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Microbes enlisted to capture uranium

Microbes enlisted to capture uraniumGrrrThe greatest harm done to humanity in my opinion is the junk science idea that ANY level of radiation exposure is toxic. It's patently false and yet the hysteria of it has so gripped the human psyche that we are freaking paralyzed, rooted in a pool...

Tags: Microbes, uranium

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

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Small differences can make a BIG difference

I recently got a chance to talk with one VC firm that's focused some of its attention and money on cleantech. One of their investments is in OPX, which seems to have a unique approach to solving some of the energy and raw material supply issues facing the planet....

Tags: Chemicals, Clean Technology, Costs, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Our urine shows where we live

It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...

Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Nanoemulsion vaccines effective against HIV?

Nanoemulsions are non-toxic lipid droplets approved for human consumption and common food substances that are defined as 'Generally Recognized as Safe' GRAS by the FDA. But they also can be used for medical applications. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed nasal nanoemulsion vaccines for influenza which were successfully...

Tags: Vaccine, Particle, HIV, Nanoemulsions, Healthcare, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-28

News to know: Working with Android; XP activation; Google Talk woe; Apple

Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: Getting started with Android Ed Bott: Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3 Mary Jo Foley: There's still a lot of life left in desktop office suite. Microsoft releases CRM 4.0 to manufacturing just under the...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Printers, Business Intelligence, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Oil-eating microbes produce green energy

It is estimated that oil sands -- or bituminous sands -- represent two thirds of the world's oil reserves. Still, it's expensive and difficult to extract oil from these sands. Even with today's crude oil prices, the industry is still looking for cheaper ways to produce energy from the so-called...

Tags: Oil, Carbon Dioxide, University Of Calgary, Hydrogen, Energy, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Conversations between bacteria

Did you know that bacteria 'talked' with each other by using small molecules to coordinate their behavior and decide when it's a good time to infect you? A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how UK researchers are working toward a Rosetta stone for microbes' secret language (scroll...

Tags: Bacteria, Molecule, Biotechnology, Web Site Development, Productivity, Security, Internet, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get rich

Forget global warming, stop MRSA terrorism and get richNovel AntibioticsMRSA is a real problem. I work in a microbiology lab with a researcher who takes a particular interest in novel antibiotics, and have taken quite an interest in these little critters. I have learned alot from him but...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, global warming, MRSA, antibiotic, bacteria, ear infection

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Best guess: Paul Allen's Telescope Array won't find any aliens: because there are no aliens to find

If you want to talk about the ultimate broadband communications over distances, you would have to cite radio telescopes that are tuned in to listen to signals from alien civilizations. Last week at someplace called Hat Creek, Calif., Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen attended the unveiling and activation...

Tags: Earth, Paul Allen, Radio, Alien, Radio Dishe, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Churchill Club: 9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends

The Churchill Club held its "9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate" at the San Jose Fairmont last week. Four of the the top venture investors gave their predictions gave their predictions on the top tech trends emerging over the next few years. The event was moderated by Tony Perkins,...

Tags: Steve Jurvetson, Memory, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Marketing, Networking, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Microbop (zip)

You are the pilot of a microscopic, jet-powered vacuum cleaner. Your mission: to sanitize the surfaces of various everyday objects by sucking up the microbes infesting them. Features: colorful 3D environments, keyboard or gamepad play, tutorial mission to quickly train you to play, over 20 different levels, and play for...

Tags: Mission, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2007-03-30

The mystery of vitamin B12 finally solved

You probably think that scientists know everything about the common and essential vitamin B12, the only vitamin synthesized by soil microbes. In fact, one part of this biosynthesis has puzzled researchers for at least 50 years. But now, MIT and Harvard biologists have solved this vitamin puzzle by discovering that...

Tags: vitamin, B12

Blog posts 2007-03-25

NASA's Mars life-detector

With the financial help of NASA, American and European researchers have developed a new sensor to check for life on Mars. It also should be able to determine if traces of lifes molecular building blocks have been produced by anything alive. The device has already been tested in the Atacama...

Tags: Harold Urey, life-detector, NASA

Blog posts 2007-03-11

Bacteria to protect against quakes

If you live near the sea, chances are high that your home is built over sandy soil. And if an earthquake strikes, deep and sandy soils can turn to liquid, with some disastrous consequences for the buildings sitting on them. But now, U.S. researchers have found a way to use...

Tags: Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment, Science &, Nature

Blog posts 2007-02-25

A TIGER to track pathogens

TIGER, short for "Triangulation Identification for Genetic Evaluation of Risks," is a tool used by several U.S. labs which need to quickly identify pathogens, such as bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that cause disease. In TIGER Technique Targets Plant Pathogens, the USDA/Agricultural Research Service ARS says that this detection tool...

Tags: Defense &, Security, Health &, Medicine, Science &, Nature, Tiger

Blog posts 2007-01-09

Extra passengers scheduled on Atlantis

NASA's Atlantis next mission, which is scheduled for August 27, not only will carry human astronauts to the International Space Station ISS, but several kinds of microbes. In "Microscopic Passengers To Hitch Ride On Space Shuttle," the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University writes that these microbes have been identified...

Tags: microbe, NASA, Fluid Processing Apparatus, Group Activation Pack

Blog posts 2006-08-25

Cleaning uranium waste with bacteria

Nuclear bombs can kill people even if they're not used. In the U.S. alone, the Department of Energy estimates that more than 2,500 billion liters of groundwater are contaminated with uranium as a consequence of nuclear weapons production. In "Uranium 'pearls' before slime," scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...

Tags: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, bacteria, it.For Shewanella

Blog posts 2006-08-12

Photo: Studying uranium-trapping microbes

Georgia Tech scientists study microbe with digestive byproducts that could ease nuclear-spill cleanups.

Tags: Georgia Tech, cleanup, scientist, photograph

Image galleries 2006-05-22

Photo: Studying uranium-trapping microbes

Georgia Tech scientists study microbe with digestive byproducts that could ease nuclear-spill cleanups.

Tags: Georgia Tech, cleanup, scientist, photograph

Image galleries 2006-05-22

'Cooking' carbon nanotubes like spaghetti

Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a technique to force a variety of enzymes to self-assemble layer-by-layer on carbon nanotubes CNTs with the help of noodle-like polymer molecules. In "A biosensor layered like lasagna," the researchers say that this technique can be applied to a wide...

Tags: carbon nanotube, nanotube, polymer

Blog posts 2006-04-30