Cornell researchers have extended a powerful technique to increase by fourfold the size of a protein that can be analyzed, to those containing more than 2,000 amino acids, up from about 500.
Editor’s note: “Tech 2006”, one of the high-tech conference highlights every year in North Carolina, is set for Wednesday, Oct. 11 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
A recently NIST study shows that first responders can't rely on their unprotected handheld radios even in routine firefighting situations, much less in higher-temperature fires, where good communications are especially crucial.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and collaborators at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the Advanced Wastewater Management Centre, University of Queensland, Australia, have published the first metagenomic study of an activated sludge wastewater treatment process. The research provides a blueprint of the genes and hence the metabolic
A government study about the costs of providing oxygen therapy in the home is deeply flawed according to the American Association for Homecare. Moreover, the further erosion of the oxygen benefit recommended by the report and by CMS will put oxygen patients at even greater risk than they are already, says the Association. On September 14, the U.S. [click link for full article]
Because of their efficiency and reduced pollution, fuel cells offer a promising alternative to traditional power sources in transportation and other applications. Yet more durable, less expensive materials are needed before these electrochemical devices replace internal combustion engines in vehicles. So a Georgia Tech researcher is developing a new screening system that will enable researchers
Chemists at Arizona State University in Tempe have created a tiny hydrogen-gas generator that they say can be developed into a compact fuel cell package that can power laptop computers and other portable electronics. The fuel cells could last three to five times longer than conventional batteries of the same size and weight, they say. Their study will be presented on Sept. 12 in San Francisco