New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...er arid regions of the world. "What we discover will be transportable," he said. "Balancing usable fresh water with population growth and sustainability is a global challenge." ...New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...the ocean crust in the Lau Basin, we can expect to discover new species there--species that perhaps will hold new and unique secrets to share with us," Fisher said. "The microbes at sites like these--thriving in super-hot temperatures--likely have their own remarkable biochemical pathways and capabilities th...Poplar DNA code cracked -- a step in combating global warming?
...rjan and his research team can get down to work to discover the functions of the genes. This basic research can provide a wealth of information about how trees work, and it can also provide answers to universal biological questions. Indeed, many of the responses and functions found in plants, and thus trees a...Martin Saunders to receive the James Flack Norris Award
... they could be studied by NMR. This allowed him to discover the detailed mechanisms and rates of very rapid rearrangement reactions of the cation intermediates. Saunders received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, came to Yale as a member of the chemistry faculty in 1955 and has taught at Yale for 49 years. ...Cell's gatekeeper for ammonia revealed in unprecedented detail
...ix years. In 2000, Stroud's group was the first to discover the structure and mechanisms of the water-conducting channels. To determine the structure of an ammonia channel, the UCSF scientists focused on AmtB, a protein that facilitates ammonia uptake in bacteria. The bacterial AmtB is a member of a "superfam...Rare deficit maps thinking circuitry
....D. "By studying people with this disorder, we can discover how genetic mutations change not only molecular and cellular processes, but lead to differences in the brain circuitry for complex aspects of cognition." To identify where in the brain things go awry in the visuospatial construction deficit, Meyer-Li...One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
...f Epidemiology. He said it's not uncommon to first discover the way in which a disease is transmitted, act on that, and then do the lab work necessary to totally wipe it out. "Once the mode of communication of a disease is established, preventive measures nearly always follow, a principle as true for SARS in ...Carnegie Mellon scientists reveal ways of studying, resolving PCB contamination in US rivers
... Mellon scientists have used DNA fingerprinting to discover distinct bacteria populations that decompose PCBs differently in the first ever side-by-side comparison of sediments taken from separate, contaminated rivers. Future studies that modify sediment nutrients from contaminated sites with little or no bac...Testing the fitness of biological clocks
... light, however, the researchers were surprised to discover that the shoe was on the other foot: The algae with the disrupted internal clock divided and grew at a slightly faster rate than their clockwatching cousins, both those with natural biological clocks and those whose clocks were damped. "This was the ...UCR earns $1.5 million grant to examine how engineered crop genes stray
...ew technology," Sutch said. "Alternatively, we may discover that the risk cannot be reduced to acceptable levels for certain combinations of crops and genes." Steven Angle, dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, stressed the role of UCR's Biotechnology Impacts Center as "an honest broker" ...Study narrows search for genes placing men at increased risk for prostate cancer
...forward to maturing this research in order to help discover new genetic diagnostic tools for prostate cancer susceptibility in hopes of one day winning the war against this awful disease." The study was the result of an increasing trend in genomic research: an extensive international collaboration of scienti...Gene duplication allowed pigs to have more babies
... palaeontology, geology and chemistry to help them discover the reasons why specific genes evolved. Steven Benner and Eric Gaucher at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Frank and Rosalie Simmen at the University of Arkansas, and their colleagues from the United States and Norway carried out the...Joslin Diabetes Center launches research section on developmental and stem cell biology
...w key control genes are regulated, Joslin hopes to discover exactly how embryonic cells differentiate into various types of cells, which may lead to insights into how to reprogram human stem cells to develop into different types of cell including insulin-producing cells. In addition, Dr. Blackwell's work on...Revealing bizarre deep-sea secrets
...surface. The expedition's main mission will be to discover new animals and new behaviors at these locations. To do that, the team will focus on observing and understanding the myriad uses of light in the dark reaches of the deep sea. More specifically, they will study the chemical-based bioluminescent light ......Ecologists used this once in a life-time chance to discover how ecosystems respond to such a natural disturbance. The symposium "Ecological Recovery After the 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens" will reveal how the surrounding landscape, including forests, soils, steams, lakes, fish, amphibians, birds, and ma...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...g' the field. Hopefully, a whole new audience will discover this beautiful, readable journal, and in doing so, rediscover physiology itself," Reich said. The design firm led by John Woolsey was chosen to develop an avante garde design and also to produce complete original, innovative artwork for all future ar...Epilepsy: Signals 'brake' in brain impaired
... The findings therefore make it appear possible to discover new therapeutic approaches. 'Admittedly, the ERK has so many tasks to do that there would probably be side-effects if it was impeded directly,' says Heinz Beck. 'However, the attempt could be made to protect the Kv4.2 channels from ERK attack, or rev...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
...s. However, Wiest pointed out that "often you can discover a new function for a gene that normally works in a different cellular pathway, so you never know what you're going to find." Another interesting discovery the team made involved the effects of smoking on cancer risk for carriers and non-carriers of t...Hormone helps fish to mate, may affect human hearing
...take on new meaning for the houseboaters when they discover that they may share some things in common with these vocal Lotharios of the sea. And we hope that others who study the human auditory system will be inspired by these experiments." The fish study, which was supported, in part, by the National Instit...Sleepless over Seattle: Migrating songbirds forgo sleep but keep their wits
...-deprivation seen in other animals. If researchers discover the mechanisms behind the birds' feat, it could prove useful for people that need to stay awake for long periods, such as pilots, and could shed light on mood disorders that disrupt sleep. In the study, led by Ruth Benca of the University of Wisconsi...