Archive: 09/13/2006
Scientists Unravel Mystery of People with No Fingerprints
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have succeeded in unraveling the genetic basis of two rare congenital diseases in which afflicted persons have no fingerprints. The results will be published in the ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Brown engineers build a better battery -- with plastic
Brown University engineers have created a new battery that uses plastic, not metal, to conduct electrical current. The hybrid device marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery. ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Molecular medicine comes to the rescue
On Monday, August 14, Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was one month old, checked into the Clinical Research Center at the University of Chicago Medical ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Black-Bone Silky Fowl: An odd bird with meat to crow about
Food scientists from the Peoples' Republic of China report a biochemical explanation for the Black-Bone Silky Fowl's 1,000-year-old reputation as a marvel of traditional Chinese medicine. The study is scheduled ...
Biology /
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Using microbes to fuel the US hydrogen economy
"If the U.S. is to have a future hydrogen-based economy, we'll need a way to generate abundant quantities of hydrogen safely and economically," said Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, a biologist at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
Biology /
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Hope for major advance in fighting world killer disease
University of Leicester scientists are heading a worldwide research project which could revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea in children in developing countries.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Continuous, real-time analysis of radioactive waste achieved at PNNL
An improved monitoring system for providing continuous analysis of high-level radioactive waste has been developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers and reported at the national meeting of the American ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals
One of the most common bacteria in the Earth, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, uses oxygen as an energy source for respiration. But in the absence of oxygen, Shewanella uses (oxy)hydroxide minerals. These metal particles may also ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Fuel cell membrane materials offer solution for removing salt from water
The problem of separating salt from water has long been solved by forcing the water through a polyamide membrane in a process called reverse osmosis (RO). However, the water can't be disinfected with chlorine ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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