EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...s of the retinoblastoma family of proteins and the length of the telomeres; and demonstration that telomere maintenance requires both telomerase activity and homologous recombination. Since 1997, Mara Blasco has published more than 65 papers on telomere research in publications such as Cell, Nature Genetics...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...everal intervertebral joints. The ribs increase in length from the front of the neck to the back of the neck, bridging more joints near the base of the neck than near the head. Unlike most protorosaurs, Dinocephalosaurus was fully aquatic, although it might have laid its eggs on land....New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...-kilometer stretch of the ocean basement about the length of Taiwan, has captured the interest of scientists since the late 1960s. Lined with active deep-sea volcanoes and hydrothermal vents--along with massive sulfide deposits enriched in gold and other minerals--it is home to gigantic snails and other st...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
...otorosaur. This skull measured 15.5 centimeters in length (about 6 inches). While Tanystropheus had a giraffe-style neck comprised of a small number (12) of extremely elongated neck or cervical vertebrae, the new fossil's long neck contains 25 somewhat less elongated neck vertebrae. With relatively short a...Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses
...h virus binds to its receptor for a characteristic length of time before dislodging -- leaving only a minuscule risk of a false positive reading. "The fact that a nanowire array can detect a single virus means that this technology is the ultimate in sensitivity," Lieber says. "Our results also show that the...Prion propagation: Avoiding the toxic oligomer
... abrupt increase in polymerization rate. Since the length of the pause showed only a weak dependence on the concentration of monomers, Weissman and colleagues explain, this finding could not be explained by a simple model of nucleation polymerization, in which growth occurs monomer by monomer, emerging from...Brown ecologist garners major National Science Foundation grant
...on from a variety of seasonal signals, such as day length and temperature, to flower during favorable conditions. They will also examine how genetic variation in response to these signals is shaped by natural selection in different climates. Results will shed important light on a key question in biology ho...Genetic modification of linseed produces healthier omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
...e long straight chains of carbon atoms, ranging in length from about 12 to 22 carbons (C12 to C22). They hav...end, and are studded with hydrogen atoms along the length of the carbon chain. They are essential components of the membranes of all living organisms. Fatty a...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...r Brownsville, an area covering about 400 miles in length and reaching 100 miles off the coast. The TABS project is coordinated by the Texas General Land Office, which funds much of the $1 million-plus buoy system, and by oil companies who operate in the Gulf of Mexico. Buoys range in size from torpedo-shap...South Dakota Tech grad student finds rare whale
...istory of the Sowerby's beaked whale. They reach a length of approximately 18 feet long, travel in pods of up to 10 and presumably eat small fish and squid. Sowerbys are the most northerly distributed beaked whale, living in the North Atlantic, from Massachusetts to Labrador, eastward to Iceland, the Briti...TANGO: towards faster prognosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases?
...including, among other things, their structure and length - is contained in our genes. But in order to be able to function properly, a protein must also fold itself correctly into its 3-dimensional structure. Sometimes this goes wrong and the proteins stick together, making them toxic and causing diseases l...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
...chment at the tip and can be hurled out nearly the length of the salamander's body. Wake has shown in previous studies that these tongues are not a good way to classify salamanders, because the various types of tongues have evolved several times in different lineages. The new data confirm that, Mueller said...Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
...l the advent of the Los Alamos/Duke discovery, the length of carbon nanotubes had previously been limited to...y a beginning, the continued development of longer length carbon nanotubes could result in nearly endless applications. Actually, the potential uses for long ...Gene expression in liver tumors and patient prognosis
... limited number of genes that accurately predicted length of patient survival and these findings may open the door to the development of more targeted therapies for liver cancer patients. While gene technology has previously been applied to some specific aspects of liver cancer, researchers led by Dr....Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
...electronics or electrical power. Light is sent the length of the fiber to the sensor and reflected back. The message is extracted from the light signal using a PC plug-in spectrometer card, which makes the retrieval system low cost and portable. Since the optical fibers are the same as those used in the tel...Extreme stretch-growth of axons
...the signal is from a mechanical stimulus along the length of the axon as opposed to a chemical stimulus. "The stretch is coming from the whole body growing," explains Smith. "For example, the growing spine bones in the whale likely exert mechanical forces on the axons in the spinal cord." The researchers c...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...way, Great Britain and Denmark. In most cases, the length of the femur, or thighbone, was used to estimate s...ing. But many temperature fluctuations, ranging in length from about 15 to 40 years, kept people from fully adapting to a colder climate, Steckel said. "These...Convulsions in worms mimic epileptic seizures
...uses the encoded protein to be only one-fourth the length of the normal protein. The mutation was lethal to 70 percent of the mutant worms. The team tested the survivors for nervous system defects. Although their nervous systems seemed to be organized correctly, the mutant worms were more susceptible to epi...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...ts. Higgs and his team found no differences in the length or density of microvilli on the lymphocytes, despi...icrovilli and, in addition to characterizing their length and density, the research indicates that microvilli are dynamic structures that rapidly alternate be...Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
...uring the life cycles of the homes, as well as the length of time these greenhouse gases linger in the atmosphere, to determine the global warming potential of different construction materials. They estimate the global-warming potential of the steel-frame home to be 26 percent higher than the wood-frame, an...