In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE…
MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that can cause a variety of serious infections. The bacterium most commonly colonizes the nostrils, although it can…
While the study shows that quantum dots of different sizes, shapes and surface coatings do not penetrate rat skin unless there is an abrasion, it shows that…
Commercial flower and plant growers know all too well that invasive, ubiquitous weeds cause trouble by lowering the value and deterring healthy growth of…
A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in Nature (3 July 2008) may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for…
They received the prize, worth 10,000 euros, on July 4, 2008 in Berlin for their findings published in Nature Immunology* from Professor Peter Schlag,…
Photochromic materials for holographic data storage, photosensitive sensors and security applications have a high innovative potential. Due to poor durability…
Scientists at the University of Duesseldorf and the University of Erlangen have developed new small molecules which can be used for the treatment of diseases…
The therapeutic use of dendritic cells in vaccination
therapy requires prior activation of these immune
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Scientists at the University of Cologne have developed a new inducible expression system, which is easy to use, reliable and very fast. The System is based on…
Scientists at the University of Cologne, Germany, have linked successfully a trans-membrane ATPase to the hereditary parkinsonism Kufor Rakeb syndrome PARK9….
In terms of process technology, the transport and the
enrichment of liquids with other substances or gases
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Protective natural products from sessile animals as highly efficient bioactive antifouling agents.
BIANTS are synthesised bastadins, modified depsipeptides,…
According to a scientific paper which will be shortly published in the renowned journal Cell Transplantation, human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCBCs) can be…
The newly-created powered leg suspension system, which is being launched by health innovation company Salitas, has the potential to reduce the risk of back…
Immediately after the disaster, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked the International Charter on 'Space and Major…