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Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck
04-24-2007 · EurekAlert!Termites and fungi already know how to digest cellulose, but the human process of producing ethanol from cellulose remains slow and expensive. The central bottleneck is the sluggish rate at which the cellulose enzyme complex breaks down tightly bound cellulose into sugars, which are then fermented into ethanol.
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- Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
04-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
We all know that eating fruits, vegetables and soy products provides essential nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, while obesity leads to the opposite. Yet proving the effect of nutrition, or obesity, on cancer is an experimental challenge and a focus for scientists. According to emerging evidence being presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the AACR, eating well might still be one of the more pleasurable ways to prevent cancer and promote good health.
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- Bacteria successful in cancer treatment
09-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Bacteria that thrive in oxygen starved environments have been used successfully to target cancer tumours, delivering gene therapy based anti-cancer treatments, according to scientists speaking today, Sept. 6, 2007, at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which runs Sept. 3-6, 2007.
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- MSU expert: See scientists run -- for school board
02-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
To improve science literacy, a scientist can teach.But a scientist can also run.National science literacy expert and Michigan State University professor Jon Miller is having a running clinic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. The goal is to inspire, educate and arm scientists to run for school boards.
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- Food scientists, material scientists seek common language to preserve flavor, aroma of food
08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Food scientists and material scientists agree that the primary purpose of food packaging is to protect the food. Once that is accomplished, the package has to protect sensory quality. One challenge to meeting the second goal is communication between food scientists and material scientists.
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- Deep-ocean drilling researchers target earthquake and tsunami zone
12-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers fresh from an eight-week scientific drilling expedition off the Pacific coast of Japan today reported their discovery of strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region notorious for generating devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, the Nankai Trough. The scientists reported their findings at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
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- Creating corn for cars
05-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new variety of corn developed and patented by Michigan State University scientists could turn corn leaves and stalks into products that are just as valuable as the golden kernels. Right now, most U.S. ethanol is made from corn kernels. This is because breaking down the cellulose in corn leaves and stalks into sugars that can be fermented into ethanol is difficult and expensive.
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- Bacteria inside red mites could be targeted to control poultry pests
09-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Bacteria which live symbiotically inside the blood-sucking pests called red poultry mites could be a new and effective target to prevent the spread of Salmonella and similar pathogens in chickens, turkeys and other table birds, according to scientists speaking today, Sept. 5, 2007, at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which runs from Sept. 3-6, 2007.
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- Scientists unveil structure of molecular target of many drugs
10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have captured the first detailed, three-dimensional look at the beta2-adrenergic receptor -- a human G protein-coupled receptor belonging to a family of membrane proteins targeted by about half of today's pharmaceuticals.
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- Invention could solve “bottleneck” in developing pollution-free cars
12-04-2006 · University of Bath
Hydrogen-powered cars that do not pollute the environment are a step closer thanks to a new discovery by scientists in the Department of Chemistry which promises to solve the main problem holding back the technology.
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- Automated analyzer for complex nuclear waste provides rapid results
03-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
Identifying and quantifying specific alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides in liquid solutions can be challenging and time consuming -- typically taking from days to weeks to get results back from an analytical laboratory. But, when an industrial process-scale plant requires that an accurate, reliable analysis be completed in near real-time from samples retrieved directly from the process line, the challenge could be overwhelming. However, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have assembled a robust, fully automated prototype process monitor to meet demanding production needs.
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