but his group wanted to work out a way to ust grow the needle without growing the hay.
developed a way to isolate and cultivate individual bacterial species of interest. He and his colleagues began by looking for bacterial species that contained a set of specific genetic sequences.
he says. iang solves this in a really clever way; he grows a compartment full of his target microbe in the Slipchip,
The way Deisseroth and his team eliminated the fat was to build a gel within the intact brain that held all the structures and proteins in place.
the team devised an alternate way of pulling out the fat from the hydrogel-embedded brain technique they call passive CLARITY.
making it easier to image the entire brain without bleaching the probes. e can now scan an entire plane at one time instead of a point,
While it s impossible to entirely eliminate risks due to environmental exposures Hertz-Picciotto says that finding ways to reduce exposures to chemical pesticides particularly for the very young is important.##
and hints at an easier way to achieve longevity. Researchers have found that taking food away from C. elegans triggers a state of arrested development:
The trick is to find a way to pharmacologically manipulate this process so that we can get the antiaging benefits without the pain of diet restriction.
If it doesn t have enough it stays at the toll booth until it has built up the nutrients necessary to get it the rest of the way.
if they can find another way to force C. elegans into these development holding patterns.
The research team wanted to find an easy way to measure eye pressure for management of glaucoma,
Right now there are two ways to check eye pressure, but both require a visit to the ophthalmologist.
there no consistent way to check their effectiveness. As a result many patients with the disease aren diagnosed early enough
The technology could make screening bags and passengers at airports less intrusive. It also has the potential to inspect food and even scan for tumors.
The researchers however found a way to create a small detector that is visible to the naked eye.
and make their way to the egg and fertilize it. Studies in the laboratory also suggest that sperm with poor morphology also swim less well
The UK Health and Safety Executive, the UK Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, the UK Department of health,
Longo likens the effect to lightening a plane of excess cargo. During each cycle of fasting, this depletion of white blood cells induces changes that trigger stem cell-based regeneration of new immune system cells.
a new immune system. 72-HOUR FAST Prolonged fasting also protected against toxicity in a pilot clinical trial in
These emerging threads have Kuo hopeful researchers will eventually be able to find the way to ngage certain circuits of the brain to lead to a hardware upgrade.
He says perhaps there will be a way to combine behavioral therapy and stem cell treatments after a brain injury to rebuild some of the damage.
and punches its way into cells Researchers have discovered how the deadly Ebola virus disease that many fear may be used for bioterrorismmashes its way into healthy cells and turns them into virus factories.
Published in the Journal of Virology, the new findings offers important insight into how the virus works its way into cells
The ph level inside the vesicle triggers the surface glycoprotein on the virus to form a istthat lets the virus punch its way into the cell cytoplasm,
and create new ways to treat illness and alleviate pain, says Ada Poon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford university.
and ways must be found to power them wirelessly, deep in the brain, many centimeters from the surface,
paving the way for new innovation in this field. FAR-FIELD VS. NEAR-FIELD The crux of the discovery, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involves a new way to control electromagnetic waves inside the body.
Electromagnetic waves pervade the universe. We use them every day when we broadcast signals from giant radio towers, cook in microwave ovens,
Either way, far-field electromagnetic waves have been ignored as a potential wireless power source for medical devices. Near-field waves can be used safely in wireless power systems.
you can hear the vibration of the wheels long before the train itself because sound waves travel faster
it changed its characteristics in a way that enabled it to propagateust like the sound waves through the train track.
The result is an integrated circuit that controls small magnetic objects much like the way electrons are controlled on computer chips.
and analyze their genetic activity. aybe then we could find a way to target the dormant cells,
adds Yellen. ut theye on their way. This research had support from the National Science Foundation, the Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
It helps you to find your way home, but not the one you currently live inather, your ancestral home from 1, 000 years ago.
hat we have discovereds a way to find not where you were borns you have that information on your passportut where your DNA was formed up to 1,
complementary capabilities in engineering design, at very low cost. ur original epidermal devices exploited specialized device geometriesuper thin, structured in certain ways,
so that no matter which way the patch bends, twists or stretches, the wires can unfold in any direction to accommodate the motion.
Jianping Fu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan, says the findings raise the possibility of a more efficient way to guide stem cells to differentiate
A signaling pathway is a route through which proteins ferry chemical messages from the cell borders to deep inside it.
pave the way for an urgently needed therapy that is highly effective against the flu virus
compared to other respiratory viruses, for causing obstruction and inflammation in the narrowest airways of the infant lung,
associate professor of microbiology and immunology. ut what wee now shown is that RSV has increased an ability to cause airway obstruction because, during an RSV infection,
or NS2, in epithelial cells, causing the cells to shed from the airway lining and into the airway lumen.
This leads to obstruction of airflow in the small airways and overwhelming inflammation. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the study shows it this NS2 protein
and parainfluenza virus (PIV3) nother common virus in children that causes much less severe airway diseaseo infect
which compose the lining of the lung airway. ut comparing these consequences of infection did not provide hints as to why RSV and PIV3 produced such differences in disease severity.
and puffed out of the airway epithelium, causing the infected cells to accumulate in the lumen of the airway. e hypothesized that
since RSV and PIV3 are very similar viruses these different effects must be due to differences in the types of genes that RSV expresses,
the researchers found that a specific RSV genehe NS2 geneas responsible for the balling up of RSV-infected airway cells.
When Liesman infected human airway cells in the lab with this re-engineered virus, she saw infected cells ball up
and puff out of the airway epithelium. he cells infected by PIV3 expressing the NS2 gene of RSV looked exactly like RSV-infected cells,
They found that infection of the narrowest airways of the lung by PIV3 alone caused moderate levels of inflammation,
the epithelial cells lining the narrow airways were shed rapidly into the airway lumen. The shedding occurred at such a great rate that the shed cells obstructed the airway lumen,
resulting and caused excessive inflammation. The findings in animal models were almost identical to what has been found in human infants who had died because of RSV infection.
convinced that the RSV NS2 gene is a major driver for the well-recognized increased ability of RSV to cause lung disease, especially in the extremely narrow small airways of human infants.
if the epithelial cells in the tiniest airways are expressing the RSV NS2 protein. He is now initiating studies to look for the same biomarkers in human infants infected with RSV f we can find biomarkers informing us that the most vulnerable parts of the lung have already been infected by RSV,
it may be possible to suppress the ability of NS2 to shed the airway epithelial cells. Thwarting this shedding effect wouldn stop infection or stifle the typical symptoms of RSV infection
but it might limit the virus ability to spread into the tiniest airways, which are the most likely to be obstructed by cells shed during infection.
Suppressing the effects of the RSV NS2 protein may also allow our immune system more time to deal with the RSV infection before the small airways become clogged with cells shedding from the lining of the airway,
clearly showing that successful ways of reducing weight such as gastric banding should have a high priority in the treatment of diabetes e
or global defects of eye development. inding these genes is important in many ways. As well as directly benefitting families it allows researchers to build a more comprehensive list of the genes needed for the eye to develop
it may also lead to a way to target treatment to each patient based on their specific profilend avoid the trial-and-error approach to treatment that leaves many patients with uncontrolled symptoms.
Meanwhile, the cellssignaling patterns changed in different ways when the researchers introduced lithium, which many bipolar patients take to regulate their moods,
In general, lithium alters the way calcium signals are sent and receivednd the new cell lines will make it possible to study this effect specifically in bipolar disorder-specific cells.
They also hope to develop a way to use the cells to screen drugs rapidly,
#Math that predicts glucose paves way for artificial pancreas A mathematical model can predict with more than 90 percent accuracy the blood glucose levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes up to 30 minutes before a change in levels. any people
The researchers wanted to find another way of making gas-filled structures that could be nanoscale.
#Tiny circulator in phones could double bandwidth University of Texas at Austin rightoriginal Studyposted by Sandra Zaragoza-UT Austin on November 12 2014engineers have found a way to dramatically shrink a critical component of cellphones
The researchers device works by mimicking the way magnetic materials break the symmetry in wave transmission between two points in space a critical function that allows magnetic circulators to selectively route radio waves.
and a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering. n doing so we may pave the way to simultaneous two-way communication in the same frequency band
and radar systems for aircraft ships and satellites can be extremely heavy and large so minimizing the size of these systems could provide significant savings.
#dgy films are perfect catalysts for fuel cells Chemists have found an easy and inexpensive way to create flexible films from molybdenum disulfide a versatile chemical compound with edges that are highly efficient catalysts.
But seen from the side three distinct layers are revealed with sulfur atoms in their own planes above and below the molybdenum.
But our material is highly porous. hat we see in the images are short 5-to 6-nanometer planes
and 83 percent after 20000 cycles. e see anodization as a route to materials for multiple platforms in the next generation of alternative energy devicestour says. hese could be fuel cells supercapacitors and batteries.
#Iron-rich biochar filters arsenic from water Biochar may be a fast inexpensive and easy way to remove arsenic one of the world s most common pollutants from water.
Arsenic finds its way into drinking water supplies through natural or human-made sources affects millions of people worldwide
and has been shown to cause cancer. ecause biochar can be produced from various waste biomass including agricultural residues this new technology provides an alternative and cost-effective way for arsenic removalsays Bin Gao associate professor of agricultural
Homeowners could use a small filter attached to their tap. Further research is needed to optimize the process
and cancer cells. n electronics the different components that make up a circuit are connected always in the same way:
Sack and Cohen will continue to collaborate testing other types of spider venoms that bind to different potassium channels. he beauty of this is the potentialsack says. his is a toehold into a new way of visualizing electrical activity
The discovery points to new ways to create mart materialscutting-edge materials that adapt to their environment by taking new forms
or light packets to achieve optical gain. his turns the conventional textbook understanding of lasers upside down. ut now scientists have demonstrated a more effective#yet counterintuitive#way to reap energy gains:
In other words they ve invented a way to win by losing. oo much of something can be really detrimentalsays Sahin Kaya Ozdemir a research scientist at Washington University in St louis. f you pump in more energy to get more laser intensity
and here we have provided a new route to increase light intensity by modulating loss in the systemsays Lan Yang an associate professor in electrical
There are several ways to create a magnetic field which is crucial to keeping a fusion reactor going.
while seeking ways to improve algae's capacity as a biofuel. Its application in cancer research
and gives scientists a way to potentially produce high amounts of oil and biomass. In terms of human medicine this discovery gives scientists a promising new model to study tumor suppression and growth.
and animals it's a model that can provide important insights into the regulation of cellular behavior in organisms such as us humans in ways that traditional yeast models simply can't replicate. he switch that tells an organism to grow
or shoot down enemy planes in a game. Spreading out your fingers magnifies a section of a map or scrolls the page of a book forwards.
Hilliges is convinced that this new way of operating smartphones greatly increases the range of interactivity.
or at least parts of it will find its way onto the market. Source: ETH Zuric
#Hybrid#dots#offer cheaper way to run fuel cells Last year chemist James Tour made graphene quantum dots from coal.
-and-a-half-long HD movies in one second and is 30 times faster than LTE wireless. ot only is this a way to transmit multiple spatially collocated radio data streams through a single aperture,
Then as the researchers slowly release the pressure the atoms reconnect in an entirely different yet very orderly way.
Measured one way a qubit might reveal a value of either zero or one. Measured another way it might show a value of either plus or minus.
So you don t want to collapse the quantum state of the qubit until you re ready to.
or millions of qubits. ur proposal gives you a way to hold onto a smaller quantum memory
and that might ultimately find their way to the surfaces of planets says Garrod. The branched carbon structure of isopropyl cyanide is a common feature in molecules that are needed for life such as amino acids
and hope the work will lead to better ways to predict flares which can disable power grids and communications On earth.
The topology of quantum states for example offers a way of decoupling them from their environment
and somebody that s traveling along the street can find a way to go from this end to anotheryu explains.
and the team is investigating ways to improve their electrical properties through doping the nanotubes with iodide. he research is basically analogous to
and director of Rice university s Laboratory for Nanophotonics. e know cephalopods have some of the same proteins in their skin that we have in our retinas so part of our challenge as engineers is to build a material that can see light the way their
ways first by varying the length of the nanorods and second by adjusting the length of the spaces between nanorods. his arrangement allowed us to narrow the output spectrum to one individual color instead of the typical muted shades that are produced usually by aluminum nanoparticlesshe adds.
It could be useful in a number of ways. hey hope to further develop the display technology
#o-seeums harbor virus that makes cows sick A virus that causes a serious disease in cows
and you get the added benefit of needing only a very small amount of material in making them. he Greer lab is now aggressively pursuing various ways of scaling up the production of these so-called metamaterials.
Microtubules are string-like protein polymers that together with kinesin transport cargo around the cells.
and two end stations where the cargo is delivered. The researchers can add the objects to the system through the lines that supply the assembly segments.
The creation of a functional unit from individual components remains a big challenge. e have put a lot of thought into how to design the mechanical properties of bonds to bind the cargo to the shuttles
We found that subjects were able to more readily recombine familiar activity patterns in new ways relative to creating entirely novel patterns
Since she wanted to produce several different opioids her team hacked the yeast genome in slightly different ways to produce each of the slightly different opioid formulations such as oxycodone or hydrocodone.
#Squid skin inspires eyelike photodetector Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Jade Boyd-Rice on August 27 2014the technology behind a new type of photodetector mimics the way squid likely sense colors.
The photodetector which sees colors in much the same way the human eye does uses an aluminum grating that can be added to silicon photodetectors with the silicon microchip industry s mainstay technology omplementary metal-oxide
and more closely mimics the way living organisms see colors. Zheng s color photodetector uses a combination of band engineering and plasmonic gratings comb-like aluminum structures with rows of parallel slits.
#Chilly molecules pave way for ultracold science Yale university rightoriginal Studyposted by Jim Shelton-Yale on August 25 2014physicists have chilled molecules to almost absolute zero using lasers fired from an apparatus they built in the lab. The molecules
Lead researcher Kaye Morgan from Monash University says the imaging method allows doctors to look at soft tissue structures for example the brain airways
However the new imaging method allows us for the first time to non-invasively see how the treatment is working live on the airway surface.
so scientists have developed a way to detect and identify out of place-place molecules on its surface using terahertz spectroscopy.
In a process called deconvolution the light passes through the pinhole array in such a way that the user will perceive a sharp image. ur technique distorts the image such that
and that continued improvements in eye-tracking technology would make it easier for the displays to adapt to the position of the user s head position. n the future we also hope to extend this application to multi-way correction on a shared display
As levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continue to rise researchers are looking for ways to make use of it.
The goal is to find ways to produce some of the world s largest-volume chemicals from a sustainable carbon source that the Earth not only has in excess
and Conversion of CO2. his is a way for us as scientists to begin thinking of how we produce industrial chemicals in more sustainable ways and control costs at the same time.
It s an achievement that could pave the way for the technology s use in military
and homeland security applications says Yakovlev. deally you#d like to target a suspicious substance from an airplane possibly
while keeping personnel out of harm s way. arian O. Scully professor physics and astronomy and researchers from Moscow State university contributed to the report.
but still in some sort of binary systems as there is no known way that a single low-mass star can go supernova by itself
#This can make the organs in your body transparent California Institute of technology rightoriginal Studyposted by Jessica Stoller-Conrad-Caltech on August 6 2014scientists have developed a way to see through tissues organs and even an entire body.
But needing a way to cheaply power and connect these devices to the internet has kept this from taking off. f Internet of things devices are going to take off we must provide connectivity to the potentially billions of battery-free devices that will be embedded in everyday objectssays Shyam Gollakota an assistant professor of computer science
In this way your smart watch could download emails or offload your workout data onto a Google spreadsheet. ou might think how could this possibly work
The algorithm then uses the learned dictionary to decide in a very efficient way if a newly seen segment is similar to previously observed events such as routine traffic on a highway.
Segments thus identified as trivial recurrences or eventless are excluded from the summary. Novel sequences not appearing in the learned dictionary such as an erratic car
and agriculturalists can search for ways to cross Asian and African species to develop new varieties of rice with the high-yield traits of Asian rice
Stretching the material known as carbyne a hard-to-make one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms by just 3 percent can begin to change its properties in ways that engineers might find useful for mechanically activated nanoscale electronics and optics.
#Laser device sniffs out tiny traces of explosives University of California Berkeley rightoriginal Studyposted by Sarah Yang-Berkeley on July 24 2014mechanical engineers have found a way to dramatically increase the sensitivity of a light-based plasmon sensor.
The other thing we see at airports is the use of swabs to check for explosive residue
The new device builds upon earlier work in plasmon lasers by Zhang s lab that compensated for this light leakage by using reflectors to bounce the surface plasmons back and forth inside the sensorâ##similar to the way sound waves
or look down on people the way another human might. The findings show promise for people suffering from posttraumatic stress
a special imaging device known as a focal plane array (FPA) gives highly detailed information on a sample area in minutes.
#A cheaper way to enrich super pricey isotopes Chemical elements often exist in nature as a blend of different variants called isotopes.
and more environmentally friendly way to enrich stable isotopes, which are used for medical imaging and nuclear powernd are some of the world most expensive chemical commodities.
where it could make the energy grid more resilient and efficient by creating a large-scale way to store energy for use as needed. he batteries last for about 5,
Renewable energy The batteries could pave the way for renewable energy sources to make up a greater share of the nation energy generation.
and Barron lab is working on ways to shorten the eight-hour process needed to perform the etching in the lab
#Material snags CO2 from natural gas Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on June 9 2014scientists have created an Earth-friendly way to separate carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas from natural gas right
and scientists have struggled to develop a practical way to detect it. Current detectors are need bulky
It more than 1, 000 times too high for human ears to pick up. here are many ways to detect ultrasound,
wee come up with a way to allow producers to generate bioethanol, which replaces petrochemical methanol.
Researchers have spent decades seeking ways to harness some of this wasted energy. Most such efforts have focused on thermoelectric devicesâ##solid-state materials that can produce electricity from a temperature gradientâ
That is important because structural energy storage will change the way in which a wide variety of technologies are developed in the future. hen you can integrate energy into the components used to build systems it opens the door to a whole new world of technological possibilities.
The new device that Pint and Westover have developed is a supercapacitor that stores electricity by assembling electrically charged ions on the surface of a porous material instead of storing it in chemical reactions the way batteries do.
When the electrodes are pressed together the polymer oozes into the tiny pores in much the same way that melted cheese soaks into the nooks and crannies of the bread in a panini.
Neurogrid was by far the most cost-effective way to simulate neurons, in keeping with Boahen goal of creating a system affordable enough to be used widely in research.
It transits or passes in front of its parent star every 38 hours which gives scientists an opportunity to study its atmosphere as starlight filters through it.
Volman suggests the material would make a compelling competitor to recently touted nanotube-based aerogels for deicing airplanes in the winter. e have the technology;
Gravitational lensing it has long been predicted can twist E modes into B modes as photons pass by galaxies and other massive objects on their way toward earth.
Measuring B modes generated by inflation is a possible way to alleviate lingering doubt. he detection of a primordial B-mode polarization signal in the microwave background would amount to finding the first tremors of the big bangsays
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