News articles tagged with 'biological'
UC research on homeless veterans presented in Washington, DC
— 5 Nov 2009 13:51 | HealthResearch examining issues surrounding homeless veterans and the types of relationships they had with their fathers was presented Nov. 4 at the VA Veteran Homelessness Summit in Washington,... — full story
Spider mite predators serve as biological control
— 3 Nov 2009 10:38 | BiologyThe control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled... — full story
Seeing previously invisible molecules for the first time
— 26 Oct 2009 16:56 | HealthA team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in colour, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique... — full story
Harvard scientists bend nanowires into 2-D and 3-D structures
— 22 Oct 2009 15:40 | ChemistryTaking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two-... — full story
Protein interaction network can respond Helicobacter pylori infection?
— 18 Oct 2009 12:38 | HealthHelicobacter pylori is a gram negative bacterium which infects about 50% of the world population. H pylori colonisation causes a strong systemic immune response. Various tools have... — full story
U-M discovery about biological clocks overturns long-held theory
— 9 Oct 2009 12:10 | BiologyUniversity of Michigan mathematicians and their British colleagues say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a... — full story
Prion study reveals first direct information about the protein's molecular structure
— 7 Oct 2009 07:32 | BiologyA collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of... — full story
Body's circadian rhythm tightly entwined with blood sugar control
— 6 Oct 2009 20:57 | HealthScientists have long struggled to understand the body's biological clock. Its tick-tock wakes us up, reminds us to eat and tells us when to go to bed. But what sets that circadian rhythm?... — full story
U of T led research team uncovers evolutionary origins of prion disease gene
— 29 Sep 2009 17:36 | HealthA University of Toronto-led team has uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine... — full story
New multi-use device can shed light on oxygen intake
— 23 Sep 2009 09:18 | HealthA fiber-optic sensor created by a team of Purdue University researchers that is capable of measuring oxygen intake rates could have broad applications ranging from plant root development... — full story