Deep-sea Microbes: Nitrogen Mystery Solved? Oct 17, 2009
The researchers then used a technique called fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to stain the two types of organisms in the sediment, and analyzed these cells for their nitrogen-15 content using a state-of-the-art instrument called a nanometer secondary ion mass spectrometer, or nanoSIMS. The nanoSIMS, which is housed at the Caltech Center for Microanalysis, is capable of collecting chemical and isotopic data at a spatial scale of 50 to 100 nanometers, or around five to 10 times smaller... (Science Daily)
On to Nelp IX Oct 16, 2009
The point is that oil rospects in India remain quite attractive, as former director general of hydrocarbons Avinash Chandra has been stressing for long. The estimates suggest that 1 billion tonnes of crude and a trillion cubic metres of gas may be in situ in sedimentary basins here. The way ahead is to benchmark our hydrocarbon licensing regime to the best practices abroad, and simply wait for the economic slowdown to be behind us for renewed investor interest in Ebr> Abroad, in the mature... (India Times)
Eco-friendly Defence Against Erosion In Arctic Regions Oct 12, 2009
The condition of Geobags when they are in situ is relatively easy to monitor, as being positioned on the ground surface of a site they can be checked regularly and replaced if necessary. However, the geosynthetic products used in more temperate climates for dams and flood-protection dikes and embankments are installed invisibly under soil, making it impossible to tell how well they are functioning. (Science Daily)
Mabey & Johnson - Corrupt firm's work found to be defective Oct 11, 2009
A Mabey spokesman said : "As a sign of good faith, and as soon as it became aware of the issue, the company took action at its own expense to remedy the problem in situ with a total of eight bridges. As a result of these events we stopped supplying this type of bridge.". Mabey received financial support for the contracts from the British government. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Terms Breast Cancer Patients Need To Know Oct 9, 2009
WebMD.com notes two particular types of ductal carcinoma: invasive ductal carcinoma, which begins in the ducts and spreads to the fatty tissue around the duct, and ductal carcinoma in situ, where the cancer is still contained in the duct ... As with ductal carcinoma, lobular carcinoma comes in two forms: infiltrating lobular carcinoma, which has spread from the lobules, or lobular carcinoma in situ, which is still contained there. (Click2Houston, TX)
NRC accepts uranium company application Oct 8, 2009
The method is called in situ mining. The NRC in June sent back Powertech's application for a Source Material License, saying the company must provide more information. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
World's Top 10 Most Dangerous Foods Oct 7, 2009
Polar bear testicles, eaten in situ. by swoosie1 October 6, 2009 2:31 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Powertech revising uranium mining permit applications Oct 5, 2009
The method is called in situ mining ... On Friday, an environmental critic of such in situ uranium mines said the NRC and the state of South Dakota had rejected Powertech permit applications. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Another Inconvenient Truth: The World's Growing Population Poses a Malthusian Dilemma Oct 3, 2009
"Fifty-four percent of that is fertilizer the Haber-Bosch process; 11 percent is atmospheric deposition the plus side of pollution; 18 percent is in situ fixation," or nitrogen-fixing cover crops, like legumes, Sanchez said. And it's not like so-called organic agriculture is helping with that: Nitrate leaching into waterways can come from manure, as in the Netherlands or overuse of fertilizer, as in Iowa. (Scientific American)
Laser Technique Has Implications For Detecting Microbial Life Forms In Martian Ice Oct 3, 2009
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Emission (L.I.F.E.): In Situ Nondestructive Detection of Microbial Life in the Ice Covers of Antarctic Lakes. Astrobiology, in press. (Science Daily)
Environmentalist: Edgemont uranium mine not financially feasible Oct 3, 2009
Robinson also said state and federal reclamation rules are too lax for in situ uranium mines ... Robinson said neither the Nuclear Regulatory Commission nor state regulators require in situ uranium mines to return affected groundwater to its pre-mining condition ... In Wyoming, Texas and Nebraska, regulators have allowed the in situ uranium mines to leave contamination at higher levels than existed before the mining, Robinson said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Malignant Tumor Cells Seen In Real Time Oct 2, 2009
fer et al. In Vivo, In Situ Tissue Analysis Using Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009; NA DOI. (Science Daily)
Specialists want carcinoma out of diagnosis Sep 25, 2009
More than 50,000 women a year are diagnosed with DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ ... What doctors now call a precancerous condition and classify with various levels of severity they once termed cervical carcinoma in situ. (MSNBC -- Health)
Screening Drosophila development Sep 23, 2009
In situ hybridization assays were carried out on 23 uncharacterized genes, 15 of which proved to have spatiotemporally restricted expression patterns. Among these 15 uncharacterized genes, 13 were found to encode putative secreted and transmembrane proteins. (BioMed Central)
Keeping An Eye On The Oceans Sep 23, 2009
All this data from the in-water samplers so called in situ data - provides the detail on conditions in specific locations, but for the big picture of what is happening in the oceans, scientists are relying on satellites ... Making sure the existing ocean observation system, both satellite and in situ data, is sustainable in the long-term is one of the key aims of Oceanobs 09, where the ocean observing community will take stock of progress to date and map out the priorities for the next decade -... (Science Daily)
* JOHNNY NEIHU'S NEWS WATCH: Crime, punishment K panda robots Sep 19, 2009
Hear ye, hear ye, in the case of The Evil One, this Court, mindful of its duties as Guardian of the Laws of the Land, renders the following judgments, in situ, e pluribus unum and in dolce et decorum est.. On the charge of embezzlement of funds from the state affairs fund, we, the aforesaid Court, find The Evil One guilty of embezzlement, the punishment being life in prison. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
How to Research an Oil Stock: Part 5 Sep 19, 2009
Adjacent to Grizzly's Algar Lake project are Suncor's proposed Meadow Creek in situ project, JACOS' long-running SAGD pilot (which it's looking to expand to 35,000 barrels per day in partnership with Nexen (NYSE: NXY)), and Southern Pacific Resources' Hangingstone West project, which has seen some preliminary core drilling. So how much oil's up there. (MSNBC -- Business)
Warming Arctic 'halts migration' Sep 18, 2009
However, that number had now increased to as many as 40,000 birds remaining in situ. The authors added that the shift in climate after 1976 had well-documented effects on marine species, such as fish and seals, but estuarine species - such as the brant - had not been recorded. (BBC News -- Science)
Critical Illness Plans Help Pay for What Health Insurance Won't Sep 15, 2009
Text hiding to spacing. New Colonial Life voluntary critical illness plan covers more illnesses, helps fill health insurance gaps. (PR Newswire)
Observing the oceans: information meeting for the media in Venice, Italy, on 21 September Sep 15, 2009
Commitments to further enhance and continue operations are needed from satellite agencies and for in situ networks alike ... We particularly recommend attending the sessions on the first day which will look back at the OceanObs'99 vision and examine what has been achieved in a decade of growing in situ and satellite observing networks and an expanding data system, and the development of ocean-related information. (Scientific American)
Overexpressed Protein Converts Noninvasive Breast Cancer Into Invasive Disease Sep 10, 2009
ErbB2, an oncoprotein that promotes metastasis, is overexpressed in 50 to 60 percent of the noninvasive breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ... (May 27, 2009) Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, according to a new study. (Science Daily)
HPV Vaccine Could Prevent Some Forms Of Breast Cancer, Australian Research Suggests Sep 5, 2009
The team confirmed the presence of high-risk HPV in the nuclei of breast cancer epithelial cells in five (39 per cent) of 13 ductal carcinoma in situ and three (21 per cent) of 14 invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) breast cancer specimens. Non-invasive or in situ cancers are those confined to the milk-making glands and do not spread to other parts of the breast or body ... The UNSW researchers addressed these issues by using a technique (in situ PCR) that avoids cross-contamination and that... (Science Daily)
Isolation and sequence analysis of the wheat B genome subtelomeric DNA Sep 5, 2009
Nine positive clones were isolated; of them, clone 2050O8 was localized mainly to the distal parts of wheat chromosomes by in situ hybridization ... The in situ hybridization data for 2050O8 derived subclones in combination with the BLAST search against wheat mapped ESTs (expressed sequence tags) suggest that clone 2050O8 is located in the terminal bin 4BL-10 (0. (BioMed Central)
RMC Foundation plans Pink Ribbon Luncheon Sep 1, 2009
More than 178,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are predicted to occur among women in the United States this year, in addition to 62,000 new cases of in situ (non-invasive) breast cancer. In South Carolina, breast cancer accounts for approximately one-third of all cancer diagnoses -- thought to have been almost 3,000 cases in the state last year. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Scientists Hone Technique To Safeguard Water Supplies Aug 31, 2009
"Recent advances in optoelectronics and portability make this a powerful technology for monitoring the in situ physiology of aquatic photosynthetic organisms such as green algae and cyanobacteria," the authors wrote. Even low levels of toxins alter fluorescence patterns within minutes. (Science Daily)
Download - Correspondents Report Aug 30, 2009
Well, you do need a bureau, of course, if you want quality in depth journalism by people who are living in situ; you know, who are experiencing Russian life day by day and making the contacts, the connections. So, if you don't have that, you're going to lose quality; there's no doubt about it. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Sport)
Making Summer In The City More Bearable Aug 29, 2009
C. In agreement with the National Technical University of Athens and the Scientific Committee of the Acropolis Archaeological Site, the ground teams took extra in situ measurements on the Acropolis itself. Once analysed, the dataset will address a number of specific objectives; namely the quality assessment of urban heat island information products, the development of urban heat wave forecasting techniques, the development of appropriate alert systems and the detailed study of the phenomenon's... (Science Daily)
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood strikingly pairs nature and culture Aug 28, 2009
French knew about placing art in situ. He sculpted Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial, and his work can be seen all around the Boston area: the angel Casting Bread Upon the Waters over a fountain in the Public Garden; the Minute Man statue in Concord; and the bronze lobby doors of the Boston Public Library. (Boston Globe)
More Women Surviving After Early Breast Cancer Aug 27, 2009
Still too little is known about these 'in situ' malignancies, experts say ... TUESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The first accounting of women with breast cancer in situ in the United States finds that in 2005 there were 610,171 survivors, but that by 2016 that number is expected to increase to more than 1 million ... Breast cancer in situ now accounts for 20 percent of newly diagnosed breast cancers. (MEDLINEplus)
Satellites Used to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks Aug 25, 2009
Xiao notes that, "the in situ observations are still very, very important. So the key is to combine those together that's a real challenge.". 1. (Scientific American)
Plexin D1 is ubiquitously expressed on tumor vessels and tumor cells in solid malignancies Aug 25, 2009
Signals were verified in a selection of tissues via mRNA in situ hybridization. Results. (BioMed Central)
Microchip Does 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once Aug 24, 2009
The chemical reactions were performed using in situ click chemistry, a technique often used to identify potential drug molecules that bind tightly to protein enzymes to either activate or inhibit an effect in a cell, and were analyzed using mass spectrometry ... "The precious enzyme molecules required for a single in situ click reaction in a traditional lab now can be split into hundreds of duplicates for performing hundreds of reactions in parallel, thus revolutionizing the laboratory process,... (Science Daily)
Selenoprotein N is dynamically expressed during mouse development and detected early in muscle precursors Aug 23, 2009
Using qRT-PCR, Western blot and whole mount in situ hybridization, we characterized in detail the spatio-temporal expression pattern of the murine Sepn1 gene during development, focusing particularly on skeletal muscles. Results. (BioMed Central)
Dermatologist Skin Examinations Detect More, Thinner Skin Cancers Than Patients Identify Themselves Aug 21, 2009
In addition, cancers detected by dermatologists were thinner and more likely to be in situ (only on the outer layer of skin) than were cancers detected by patients ... Of these, 51 cases were invasive (had spread to deeper layers of the skin) and 75 were in situ ... 3 percent of all melanomas and 60 percent of melanomas in situ were detected by the dermatologists and were not among the reasons the patient had visited the clinic. (Science Daily)
* Taiwan to the World 3Typhoon Hunters uxWlpe Aug 15, 2009
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First Uranium ramping up production of both uranium and gold; provides guidance for the remainder of the year Aug 15, 2009
The anticipated increase in stope grades has been determined on the basis of current in situ sampling of reef development and sampling of new stopes that are being opened up. . (PR Newswire)
Nanocrystal Growth Spurts: First Real-Time Direct Observations Of Nanocrystal Growth In Solution Aug 14, 2009
A new technique known as liquid cell in situ transmission electron microscopy, in which the powerful resolution capabilities of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) are brought to bear on a liquid cell that allows liquids to be observed inside a vacuum, enables the visualization of single nanoparticles in solution ... Also, our in situ liquid cell TEM technique can be applied to other areas of research such as soft matter imaging and nanoparticle catalysis, and offers great potential for... (Science Daily)
Colon Capsule Endoscopy Diagnoses 64% Of Total Polyps Detected By Conventional Colonoscopy Aug 11, 2009
It has to be added that conventional colonoscopy enables the undertaking of a diagnosis of the colon as well as practicing therapeutic procedures, such as the in situ extirpation of polyps during exploration or the obtaining of a biopsy when required. Capsule endoscopy of the colon explores the large intestine in a minimally invasive manner, not being necessary to admit patients to hospital, nor to sedate or anaesthesise them; neither is any tube or air needed nor radiation. (Science Daily)
New Research Provides Insight Into Ice Sheet Behavior Aug 11, 2009
It is composed of freshwater ice that originally fell as snow, either in situ or inland and brought to the ice shelf by glaciers. As they are already floating, any disintegration will have no impact on sea level. (Science Daily)
Spectacular Melting Of The Largest French Glacier Aug 11, 2009
Since 1974, in situ monitoring of the Cook ice cap has no longer been carried out. However, observations made from space between 1991 and 2006 have enabled scientists to collect data from this relatively inaccessible area. (Science Daily)
China Medical Technologies Announces Change of Independent Auditors Aug 8, 2009
China Medical Technologies is a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) products using Enhanced Chemiluminescence (ECLIA) technology, Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) technology and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) technology to detect and monitor various diseases and disorders. For more information, please visit. (PR Newswire)
Technology To Support Deepwater Crustal Drilling Aug 8, 2009
Drilled cores from the mantle could provide scientists with answers to questions about the structure, composition, mineralogy, and in situ physical properties of oceanic crust and the geological nature of the seismic Moho. "With AGR Drilling Services' support," says Engineering Manager Greg Myers, "IODP led an engineering effort to adapt existing technology to drill very deep holes in very deep regions of the ocean. Up to now," he adds, "riserless mud recovery drilling was limited to shallower... (Science Daily)
GSFC Summer Student Presentations Aug 5, 2009
Renuka Ramanathan - Massachusetts Inst of Technology - "Laser Desorption ToF-MS for In Situ Analysis of Organics". Karen Whelley - Penn State University - "Derivatization of Dicarboxylic and Hydroxy Acids with IPA/TFAA". (NASA Watch)
Fossil Fuels without the Fossils? Aug 1, 2009
"Our results provide a link which was previously missing or was doubtful because of a lack of in situ measurements ... for the upper mantle conditions," Goncharov said. "Thus, our work suggests there is a possibility for the [abiogenic] oil formation in the deep earth and that there is a potential to find more oil fields than expected if one assumes that oil could be formed only biogenically.". (Scientific American)
From functional food to medicinal product: Systematic approach in analysis of polyphenolics from propolis and wine Jul 23, 2009
Higher number of polyphenolics was determined by HPLC; 15 compared to 9 by TLC. Interactions in situ with acetylsalicylic acid were detected with most of polyphenolics analysed. Plasma protein binding and blood-barrier penetration was greatest for flavone. (Nutrition Journal)
Signing of Mutoshi Joint Venture Amended Agreement and Update on Kinsevere Stage II Jul 20, 2009
We look forward to working with G;camines to further evaluate and develop the potential of the Mutoshi properties. Today's announcement means that the future development of Mutoshi can be carried out under a structure that not only delivers value to our shareholders but also to G;camines and the Kolwezi community more generally. (Canada Newswire)
Tourism infrastructure can yield gains for rural India Jul 16, 2009
When the department of economic affairs (DEA) began to look at funding by ADB for tourism infrastructure as part of the strategy for creating employment opportunities in situ in the rural and semi-urban areas, the ADB management wanted to know how tourism infrastructure is defined. This is because the elements of any programme or project would comprise of roads (transport sector) or urban amenities (urban sector) etc. (India Times)
New, Less Invasive Genetic Test Greatly Improves Pregnancy Rates In Older Women With Poor Prognosis Jul 15, 2009
Unlike conventional screening strategies, using the fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) method, which allows less than half of the chromosomes of an embryonic cell to be examined, CGH enables the evaluation of the entire chromosome complement. CGH was used to examine the fertilised eggs by looking at polar bodies, tiny cells that are a by-product of egg development. (Science Daily)
* [ ART JOURNAL ] Voices from the grave Jul 15, 2009
Two model excavation sites enable visitors to view the animal and human figurines as they were found in situ. The first, at the entrance, is approximately a 2m-by-10m glass case sunk 1m below ground and lined with rows of miniature terra-cotta dogs, pigs, goats and roosters, a display that would have been difficult to employ with the larger horses found in Qin Shihuangs (l) mausoleum. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
More Mammograms May Mean More 'Harmless' Cancers Jul 11, 2009
They found an estimated overdiagnosis rate of 52 percent for all cancers, including in situ malignancies, which have not spread, and an overdiagnosis rate of 35 percent for invasive breast cancer. The study also detected a jump in incidence rates after the introduction of the screening programs. (MEDLINEplus)
Contaminated Site Remediation: Are Nanomaterials The Answer? Jul 11, 2009
Nanotechnology and In situ Remediation: A Review of the Benefits and Potential Risks. Environmental Health Perspectives, Online June 23, 2009 DOI. (Science Daily)
Caltech chemists say antibody surrogates are just a 'click' away Jul 10, 2009
The technique makes use of the "in situ click chemistry" method, introduced by Sharpless in 2001, in which chemicals are created by joiningor "clicking"smaller subunits together ... "What Heath has shown now is that in several iterations, a high-affinity ligand for a protein can be created from blocks that do not bind to the protein all that well; the trick is to repeat the in situ screen several times, and the binding improves with every iteration," Sharpless says ... The paper, "Iterative in... (EurekAlert!)
Complex coevolutionary history of symbiotic Bacteroidales bacteria of various protists in the gut of termites Jul 9, 2009
Their localization, morphology, and specificity were also examined by fluorescent in situ hybridizations. Although a monophyletic grouping of the ectosymbionts occurred in three related protist families, the symbionts of different protist genera were usually dispersed among several phylogenetic clusters unique to termite-gut bacteria. (BioMed Central)
Paging Dr. Feelgood Jul 8, 2009
The problem of dying because of too many, rather than too much, drugs in situ has become so common that it even has under the rubric of "combined drug intoxication.". Of course, not every patient of Dr. Feelgood dies as a result of the easy prescription access. (Slate)
Analysis of expression in the Anopheles gambiae developing testes reveals rapidly evolving lineage-specific genes in mosquitoes Jul 7, 2009
RNA in situ hybridization demonstrated that one of the orphans is transcribed in spermatids, which suggests its involvement in sperm maturation. Two other orphans have unknown functions. (BioMed Central)
Tower of strength Jul 7, 2009
After seeing the pillars in situ for the first time, her daughter Saba, 28, from Finchley, described it as "a poignant moment... a very important step in terms of our personal grief". "We haven't had anywhere we can properly pay tribute to those we've lost.". (BBC News -- UK)
Bid to cordon off big cats sparks row Jul 6, 2009
The suggestion that the parks carry out an "in situ" breeding programme by cordoning off two females and a male tiger, is the clearest admission so far that the king of the jungle is in crisis. The sanctuaries have tiger populations ranging from 15 to five and the wipeout of Panna has seen the NTCA think of radical measures. (India Times, India -- Community News)
A further insight into the biosorption mechanism of Pt() by infrared spectrometry Jul 6, 2009
and that the free monosaccharic group bearing hemiacetalic hydroxyl from the hydrolyzed biomass behaving as an electron donor, in situ reduces the Pt() to Pt(0). And moreover, the binding of the Pt() to the oxygen of the carbonyl group of peptide bond caused a change in the secondary structure of proteins; i.e. a transformation, in polypeptide chains, of b-folded to a-helical form in that the latter might be expected to be more advantageous than b-folded form to the platinum nanoparticles under... (BioMed Central)
Chromosomal Problems Affect Nearly All Human Embryos: Discovery May Explain Low Fertility Rates In Humans Jul 2, 2009
Using new technologies that can detect chromosomal aberrations in the whole genome (all human chromosomes) of a single cell, the team was able to screen embryonic cells at a much higher resolution than previously, and hence identify more chromosomal abnormalities than has been possible using the current technique, fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH), which can only analyse ten of the approximately 32,000 genetic regions at the same time. "Until now, the majority of studies analysing the... (Science Daily)
No Jackson Neverland viewing Jul 2, 2009
A host of television satelilte trucks are already in situ outside the property. The site could reportedly be turned into a permanent tourist shrine to the singer, akin to Elvis Presley's Graceland home in Memphis. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Preimplantation Genetic Screening: Polar Body Screening Study Launched Jun 30, 2009
This is, in theory, far more powerful than the method of fluorescent in situ hybridisation or FISH, which has been used thus far. It is because we think this subject is so important, said Professor Geraedts, that we have decided to launch our first-ever clinical study. (Science Daily)
First Successful Use Of New Ocean Observation Technology – Investigation Of Ocean Acidification In The Baltic Sea Jun 30, 2009
They are used to simulate the future ocean in situ, i.e. under realistic conditions. IFM-GEOMAR scientists used six of these mesocosms, each encompassing about 60,000 litres of sea water, at the observing station Booknis Eck in the Baltic Sea in order to study the effects of ocean acidification. (Science Daily)
ESHRE launches international study of polar body screening Jun 29, 2009
This is, in theory, far more powerful than the method of fluorescent in situ hybridisation or FISH, which has been used thus far. "It is because we think this subject is so important," said Professor Geraedts, "that we have decided to launch our first-ever clinical study. We hope that we will be able to answer the outstanding questions about PGS once and for all. If we can show that polar body screening works, it will be a major step forward in improving IVF treatment for many women who have... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Sharp reduction in breast cancer cases Jun 26, 2009
To understand the broader public health import of these reductions among previously unstudied populations, we utilized the largest available US cancer registry resource to describe age-adjusted invasive and in situ breast cancer incidence trends for non-Hispanic white women aged 50 to 74 years overall and by county-level rural/urban and poverty status ... We obtained invasive and in situ breast cancer incidence data for the years 1997 to 2004 from 29 population-based cancer registries... (BioMed Central)
Excelsior Announces Independent Resource Estimates and 45% Increase in Contingent Resources at Hangingstone Jun 26, 2009
The Company has developed a proprietary in situ combustion technology ("Combustion Overhead Gravity Drainage" or "COGD") which has game-changing potential in the development and recovery of heavy oil and bitumen. An application for an experimental pilot project to field demonstrate the COGD technology will be submitted in at the end of the second quarter of 2009 with a targeted start up in early 2011. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
