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New technique boosts protein NMR imaging speeds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, or SSNMR, is a valuable tool to image and analyze the chemical makeup of proteins and other biomolecules. But the imaging process is time-consuming and requires large amounts of costly ...


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Wi-Spy 2.4x Spectrum Analyzer

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

This all new version has both its hardware and software upgraded. The Wi-Spy is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that helps troubleshoot and analyze Wi-Fi networks for interference.





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A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...


Simulated training for ultrasound-guided procedures improves safety without risk to patients

Simulated training for ultrasound-guided procedures improves safety without risk to patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Using mannequins to teach doctors-in-training how to do ultrasound-guided procedures is an effective way to improve their skills without compromising patient care and safety, according to a new study from ...


Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important—especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution ...


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Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial ...


Imaging techniques may help predict response to head and neck cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who will require surgical follow-up, ...


findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...


Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aerosol data

Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aerosol data

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change. They are one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate change ...


Gene therapy technique slows brain disease

Gene therapy technique slows ALD brain disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found. These findings appear in the 6 November 2009 issue ...


Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism (AP)

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights ...


NJIT prof sees 70 percent chance for Yanks to win the 2009 World Series

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies winning the World Series. ...



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