Asian Beetle, New In This Country, Threatens Brooklyn's Shade Trees
...n chews its way out, thus leaving the hole. Larval feeding could hurt a tree's vascular system in an area where trees are under enormous pressure to grow, said Nina Bassuk, Cornell professor of floriculture and ornamental horticulture in Ithaca. "These trees are generally growing in places not made for tree...Study Shows Songbirds Switch From Bugs To Berries To Fuel Fall Migration
...rictly insect-rich diets. Parrish also conducted feeding experiments with five species of migratingbirds to test the hypothesis that the diet shift to fruit aided birds' abilityto gain mass. These experiments demonstrated that a mixed diet of fruit andinsects led to a significantly greater weight gain for ...Cornell Scientists Find Way To Boost Rice Crop Yield -- They'll Walk On The Wild Side
... the population is growing and we need to continue feeding that population." Tanksley and Susan R. McCouch, Cornell assistant professor of plant breeding, along with other Cornell researchers are announcing their research in the journal Nature, (Nov. 21, 1996) in an article, "Genes from the wild boost rice y...Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...consider not only this species' nesting places and feeding grounds, but perhaps the interconnecting corridors as well. "People might say, 'Oh, at least they have the whole ocean to live in.' With the discovery that turtles are concentrated within narrow corridors, what we're finding is that this may not be ...Bottom-up Ecological Processes Better For Clear Waters, Study Finds
...cannot exert enough influence to control the algae feeding on pollutingnutrients coming into the lake. Instead, limiting the supply of nutrients in a lake appears to be a strongermechanism for controlling algae blooms, according to a meta-analysis ofeight lake studies involving 11 experiments in Canada, Cze...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...Paul Roberts, Stanford researchers determined that feeding native bacteria with the right mixture of oxygen and toluene, a naturally occurring petroleum product, causes them to produce the compound toluene monoxygenase that initiates the breakdown of TCE into carbon dioxide, water and chloride. Despite the s...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...oup vocalizations, abarking roar so evident during feeding times at the Duke Primate Center.Next fall's deplo...ns of monkey chow, their keepers are varying their feeding sites. That'sto discourage dependency and encourage them to range widely. Happily, the lemurs at Du...Houseflies May Transmit Ulcer Bug
...have beenfound on the exterior surface of a single feeding fly and more than 100species of pathogenic organisms have been isolated from the digestivetract of flies." "The adult housefly can fly as far as 20 miles from its source andcan freely enter houses and areas where people congregate, as well asmar...No Link Seen Between Breast Cancer And Pesticides, PCB Exposure For General Population
...these substances, the beneficial effects of breast feeding appear to outweigh potential risks associated with these organochlorines. Results of the study will be presented at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Taiwan on Aug. 20. The research involved 154 postmenopausal w...Lethal Parasite Prime Suspect In Fish Kills At Salton Sea
.... Diagnosis is based on finding the attached feeding stage of the parasite present in gill scrapings. Since the life cycle of Amyloodinium can be completed in less than one week at high temperatures and in high saline conditions, like those currently present at the Salton Sea, it is ex...Many Dog Foods About Equal In Nutritional Value, Researchers Say
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When it comes to feeding dogs, owners can look beyondthe debate over food made with fresh meat, animal by-products or plant material. Pet nutritionists say that small-intestine digestibility and nutritivevalue are essentially equal, so the choice becomes what the master desi...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...e even returned to the same location on successive feeding trips. "My motivation for doing this is three-fol... with fisheries, and if we can determine where the feeding zones are, they can be targeted for some action. "Second, I am interested in pre-college education ...Careful Honeybee Breeding Combats Tracheal Mite Pests
...lost their ability to fly. They stop foraging and feeding their young sothe population dwindles. They also develop secondary infections causedby bacteria or fungi. In that condition, they can’t defend their hivefrom invaders. The mites continue to spread because healthy bees from otherhives invade t...Handfish Steps Back From Brink Of Extinction
...nt Estuary. This may be as a result of starfish feeding on egg masses or disturbing seabed communities. However, habitat modification through urban, rural and industrial development of the Derwent system are other possible causes. Spotted handfish have a low breeding capacity, the female laying onl...DT104 Advice:How To Slow Salmonella Spread
...re of other animals -- because cattle walk through feeding areas orbecause the same machine is used to transport both feed and manure -- veterinaryspecialists can identify an opportunity to break a life-threatening infectioncycle. -30-...Johns Hopkins Scientists Designing Compounds To Fight Malaria
...lciparum, which are transmitted byfemale mosquitos feeding on human blood. The drug of choice to combat malaria has been chloroquine, aderivative of quinine, which comes from the bark of the Cinchonatree. But the malaria parasites began showing resistance tochloroquine nearly 40 years ago. Chinese chemists ...Hormones Found In The Brain May Determine How Much You Eat And Affect Obesity And Diabetes
...ite. "These receptors and ligands regulate feeding behavior, whichis a very important area of medical research," said Dr. MasashiYanagisawa, professor of molecular genetics and Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute (HHMI) investigator. "This is an excellent area for furtherdrug research to determine whether...Nitrate Reductase: A Magical Enzyme?
...al role innitrate acquisition and is essential for feeding people and animals. Dr. Wilbur H. Campbell, professor of biochemistry and molecular biologyand director of Michigan Tech's Phytotechnology Research Center, heads a teamof undergraduate and graduate students and a post-doctoral fellow whose ......et-tasting by humans are chemicals that stimulate feeding and, for the most part, chemicals that humans cons...ral similarities between chemicals that stimulate feeding or between antifeedant chemicals will allow researchers to pinpoint the physical characteristics of......ques that clog coronary arteries, theblood vessels feeding the heart. Isner, senior author of the Circulation paper, presented findings on theuse of the gene for human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on eightpatients with critical limb ischemia at the AHA conference last November. Thepaper...