http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:35:01 PDT kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75866 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75866 Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have developed a novel method of in Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75826 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75826 The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report in the International Journal of Green Economics. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75818 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75818 Groundbreaking research done at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's School of Biological Sciences could lead to the development of more potent drugs or a vaccine for malaria. Assistant Professor Zbynek Bozdech and his team of researchers, inc Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:17:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75811 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75811 Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot "bio-surgeons" used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective treatment of wounds and the development of novel antibiot Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:17:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75798 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75798 Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered and synthesized a new compound that in laboratory and animal tests appears to be similar to, but may have advantages over one of the most important antidepressant medications in the world. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:20:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75793 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75793 A study published today in Science, by researchers at Rothamsted Research, the Met Office, the Natural Resources Institute, and the Universities of Exeter, Greenwich and York, sheds new light on the flight behaviors that enable insects to undertake long-d Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:17:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75775 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75775 Researchers at Case Western Reserve University make new material to clean up oil spills in factories or on the ocean, and conserve the oil. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75777 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75777 Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children. The protein known as VAR2CSA enables malaria para Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75770 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75770 Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20 percent without compromising comfort. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75726 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75726 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:17:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75716 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75716 Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment than w Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75652 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75652 Severe muscle injuries -- such as crush injuries suffered in earthquakes, car accidents and explosions, and muscle damage from excessive exercise or statin drug interactions -- can cause life-threatening kidney damage. Treatment has been limited to intrav Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:20:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75648 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75648 Northwestern University researchers are the first to design a bioactive nanomaterial that promotes the growth of new cartilage in vivo and without the use of expensive growth factors. The therapy is minimally invasive, utilizes bone marrow stem cells and Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75633 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75633 The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites. Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:17:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75618 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75618 As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, the national Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTech Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75554 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75554 An assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech helped engineer microsystems for the detection of water-borne pathogens using a technique called dielectrophoresis, which separates and identifies cells and microparticles suspended in a me Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:17:18 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75540 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75540 In the January 29 issue of Science, a team from Harvard led by Vinothan Manoharan and Michael Brenner, presents additional clues to how and why groups of atoms and molecules may favor less symmetrical and more complex, flexible geometric patterns. The ans Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:17:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75498 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75498 The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep -- lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:20:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75495 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75495 Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:17:19 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75488 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75488 Researchers with the Joint BioEnergy Institute have developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel fuel directly from biomass. Deploying the tools of synthetic biology, the JBEI researchers engineered a strain of E. coli bacteria to produce biod Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:17:19 PDT