30/10/2007

How Does the Antitumor Drug Get to the Cell Nucleus?

Platinum complexes such as the well-known cisplatin are powerful antitumor medications. They cross the cell membrane and reach the nucleus, where they attach to DNA and stop cell growth. But how does cisplatin get to the ...

NASA awards $46 million safety contract

U.S. space agency officials have awarded an environmental management and safety support contract to the Science Applications International Corp.

IBM Pioneers Process to Turn Waste into Solar Energy

IBM today announced an innovative new semiconductor wafer reclamation process pioneered at its Burlington, Vermont manufacturing facility. The new process uses a specialized pattern removal technique to repurpose scrap semiconductor ...

Efficient crowd control in bacterial colonies

Bacterial cells form colonies with complex organization (aka biofilms), particularly in response to hostile environmental conditions. Recent studies have shown that biofilm development occurs when bacterial cells seek out ...

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