Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
... desirable quality for forestry production -- is a heavy emitter of VOCs. "It's just one of those biological correlations," said Purves. "What you want is a fast-growing tree that doesn't produce a lot of VOCs, but that doesn't seem to exist." The findings also could raise questions about potential strateg...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...ike tumbleweeds along the seafloor until they grow heavy enough to settle and form brightly colored beds. And while corals are animals that filter plankton and other organisms from the water for food, rhodoliths produce energy through photosynthesis. Globally, rhodoliths fill an important niche in the ...Genetic modification of linseed produces healthier omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
... widespread contamination with pollutants, such as heavy metals and dioxins. Second, world wide fish stocks are being rapidly depleted, and fish farming is associated with its own set of environmental issues. Therefore, engineering the production of very long chain PUFAs into oilseed crops could confer sig...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
...alcohol and, as a result, higher lifetime rates of heavy drinking, alcohol abuse and dependence. In the past, there were several attempts to use novelty seeking as a predictor of alcoholism that failed because elevated novelty seeking can be also found in individuals who do not have any substance-abuse pr...Natural mineral locks up carbon dioxide
... and sequester carbon on site. Or, if the area is heavy with fossil fuel burning plants, each plant could pipe their carbon dioxide to a central treatment plant. ...JGI announces community sequencing program portfolio
...rgy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announces a heavy emphasis on microbes making up the list of organisms that will stoke the DNA sequencing engine of its Community Sequencing Program (CSP) over the coming year. "The CSP selections represent a rich collection of microorganisms as well as higher plant...UCSD biologists develop 'super-endurance' strain of mice
... of oxygen, as in sprinting for a bus or lifting a heavy object, a protein known as hypoxia inducible transcription factor-1, or HIF-1, is activated. This protein enables the muscle to switch to the more energetically explosive, but expensive anaerobic process, which does not use oxygen and generates lacti...Genes can influence both alcohol consumption and dependence
... except during bouts of uncontrolled and extremely heavy drinking, or some overlap or common causes for e.... Similarly, individuals with a family history of heavy drinking or alcoholism can be aware that they may be at increased risk themselves, and can avoid sit...Evolvability could be a driving force in drug resistance
... rapid shifts between heat waves and cold snaps or heavy rains and droughts -- they saw an increased likelihood of survival among proteins that mutated more frequently. "Selection for evolvability would help explain a growing body of experimental results including the evolution of drug resistance in bacter...JCI table of contents, 2 August, 2004
...rotein targets of muscle wasting, including myosin heavy chain, actin, troponin, and tropomyosin. They found a striking specificity for the loss of myosin heavy chain only. Intriguingly, TNF-alpha/IFN-gammadependent loss of myosin heavy chain occurred through d......rotein targets of muscle wasting, including myosin heavy chain, actin, troponin, and tropomyosin. They found a striking specificity for the loss of myosin heavy chain only. Intriguingly, TNF-a/IFN-gdependent loss of myosin heavy chain occurred through different...A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
...mpany humans, cats and dogs in particular, exact a heavy toll on native forest bird species. What's more, human activities, such as the growing use of all-terrain vehicles and the replacement of native vegetation with exotic and ornamental plants, reduces cover and food resources for native birds. Native s...Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions
...ayfish to low levels using natural predation, plus heavy harvest by people - then we may have a tool for restoring the lakes that have been damaged by crayfish invasions."...DFG presents the 2004 MAK and BAT value lists
...ore, placed in carcinogenicity category 1. Another heavy metal compound, indium phosphide, and 1,5-diaminonaphthalene, were proven to be carcinogenic in animal experiments and were assigned to carcinogenicity category 2. Talcum (asbestos-fibre free) as a suspected carcinogenic working substance was placed ...Acamprosate: potential medication for treating alcoholism
...ising. All of the participants were classified as heavy drinkers, having reported alcohol consumption a minimum of eight days per month; with five or more drinks per occasion at least three times a month for the men, and four or more drinks per occasion at least three times a month for the women. During ...Carnivore species are predicted to be at increased extinction risk from human population growth
...at live near sparsely populated areas. When under heavy pressure from people--whether hunting or habitat loss--species with long gestation periods can't repopulate fast enough and become endangered. Based on projected human population growth, the researchers predict that many carnivore species will join t...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
...B toxin and an equivalent dose of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. Some of the genes activated by one toxin were activated by the other, but the scientists found that some were not, including two that were known to play important and general roles in immunity in humans. However, these genes had never been sh...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...nlike traditional pigments, Rightfit pigments lack heavy metals. Instead, scientists adapt and improve classic azo chemistry by conducting chemical reactions, often using calcium and strontium, in water-based solutions that work without using volatile organic compounds. The resulting pigments are durably v...Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
... of habitat changes in the fish's nursery area and heavy fishing pressure in fish's spawning site. Estuaries, zones where fresh river water and salty ocean water mix to form brackish water, are known to be nursery areas for many species of marine life, including many fishes. Both totoaba and gulf corvina s......thors suggest that changes in age-structure due to heavy fishing may "have severe consequences for long-term sustainability of fish populations." *Berkeley currently at University of California, Santa Cruz; Chapman at S. P. Cramer and Associates, Oregon. Size Matters In "Ant body size predicts the dispe...