Daily non-political popular news in brief.

The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion

It's not easy to make one plus one equal one. But biological engineer Chang Lu has done just that with a new and cheaper method to electrically fuse cells - a vital technology for studying stem cells, creating clones and finding disease antibodies.

Read more »

Keywords: power, simpler, cheaper, method, cell, fusion

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion":

1. Pellets of power designed to deliver hydrogen for tomorrow's vehicles
   08-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Hydrogen may prove to be the fuel of the future in powering the efficient, eco-friendly fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow. Developing a method to safely store, dispense and easily "refuel" the vehicle's storage material with hydrogen has baffled researchers for years. However, a new and attractive storage medium being developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists may provide the"power of pellets" to fuel future transportation needs.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Solar breakthrough could lead to cheaper power
   05-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Solar energy could become more affordable following a breakthrough by Australian scientists, who have boosted the efficiency of solar cell technology.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Greener extraction of one of nature's whitest minerals
   02-11-2008 · EurekAlert!
   From medicine to make-up, plastics to paper -- hardly a day goes by when we don't use titanium dioxide.Now researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a simpler, cheaper and greener method of extracting higher yields of one of this most useful and versatile of minerals.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Rapid-fire pulse brings Sandia Z method closer to goal of high-yield fusion reactor
   04-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
   An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine facility.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Researchers develop new method for fighting leukemia
   01-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center have created a new method to improve the antileukemic activity of a novel agent that triggers programmed cell death, a development that could lead to more effective strategies for fighting leukemia and other malignancies.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Soft-cell approach cuts animal tests
   02-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A new way to test the safety of the air we breathe is proving faster, cheaper and more humane than exposing laboratory animals to airborne chemical hazards, say UNSW scientists. Researchers at the university's Chemical Safety and Applied Toxicology Laboratories have developed an animal-free alternative that exposes living human cells to air pollutants inside a small chamber. The breakthrough could fast-track scientific understanding of the threat to human health posed by thousands of airborne chemical compounds.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Cellulose nanocrystal research could lead to new vaccines, computer inks
   03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A wood scientist is attaching antibodies to the surface of cellulose crystals. This design enables the nanocrystals to block cell receptors in the body. The process may eventually be used to create vaccines. Through the same receptor-blocking method, this process can combat the effects of some diseases involving inflammation of blood vessels, including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and certain cancers.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. DNA-damage test could aid drug development
   05-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Whitehead Institute have developed a cell culture test for assessing a compound's genetic toxicity that may prove dramatically cheaper than existing animal tests. This assay would allow genetic toxicity to be examined far earlier in the drug development process, making it much more efficient.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Clemson scientists shed light on molecules in living cells
   08-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Clemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single molecule as it travels through a living cell. The chemists are exploiting a process called "resonance energy transfer."
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Team of scientists develops non-invasive method to track nerve-cell development in live human brain
    11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
    A team of scientists including researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified and validated the first biomarker that permits neural stem and progenitor cells to be tracked, non-invasively, in the brains of living human subjects. This important advance could lead to significantly better diagnosis and monitoring of brain tumors and a range of serious neurological and psychiatric disorders.
    Similar news · Read more »