Applied Physics

Deferoxamine May Boost Body's Bone-Healing Ability

Deferoxamine (DF), originally used to treat iron poisoning, can significantly boost the body’s own ability to heal and re-grow injured bones, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The researchers injected deferoxamine i ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2008 - 11:59am

IET Names UK's Top Young Women Engineers

LONDON, January 11 /PRNewswire/-- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has today named the UK's top young women engineers in its Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards. The Awards are the most prestigious of their type within the engi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 11 2008 - 7:30am

Sociological Spin: Stating There Is A Genetic Cause Gets Anorexics Less Blame

When people in a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study were told that anorexia nervosa had a biological or genetics-based cause they were less likely to put any personal accountability on anorexics than when they were told it was personal or cu ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2008 - 10:08pm

Complex Biology Goes Mathematical: A Numerical Model For Fruit Fly Eyes

Many researchers have tried to create a mathematical model of how cells pack together to form tissue, but most models have many different complicated factors, and no model is universal. Researchers at Northwestern University have now created a functional e ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2008 - 9:43pm

Whole Organ Decellularization Yields A Beating Heart Created In The Laboratory

University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew functioning heart tissue by takin ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2008 - 4:11pm

Baryonyx- Dinosaur With The Head Of A Fish-Eating Crocodile

An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling hooks to lift fish from the water. Dr Emily Rayfield at the U ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2008 - 8:05pm

Theory: Technique For Blocking T-Cell Migration Could Halt Auto-Immune Diseases

Researchers have found a way to selectively block the ability of white blood cells to “crawl” toward the sites of injury and infection when such mobility drives disease, according to a study published today in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. The resu ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2008 - 11:22am

Asian Photovoltaic Technology Show: Germany Offers Top Conditions For Asian Investors

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 15 2008 - 5:30am

IDM Group Names Byron Dunn As CEO

HOUSTON, January 15 /PRNewswire/-- IDM Group, designers and manufacturers of world-class drilling systems for the international energy industry, today announces that it has named Byron Dunn as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Dunn brings to the ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 15 2008 - 5:31pm

Michael Check Joins Bunkspeed To Lead Automotive & Transportation Business

LOS ANGELES, January 16 /PRNewswire/--- Industry veteran joins Bunkspeed team; sees company's rendering technology as 'provoking major change' in digital design Bunkspeed, Inc. announced today that Michael Check has joined the company as Pr ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 16 2008 - 8:30am