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Makhija to serve as director of communications for National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Sonia Makhija

With the largest grant in the history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry researchers will lead an effort that not only could improve the nation’s dental health but its overall health as well.

04/16/12
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Researcher Upender Manne helps UAB receive $19 million grant to reduce cancer disparities

Upender Manne

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have received a five-year, $19 million National Cancer Institute renewal grant for the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Morehouse School of Medicine and Tuskegee University partnership to address cancer disparities among blacks.

04/16/12
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Indian-origin scientist designs nano-sized batteries

A team of scientists at Rice University led by an Indian origin scientist Pulickel M. Ajayan has packaged lithium ion batteries, which power mobiles and smartphones, into a single nanowire. The breakthrough could be a valuable power source for new generations of nanoelectronics.

08/01/11
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Indian researchers at University of South Alabama find possible pancreatic cancer cure

Mobile, AL. Indian-American Researchers at the University of South Alabama are the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of an active ingredient in Magnolia officinalis/grandiflora on pancreatic cancer cells, according to a publication in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) on June 24, 2011.

07/26/11
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Indian-American Researcher outlines math framework to convert ‘junk’ energy into useful power

Junk energy into power 1107 A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed a mathematical framework that could one day form the basis of technologies that turn road vibrations, airport runway noise and other "junk" energy into useful power.

07/24/11
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Vinay Kashyap creates model to study 1000 times brighter aurorae of Jupiter

A team, co-led by an Indian-American scientist Vinay Kashyap, has created a model that shows aurorae on distant 'hot Jupiters' could be 100-1000 times brighter than the displays we see on Earth.

07/24/11
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Dr. Atul Gupta Pioneers “Human GPS” 3-D Radiology, Offering Women Alternatives to Hysterectomies

(Paoli, Pa.) - A radiologic technology, which functions like a ‘human GPS system,’ and provides more precise results while using less radiation, is being used to treat patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids exclusively at Paoli Hospital. Dr. Atul Gupta, director of interventional radiology, is treating patients as part of a first-ever clinical trial.

07/12/11
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India displays It’s Biotechnology Strengths through India Pavilion at BIO 2011

Washington DC: The Indian biotechnology industry will display its advancement and latest technology at an international convention in Washington this week.

06/27/11
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Saliva test can reveal silent virus that steals babies’ hearing - Suresh Boppana

Birmingham, AL -- Although cytomegalovirus infection is a known cause of birth defects, including permanent hearing loss, most CMV infections in infants are not identified early, when interventions can lessen the effects of hearing loss.

Now, Indian-American Suresh Boppana, M.D., and Karen Fowler, Dr.P.H., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues from other academic medical centers report that a polymerase chain-reaction (PCR)-based saliva test can identify CMV in newborns with greater than 97 percent accuracy.

06/03/11
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Debut of the first practical ‘artificial leaf’ : Tata funds research

Making hydrogen gas (the bubbles) from a solar cell in water, a Sun Catalytix prototype. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET)

ANAHEIM, March 27, 2011 — Scientists today claimed one of the milestones in the drive for sustainable energy — development of the first practical artificial leaf. Speaking here at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they described an advanced solar cell the size of a poker card that mimics the process, called photosynthesis, that green plants use to convert sunlight and water into energy.

"A practical artificial leaf has been one of the Holy Grails of science for decades," said Daniel Nocera, Ph.D., who led the research team. "We believe we have done it. The artificial leaf shows particular promise as an inexpensive source of electricity for homes of the poor in developing countries. Our goal is to make each home its own power station," he said. "One can envision villages in India and Africa not long from now purchasing an affordable basic power system based on this technology."

03/29/11
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