Researchers developing 'sentinel plants' to warn of bioterrorism
...ime in the last 48 hours, allowing the soldiers to don protective gear before they suffer a lethal dose. Although such a device does not exist, it's not as far-fetched as it may sound. As concerns grow over the threat of bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction, university researchers are working on ...Give it a thought -- and make it so
...d with activity. She has shown that volunteers who don a virtual reality helmet in her lab can control elements in a virtual world, including turning lights on and off and bringing a mock-up of a car to a stop by thought alone. Though all this is currently taking place only in virtual reality, the team i...A 'Juliet' is found for the rare lemur Romeo
...tion systems and an entry area in which people can don isolation suits.The quarantine will also prove invaluable for isolating animals coming into thecenter from zoos and other facilities, according to Glander. Romeo first came to the Primate Center in fall 1993, along with hismother Titania and ...Duke expedition to rescue rare lemurs
...ation systems and an entryarea in which people can don isolation suits. The quarantine will also proveinvaluable for isolating animals coming into the center from zoos and otherfacilities, Glander said. The Ivoloina Zoological Park that will be the acclimatization site forthe new animals is a com...New enzyme tied to tangles in Alzheimer's disease
...ing on about 50 differentproteins that temporarily don extra phosphates for the occasion. Meanwhile, Davies had been focusing on tau's role in Alzheimer'sdisease. In one observation, Davies and others noticed that some features ofAlzheimer's disease suggested that the nerve cells were trying to d...'Mean Gene' Found In Africanized Honey Bees
...ssiveness of Africanized bees forces beekeepers to don protective clothing, which is hot, uncomfortable and cumbersome. Africanized honey bees produce less honey per hive than European breeds. Finally, the Africanized bees are more likely to abscond from the bee keepers when the conditions aren't to ......wears the good guy's white hat, only to switch and don thevillain's black hat. For instance, human cells produce one form of nitric oxideas a weapon against invading bacteria, but very high concentrations of themolecule can make NO a killer of the very cells that produce it because NO canact as a free r...