes its insulin receptor research |
27 April 2007 - CSIRO
Dr Graeme Woodrow, Chief of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, today made a statement regarding the project undertaken by CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies to determine the structure of the insulin receptor. |
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| Dow Corning broadens its capability in silicon carbide substrates; acquires Sterling Semiconductor |
27 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corp. today announced the acquisition of the assets of Sterling Semiconductor Inc. for $11.2 million. Dow Corning will acquire the manufacturing and research and development assets of Sterling, an industry leader in manufacturing silicon carbide, in Danbury, Conn. and Tampa, Fla. and will hire 32 of Sterling’s current employees. |
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| Century-old compound turns into high-tech hero |
27 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
More than a century after its creation, one of the world’s hardest known substances is being reinvented as a high-tech solution to improve radar systems, cell phone base systems, hybrid electric vehicles, power grid networks, spacecraft and satellites. |
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| Working mums: the impact on children's early development |
27 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Mothers who return to fulltime work soon after the birth of their baby would do well to pick their childminder carefully, because it could have long term effects on the development of their child. |
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| Stomach ache and emotional problems |
27 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new study of persistent tummy ache in young children has come to the conclusion that for some it may be linked to emotional problems in their families. Researchers say that doctors treating children for recurrent abdominal pain may need to consider psychological symptoms in those children and in their parents. |
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| Brain science, addiction and drugs |
26 April 2007 - University of Bristol
New treatments for disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease; improved treatments for addiction, and the development of cognition enhancers, a variety of products that improve mental function, could be less than 20 years away. |
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| New approach to autoimmune diseases |
26 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new approach to the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and multiple sclerosis is being developed by scientists at Bristol University. |
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| Dow Corning(R) 4 electrical insulating compound provides moisture-proof lubrication, protection |
26 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning 4 Electrical Insulating Compound provides a moisture-proof seal for aircraft, automotive and marine ignition systems and spark plug connections. |
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| Industrial assembly and maintenance solutions |
26 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Chain oils that can significantly extend chain life better than conventional lubricants are available from Dow Corning Corp. The extended chain life made possible by Molykote brand chain oils is due to the use of synthetic-based formulations that provide superior resistance to emulsification, and a proprietary tackifier that prevents dripping and/or oil “throw-off” from spinning chains, a problem associated with conventional oils. |
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| Turning one man’s trash into another’s treasure |
26 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO has developed an innovative solution to two very different problems confronting two of the biggest industries in the remote community of King Island in the Bass Strait, by transforming waste cardboard into an abundant fuel source. |
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| Wielding the subtle weapons of a fungus |
26 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
It doesn’t look appetizing: when Ustilago maydis attacks a maize plant, its cobs bear hideous tumours rather than crunchy niblets. So far, no effective means of combating the maize smut pathogen has been found. However, an international team has now made significant progress in the search for a solution. |
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| Aerosols in many arctic clouds warm up ground surface |
26 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Enhanced aerosol concentrations increase the amount of thermal energy emitted by many Arctic clouds, according to scientists supported by the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program. |
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| Common food preservative might provide treatment for Cystic Fibrosis |
26 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers led by a University of Cincinnati scientist say they have discovered what might be the “Achilles’ heel” of a dangerous organism that lives in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, a fatal flaw that leaves the organism vulnerable to destruction by a common food preservative. |
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| A Ferroelectric material reveals unexpected, intriguing behavior |
26 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In electronics-based technologies, metal-oxide compounds known as “relaxor ferroelectrics” often make up key circuit components due to their unique electrical behavior. They are good insulators and can sustain large electric fields, making them excellent at storing electric charge. They can also turn a mechanical force, like squeezing, into electrical energy. |
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| Brookhaven Scientists study liquid Nanodrops |
25 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that drops of liquid with thicknesses of just a few billionths of a meter, or nanometers, are shaped differently than macroscopic liquid drops. |
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| Structure of a molecular-scale circuit component |
25 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, researchers have determined the structure of an experimental, organic compound-based circuit component, called a “molecular electronic junction,” that is only a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) in dimension. This study may help scientists understand how the structure of molecular junctions relates to their performance and function and, in the longer term, may help incorporate these and other molecular-scale devices into a new generation of remarkably small electronics-based technologies. |
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| New study questions the effects of cosmic proton radiation on human cells |
25 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In deep space, protons are the most abundant type of charged particle. Therefore, before astronauts can safely travel far from Earth for long periods of time, it is important to know how protons affect cells, particularly the cells’ DNA. Now, at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s NASA Space Radiation Laboratory, scientists have found that protons are more damaging to DNA than previously assumed. |
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| Max Planck researchers in Leipzig decode one million base pairs of the Neandertal genome |
25 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
The Neandertal people are humanity’s closest extinct relatives. Their genome could supply the key to the genetic changes that have taken place during the development of modern humans. Using specially developed technology, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and from the 454 Life Sciences Corporation in the US have now found the first million base pairs of the Neandertal genome. |
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| Insect pests to have a new foe |
25 April 2007 - CSIRO
A new method for designing insecticides could produce chemicals which are deadly to specific pests yet harmless to other species. A partnership between CSIRO and Australian Wool Innovation is on the way to discovering new environmentally-friendly insecticides. Safer insecticides targeting sheep blowflies and sheep body lice are being developed to save the wool industry millions of dollars in lost stock, while promoting a clean green image for wool. |
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| Dow Corning presents safety award from putting people first foundation |
25 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Recent laws mandate the installation of blast-resistant windows in all new federal buildings. Dow Corning Corporation is a member of the Protecting People First Foundation, which was founded in the wake of the 1995 Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. The Protecting People First Foundation strives to inform those in the building industry about the importance of protective glazing. |
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| New ABn silicone polyethers expand formulating options while enhancing aesthetics |
25 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
New ABn Silicone Polyethers from Dow Corning help meet unique formulating needs, simplify product development, and help speed the manufacturing process. Dow Corning Toray FZ-2233 is a very efficient water-in-silicone and water-in-silicone/organic oil emulsifier that produces emulsions with particles as small as one micron. |
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| Chronic diseases linked to falls in elderly women |
25 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Elderly women with chronic diseases, such as arthritis and depression, are at higher risk of falling, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. In fact, chronic diseases may account for 30% of falls in this group. |
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| Sex differences in the heart |
25 April 2007 - University of Bristol
New research has identified a potential key to understanding the sex differences in heart function. This exciting development could minimise fatal heart disturbances in women. |
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| Three enzyme structures that may help scientists understand disease processes and develop new drugs |
25 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Selection of the centers, slated to receive about $300 million over the next five years, marks the second half of the decade-long initiative funded largely by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. |
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| Protein structure initiative advances to rapid production phase |
24 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
With the announcement of 10 new research centers, the Protein Structure Initiative launches the second phase of its national effort to find the three-dimensional shapes of a wide range of proteins. This structural information will help reveal the roles that proteins play in health and disease and will help point the way to designing new medicines. |
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| Recent use of antibiotics doubles your chances of being resistant |
24 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new study has shown that a prescription of antibiotics taken within the previous two months doubles the chances of patients carrying antibiotic resistant bacteria. The same effect was not seen in patients who had had antibiotics prescribed within the previous 12 months. |
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| Test offers new hope for leukaemia children |
24 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A lifesaving test which gives advance warning of leukaemia relapse in children is thecentrepiece of a major new trial which gets underway this month. Piloted for the last year in Bristol and several centres across the UK, the test ensures the accurate detection of minute numbers of leukaemia cells (minimal residual disease, or MRD) that remain after treatment but cannot be detected under the microscope. |
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| Dow Corning offers tips on formulating with silicones and natural lipids |
24 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Natural lipids and silicones offer a variety of benefits and formulation possibilities, and they provide complementary properties in skin and hair care formulations, silicones are good emollients that improve the feel of formulations; lipids are good moisturizers for skin and hair (especially ethnic hair) and can even restore the skin’s barrier function. With equal parts silicone and lipids, formulators can significantly reduce any film residue, greasiness and tackiness. |
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| Dow Corning introduces E-newsletter for specialty chemical manufacturers |
24 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
In a move designed to help streamline new materials development and speed time to market, Dow Corning Corporation has announced the launch of an electronic newsletter created specifically for specialty chemical manufacturers. Chemical Manufacturing Solutions will deliver product information, service offerings and information on new technologies to help chemical manufacturers succeed in demanding, fast-paced markets. |
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| Sustainable products, sustainable futures |
24 April 2007 - CSIRO
Information about the environmental impact of a range of industry materials is to be made available to the public via a new national database. The Australian Life Cycle Inventory database initiative, led by CSIRO, will allow users from government and industry to assess and compare products across a number of industries ranging from building to packaging materials, and to choose those likely to give the best performance relative to their environmental impact. |
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| Researchers working with scientist arrangement of atoms in manganese cluster of photosystem II |
24 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Coal, oil or natural gas: all fossil fuels contain the energy of sunlight, stored with the aid of photosynthesis in energy-rich chemical compounds. A researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry in Mülheim on the Ruhr working with colleagues from the Technical University in Berlin, the Free University in Berlin and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has shed light on an important detail in this process. |
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| Details of protein-cleaving complex key to microbe’s survival may improve drug design |
24 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
With the hope of designing more effective treatments for tuberculosis, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions have published the first detailed reports on the biochemistry and structure of a protein-cleaving complex that is essential to the TB bacterium’s survival. |
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| Genomic tags quickly catalog species, distinguish pathogens from harmless relatives |
24 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new, high-throughput technique for identifying the many species of microorganisms living in an unknown “microbial community.” |
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| Freezing magnets with magnets |
23 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
A “spin liquid” is a very unique, dynamic material in which each spin, the tiny magnetic field carried by an electron, is not frozen into place, producing clearly defined magnetic regions. Instead, the spins are free to change orientation. Because of this, external magnetic fields applied to spin liquids may produce changes that even extreme temperatures and pressures cannot. |
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| Shrinking magnetic storage media down to the nanoscale |
23 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In the world of electronic and magnetic devices, the goal is to get smaller. “The smaller space one bit of information can occupy, the more data you can get into a device and the faster it can operate,” says Yimei Zhu, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. |
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| Control mechanism for biological pattern formation decoded |
23 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
A team of researchers in Freiburg have revealed the molecular mechanism which regulates pattern formation in the spacing and density of hair follicles. How are simple embryonic structures able to produce the varied and complex manifestations of living nature? Scientists in Freiburg have now identified proteins which regulate the pattern of hair formation in mice. |
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| Demonstrates strong commitment to developing & manufacturing SiC & GaN materials & service solutions |
23 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corp. is pleased to announce the formation of a new business serving the wide band gap semiconductor industry. The business is founded on an expertise developed from years of in-house and academic research investments, plus the recent acquisitions of business and technology assets in bulk Silicon Carbide, SiC thin film technology, and Gallium Nitride thin film technology. |
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| Research spotlight turns on Ningaloo region |
23 April 2007 - CSIRO
A new $12 million research collaboration was announced today for Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef Region. The Minister for Education, Science and Training and the Member for Curtin in WA, the Hon Julie Bishop, launched the Ningaloo Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster today, at Murdoch University. |
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| Dow Corning discusses second-generation silicone elastomers for skin care |
23 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Nearly 20 years ago, silicone elastomers revolutionized the skin care industry with their unique combination of skin feel (silky, smooth, powdery), thickening properties, and ability to delivery active ingredients. |
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| One billion children suffer effects of poverty |
23 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new study for UNICEF by the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics has produced the first scientific measurements of child poverty in the developing world. |
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| Benefits of fish oil to osteoarthritis sufferers |
23 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A team of researchers in Bristol is hoping to produce definitive evidence that taking fish oil can help people suffering from the painful joint condition of osteoarthritis. |
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| Pioneering research into the work of deaf educators |
22 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Researchers at the University's Centre for Deaf Studies have conducted what is thought to be the world's first in-depth study of Deaf educators.The project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, identified a series of findings, including the existence of unrecognised Deaf educators. |
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| New insight into memory function |
22 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Research published in Nature this week suggests that the computational power of the brain is even greater than we previously thought. The new findings show how single cells in the brain can represent more than one experience at the same time, such as where you are and what you are doing. These results could lead to a greater understanding of how the brain processes memories. |
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| New silicone technologies for ethnic hair care |
22 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Over the past two decades, technology for hair care products has evolved significantly, allowing the market to grow and offer a range of differentiated products designed for the distinctive hair structure and grooming techniques of various consumer groups. Silicones have played a major role in product development, in part because of their ability as conditioning agents for softness and manageability, but also because they impart shine. |
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| Increase in carbon dioxide emissions accelerating |
22 April 2007 - CSIRO
New research shows the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions more than doubled since the 1990s. According to the co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist Dr Mike Raupach, 7.9 billion tonnes of carbon were emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and the rate of increase is accelerating. |
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| Molykote offers on-line lubrication price quotes |
22 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Molykote now offers price quotes for lubrication testing services in the Americas and Europe from its website, www.molykote.com |
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| BTG licenses haemofiltration device patents to Fresenius Medical Care |
22 April 2007 - BTG
BTG plc, the medical innovations company, announces that it has granted Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA a non-exclusive licence for the global rights to patents relating to a haemofiltration device for €4.5 million fully paid |
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| A method using salt content and temperature to control permeability of microcapsules |
22 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have presented a new method with which to precisely control the permeability of microcapsules using the salt content and the temperature of the solution. In order to accomplish this, the researchers developed a theoretical model which exactly describes the processes in the polymer shell of the capsules. |
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| New wrinkle in the mystery of high-tc superconductors |
22 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
In the twenty years since the discovery of high-temperature superconductors, scientists have been trying to understand the mechanism by which electrons pair up and move coherently to carry electrical current with no resistance. “We are still at the beginning,” says Tonica Valla, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, who will give a talk on his group’s latest results at the American Physical Society. “If anything,” he adds, “it looks like the story is getting more complicated.” |
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| Malaria mechanism revealed |
22 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
By determining the molecular structure of a protein that enables malaria parasites to invade red blood cells, researchers have uncovered valuable clues for rational antimalarial drug design and vaccine development. |
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| Bacterium Salmonella typhi & warn of an increased spread of resistant strains |
21 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
In a study published in the latest issue of Science, an international consortium from the Max-Planck Society, Wellcome Trust Institutes in Britain and Vietnam, and the Institut Pasteur in France have elucidated the evolutionary history of Salmonella Typhi. Typhi is the cause of typhoid fever, a disease that sickens 21 million people and kills 200,000 worldwide every year. |
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| Using probes to control chemistry, Molecule by molecule |
21 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Using probes originally designed to detect and image topographical features on surfaces, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to initiate and spatially localize chemical reactions on the submicron scale. |
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| MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance |
21 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
An international collaboration of scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the first results of a new neutrino experiment. Sending a high-intensity beam of muon neutrinos from the lab’s site in Batavia, Illinois, to a particle detector in Soudan, Minnesota, scientists observed the disappearance of a significant fraction of these neutrinos. |
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| MOLYKOTE adds food grade paste to lubrication family |
21 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Molykote has added an NSF H1-approved paste to its family of food and beverage lubricants. Molykote P-1900 is a mineral oil-based paste that can be used to lubricate sliding surfaces and friction contacts exposed to heavy loads, especially at low to medium speeds. It has a low coefficient of friction, good water resistance and high load carrying capacity. It has a service temperature range of –30° to 300° C. |
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| Out-smarting hitch-hikers in timber |
21 April 2007 - CSIRO
Pests hitch-hiking in timber being traded internationally could be in for a rocky ride if delegates at a Post Harvest Timber Forum have their way. Delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China and the United States will gather to discuss ways to move timber around the world without threatening the biosecurity of importing countries. |
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| New CP-141, a novel modified oral formulation of a product used for the treatment of asthma |
21 April 2007 - BTG
BTG, the medical innovations company, announced today that it has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty product development company, to develop CP-141, a novel modified oral formulation of a product used for the treatment of asthma. |
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| New syl-off release coating formulation guides |
21 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning has introduced new release system information guides for its Syl-Off Emulsion, Platinum-Catalyzed Release Coatings and Syl-Off Solventless, Rhodium-Catalyzed Silicone Release Coatings. The new guides give users a better understanding of the different features, benefits and performance profiles of the various system components and how to use them more effectively. |
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| Socially deprived less likely to get treatment |
21 April 2007 - University of Bristol
People living in deprived areas or working in manual occupations are less likely to receive cholesterol and blood pressure-lowering treatment than more affluent people. |
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| Heart disease, estimating your risk |
21 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Current methods used by GPs to work out an individuals' future risk of heart disease appear to overestimate the true risk by about 50. The research team, led by Dr Peter Brindle, a Bristol University researcher and city GP, also found that 84% of the coronary heart disease deaths that actually occurred during the study period, were in men predicted to be at low risk. |
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| Predicting the spread of skin cancer |
20 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new way of predicting whether skin cancers will spread to other organs is published this week in the British Journal of Cancer. This means that resources can be concentrated on those patients most in need of close follow up, and lead to earlier detection of the cancer spreading. |
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| How eating (and growing) could improve your IQ |
20 April 2007 - University of Bristol
The connection between childhood growth and levels of intelligence is explored in a new study from the Children of the 90s project. Scientists at the University of Bristol have shown that there appears to be a link between the growth hormone IGF-I and the child’s IQ. The findings could explain why some shorter children do worse at school. |
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| Next-generation rheology control from Dow Corning brings new formulating options for personal care |
20 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Personal care chemists looking to create highly differentiated formulations to gain a competitive edge are increasingly turning to novel rheology effects as a critical component of innovation. Silica silylate aerogels are a new class of hydrophobic silica particles that act as rheology modifiers while offering additional formulation benefits to skin care, sun care, color cosmetics, fragrance and underarm products. |
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| Dow Corning hot-melt silicone tests well on 78º glazing table |
20 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, announces a new solution for customers wanting to improve productivity of their backbedding operations. Dow Corning InstantGlaze Window Assembly Sealant allows manufacturers to produce high quality windows and doors using the vertical sealant application technology of 78º glazing tables. |
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| Parkes gears up for another 45 years |
20 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO’s Parkes telescope, which turned 45 in October, is getting a new lease on life this week with the replacement of some of its drive gears. The new gears replace the ones fitted to the telescope when it was built in the late 1950s. |
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| BTG licenses analgesic compounds from Asterand |
20 April 2007 - BTG
BTG plc, the medical innovations company, and Asterand plc (formerly Pharmagene plc) announce that the companies have entered into an exclusive licence agreement, whereby BTG acquires the rights to a series of compounds discovered and developed by Asterand to treat painful conditions such as migraine headache. |
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| New combination method determines physical and electronic structure of individual specimens |
20 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
For the first time, researchers have directly measured the electronic structure of individual carbon nanotubes whose physical properties had already been determined. This new study, pioneered by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory working with their colleagues at Columbia University, may help scientists determine the usefulness of carbon nanotubes in various applications, from microelectronics to mechanical, thermal, and photovoltaic devices. |
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| A synthetic peptide that mimics effects of tissue growth factor known as fibroblast growth factor |
20 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers from BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a synthetic peptide that mimics the effects of a tissue growth factor known as fibroblast growth factor, or FGF. FGFs are a family of proteins in the human body responsible for the proliferation, repair, and differentiation of cells in many tissues. BioSET has an exclusive license to develop and market these bioactive analogs. |
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| Max Planck researchers in Halle present new methods for manufacturing nanowires from silicon |
20 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Silicon nanowires can help to further reduce the size of microchips. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle have for the first time developed single crystal silicon nanowires that fulfil the key criteria to this end. The researchers used aluminium as a catalyst to grow the nanowires. To date, scientists have usually deployed gold for this purpose. |
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| Worry patterns vary for elderly ages 85 and older |
20 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A new study indicates that the elderly ages 85 and older mainly worry about health and memory, and some will seek more social contact as their worries increase with age. |
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| White, poor women with mental woes likely to seek treatment |
19 April 2007 - University of Michigan
White, low-income women are more likely to seek outpatient services to treat mental health problems than their African American counterparts, a new study shows. |
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| Max Planck researchers discover new possibilities for magnetic storage |
19 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Metals Research in Stuttgart have discovered a new mechanism with which it is possible to use weak magnetic fields to reverse tiny magnetic structures, called vortex cores, quickly and with no losses. Up until now, very strong magnetic fields have been necessary to accomplish this, requiring highly complex technology. The new method might open up new possibilities for magnetic data storage. |
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| New X-ray delivery method could improve radiation therapy |
19 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and colleagues at Stony Brook University, the IRCCS NEUROMED Medical Center in Italy, and Georgetown University say improvements they have made to an experimental form of radiation therapy that has been under investigation for many years could make the technique more effective and eventually allow its use in hospitals. |
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| Discovery could lead to stronger antibiotics |
19 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collaborating with the McGill team, Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers Marc Allaire and Natalia Moiseeva from the Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source used x-rays to visualize a bacterial membrane protein complex. |
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| BTG completes sale of RFID patent portfolio |
19 April 2007 - BTG
BTG plc, the medical innovations company, today announces that Zebra Technologies Corporation has exercised its option to acquire the remainder of BTG's radio frequency identification patent portfolio for $3.8 million gross. |
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| A vital step towards controlling Crown Rot |
19 April 2007 - CSIRO
By mapping the family tree of the fungus that causes ‘Crown Rot’ in wheat, CSIRO Plant Industry has taken a major step towards controlling the devastating disease.
With a clearer picture of the fungus’ genetic history and development, researchers hope they will be better equipped to find longer lasting and more effective strategies to reduce the impact of Crown Rot, a disease which currrently costs the wheat industry around $50 million in lost yield every year. |
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| Dow Corning announces increase in silanes capacity |
19 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corporation has announced it has increased production of its broad range of silane coupling agents by more than 40 percent to better satisfy customer demand. |
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| Platform tailors surface properties to deliver advanced functionalities using eco-friendly processing |
19 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corp.'s Plasma Solutions Business today introduced its PlasmaStream platform, which can be used to coat virtually any surface to improve such characteristics as adhesion, waterproofing, low-friction slickness, or anti-microbial properties. “The PlasmaStream benefits manufacturers of 3-dimensional, rigid or molded parts where surface or interface functionality can add value to their product.” |
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| Stress gene found in plants |
19 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A single gene has been discovered that helps plants cope with stressful situations such as disease or poor environments. Scientists at the universities of Bristol and Oxford isolated and characterised the gene called OXI1 (pronounced oxy-one) from thale cress, a common roadside weed. OXI1 boosts the plant's ability to stop fungal infection from spreading, and helps roots to grow despite poor conditions. |
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| New study reveals link between suicide and body mass index |
19 April 2007 - University of Bristol
A new study has found a link between a person’s weight body mass index and their risk of suicide, after studying over a million Swedish men. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that as a person’s body mass index rose their risk of suicide fell. |
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| Paternal ancestors’ experiences can affect development, health and survival |
18 April 2007 - University of Bristol
New research has provided evidence for ‘environmental inheritance’, a radical theory of transgenerational genetic adaptation proposed by Professor Marcus Pembrey of the Institute of Child Health, UCL in the mid 1990’s
The latest evidence challenges accepted thinking on genetic inheritance, suggesting that historic events can contribute to some common modern illnesses. |
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| Breastfeeding linked to lower blood pressure |
18 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Doctors at the University of Bristol have reported that the benefits of breastfeeding could pay off many years later by helping to reduce levels of blood pressure, a factor that contributes to heart attacks in later life. |
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| Dow Corning offers color cosmetic, anti-aging skin care formulations |
18 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning has compiled a range of novel color cosmetic and skin care formulations based on the new Dow Corning 9701 Cosmetic Powder, which can mask wrinkles and give skin a silky, powdery feel. As a silicone elastomer powder with silica treated coating, the unique composition of Dow Corning 9701 makes it easy to use in different media, and can be used in a variety of formulations without sophisticated processes or equipment. |
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| Dow Corning introduces new silicone antifoams especially for waterborne inks and coatings |
18 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning has introduced two new polymeric silicone foam-control additives designed especially to address the process foaming problems that plague waterborne inks and coatings. |
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| Found, the apple gene for red |
18 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples, a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties. “The red colour in apple skin is the result of anthocyanins, the natural plant compounds responsible for blue and red colours in many flowers and fruits,” says the leader of the CSIRO Plant Industry research team, Dr Mandy Walker. |
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| Strata Technology partners retained by BTG to auction rights to a substantial OLED patent portfolio |
18 April 2007 - BTG
Strata Technology Partners, the London-based corporate finance advisory firm, announced today that it has been retained by BTG plc to auction the control over a substantial OLED patent portfolio via an exclusive license with prosecution, sublicensing and litigation rights in the field of information displays. |
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| Liquid alloy shows solid-like crystal structure at surface |
18 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
A substance used in nanotechnology contains unusual structures at its surface, a team of researchers led by Oleg Shpyrko, Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have learned. |
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| Finding suggests new target for treatments aimed at stopping addiction |
18 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ask anyone who has been addicted to drugs and they’ll tell you that the mere sight of someone using their drug of choice, or even people, places, or objects associated with drug use, can trigger an intense desire for the drug. Using sophisticated brain-imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Brookhaven Lab, and the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered the brain chemistry that underlies such “cue-induced” craving in cocaine addicts. |
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| Max Planck researchers in Halle observe self-organization of atoms in circular atomic pens |
18 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
It has long been known that it is possible to confine electrons or atoms in atomic structures in the same way as sheep can be shut in a pen. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle have now discovered a strange thing: if the atomic fences have the right shape and the substrate, temperature and other parameters are adjusted appropriately, then randomly vapour-deposited atoms arrange themselves in regular structures within the circular fencing, as if they were sheep arranging themselves neatly in a pen. |
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| Turning green gunk to gold, anti-cancer gold |
18 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Combining synthetic chemistry techniques with a knowledge of the properties and actions of enzymes, scientists have been able to produce an exciting class of anti-cancer drugs originally isolated from blue-green algae. |
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| Fires fuel mercury emissions, U-M study finds |
17 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Forest fires release more mercury into the atmosphere than previously recognized, a multidisciplinary research project at the University of Michigan suggests. |
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| Researchers finds that natural radioactivity could provide microbes in Deep Biosphere with vitality |
17 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
An international team of researchers from the USA and Germany has published an explanation for life in the Deep Biosphere in the magazine 'Science'. Using a bunch of the latest technologies from biogeochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology, the scientists collected a wide range of samples from the bottom of the sea. |
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| One-two particle punch poses greater risk for Astronauts |
17 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
It doesn’t just matter how much radiation an astronaut is exposed to, time and the order in which charged particles strike human cells are important factors as well. That’s the main finding of a study simulating radiation exposure conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. In the study, human cells were three times more likely to develop properties similar to those in the initial stages of cancer when they were exposed to two types of high-energy particles in a short period of time. |
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| New methods for screening nanoparticles |
17 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a screening method to examine how newly made nanoparticles, particles with dimensions on the order of billionths of a meter, interact with human cells following exposure for various times and doses. This has led to the visualization of how human cells interact with some specific types of carbon nanoparticles. |
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| Study met primary endpoint of progression free survival with Campath |
17 April 2007 - BTG
Genzyme Corporation and Berlex Inc., a U.S. affiliate of Schering AG, Germany, majority-owned by the Bayer Group, today announced results from CAM307, an international Phase III clinical trial comparing Campath (alemtuzumab) with chlorambucil in previously untreated patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The study data were presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in Orlando. |
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| CSIRO demonstrates world’s fastest wireless link |
17 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO researchers will tomorrow demonstrate the fastest and most efficient wireless link ever achieved. The CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over six gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system. |
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| MOLYKOTE introduces new brand identity to reflect global customer needs |
17 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
To better serve its global customer base, Dow Corning is introducing a new identity for its Molykote brand of automotive and industrial lubricant products and services. The new identity serves to unify the brand name and packaging design. |
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| Dow Corning captures essence of chocolate in personal care products |
17 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
With chocolate becoming an increasingly popular ingredient for a wide variety of products in the personal pampering market, including shampoos and conditioners, body care products, bath scents and scented candles, Dow Corning personal care experts have developed formulations that allow consumers to derive similar pleasure from chocolate-based products when they are smelled as when they are eaten. |
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| New from the International Journal of Epidemiology |
17 April 2007 - University of Bristol
The first epidemiological study to be conducted in the UK on reproduction following service in the Gulf War in the early ‘90s is published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, edited in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol. |
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| Breakthrough in treatment for osteoarthritis sufferers |
17 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Scientists at the University of Bristol have given arthritis sufferers new hope of an effective treatment after a breakthrough in stem cell research. Professor Anthony Hollander and his team at Southmead Hospital have successfully grown human cartilage from a patient's own stem cells for the first time ever. |
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| Benefits of flu vaccine substantially overestimated says study |
16 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness in elderly people substantially overestimate vaccine benefits, according to new research from the US published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, edited at the University of Bristol. |
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| Bristol scientists aim to develop osteoarthritis test |
16 April 2007 - University of Bristol
Bristol researchers are hoping to develop simple blood tests which could predict the severity of osteoarthritis, a common, disabling joint condition which affects more than two million people in the UK. |
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| Dow Corning to introduce new products |
16 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
Dow Corning Corporation introduces eight additions to its already extensive Syl-Off Advantage Series solventless silicone release coating “toolbox.” The new products include coating, crosslinker and release modifier choices that give customers more ways to not only reduce their need for costly platinum catalyst but also improve processing, line speeds and release performance. |
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| FDA vs. EPA: Which compliance do you really need? |
16 April 2007 - Dow Corning - EEI
In 1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act. The FQPA amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, section 408, to eliminate the overlapping authority regarding pesticides in food that existed between the FDA and EPA. This gave regulatory authority for pesticides applied to raw agricultural commodities solely to the EPA. The FDA regulatory authority now starts where the EPA leaves off, with the processing of these same commodities. In summary: |
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| $8.5m funding boost for CSIRO biosecurity laboratory |
16 April 2007 - CSIRO
CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong will spend $8.5 million provided as part of the Federal Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to enable external researchers to access the world-class facility. |
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| Genzyme reports Phase III data showing Campath is superior to Chlorambucil as a first-line therapy in B-CLL |
16 April 2007 - BTG
BTG plc, the medical innovations company, notes that its licensee Genzyme Corporation has published positive results from a Phase III study comparing Campath with Chlorambucil in previously untreated patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. An extract from the announcement follows. |
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| Modeling the movement of electrons at the molecular scale |
16 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Finding more efficient ways of storing and using energy requires scientists to first look at the particles that set these fundamental processes in motion, the electrons. Controlling the movement of electrons through individual molecules could allow for the development of new technologies such as small-scale circuits to be used for a variety of applications including improved solar cells. |
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| Understanding the chemistry of ionic liquids for nuclear fuel reprocessing |
16 April 2007 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
With the rising cost and dwindling supply of fossil fuels, nuclear power may again be considered a plausible energy option in the U.S. Safety is the public’s major concern, and researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are addressing one important aspect of that issue by investigating materials called ionic liquids. If these liquid salts were to be used in nuclear fuel reprocessing, the chemical removal of reusable nuclear material from spent nuclear reactor fuel, the risk of unintended nuclear chain reactions may be substantially reduced. |
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| Max Planck scientists reveal the molecular details of regeneration in news |
16 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
When a newt loses a limb, the limb regrows. What is more, a newt can also completely repair damage to its heart. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim have now started to decode the cellular mechanisms in this impressive ability to regenerate and have discovered the remarkable plasticity of newt heart cells. As mammals, and therefore also humans, do not have this ability, the findings could contribute to new cell therapies for patients with damaged organs. |
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| Scientists discover rules for some common virus shapes |
16 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A surprising discovery at the University of Michigan about how nanoparticles self-assemble into structures that resemble viruses gives scientists key insight into how common disease producing viruses might form in our bodies. |
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| U-M research: Moving beyond one treatment fits all |
15 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Not only does one treatment not fit all, but over the long haul, one treatment probably won't fit anyone suffering from depression, substance abuse problems, HIV infection and many other chronic conditions, according to a University of Michigan researcher. |
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| Researchers in Heidelberg are investigating communication between memory areas during sleep |
15 April 2007 - Max Planck Society
If I can’t remember this morning where I put my car keys last night, it’s due to my memory failing me again. Scien |
