New signs of life found at the Poles
...ocks are opaque. Also, the harsh UV- radiation and violent winds make for a hostile environment. We found that in fact the opaque rocks protect the micro-organisms and, the movement of rocks during the annual freeze-thaw allows cracks to form and light to penetrate beneath the surface. "This shows us that...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...ome type of shelter to protect themselves from the violent winds and debris. The lack of a quickly accessible protective shelter can make a difference in survival, since the option of driving or running to a distant shelter is often unrealistic."...Spontaneous mutation produces new MAO A/B knockout mouse
...enzymes, MAO A and MAO B, that have been linked to violent criminal behavior and Parkinson's disease. The MAO A/B knockout mouse should provide an excellent model in which to address the specific roles of these neurotransmitters and their receptors in anxiety and stress-related disorders. The research appear......at the family and small-group level can range from violent to peaceful, monogamous to polyandrous, segregated to sharing work. On Wednesday August 4, 2004, scientists will gather for the symposium, "Family Dynamics: the Evolution and Consequences of Family Organization." The session, to be held during the ...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
... built 150,000 to 400,000 years ago by a series of violent eruptions that spewed out rock rich in phosphorus, calcium and other minerals essential for plant growth. To find out if large concentrations of these nutrients were present in the narrow agricultural system, Vitousek and his colleagues decided to an...Archaeologists announce discoveries at the ancient Maya site of Waka' in northern Guatemala
...rmination is an act of desecration and speaks to a violent event in the site's history," Freidel says. Excavations have also delved into the activity at residential compounds, and at the main palace complex of the site, where at one time the rulers of Waka' presided over the sprawling ancient city. The palac...Top US scientist honored with prestigious award
...late very large numbers of T cells and provoke the violent symptoms associated with food poisoning or toxic shock syndrome. A research investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, vice chair of the department of Immunology, and professor at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colo...... into a serious car accident, or being victim of a violent crime or a terrorist attack. A large majority more than 75 percent also favors increasing government funding for cancer research, with 63 percent saying they would be willing to double the current federal cancer budget. These are among the strik...SPR Annual Meeting features newsworthy discoveries
...otype that many whites hold--that black people are violent or hostile--researchers studied the fear responses in white people when they were shown pictures of people from both races. In one stage of the study, subjects were presented with pictures of black and white people while at the same time getting a m...Purdue instrument to fashion custom-made proteomics chips
...an lose their reactivity to potential drugs by too violent an isolation process. Current methods do generate valuable data, but isolating and purifying thousands of proteins is costly in both time and money." The solution Cooks' team devised was to separate the proteins in a single step using a mass spectrom......nters are colder and the summers hotter. Each year violent sandstorms pick up at least 150,000 tonnes of salt and sand from the dried-up lakebed and transport it across hundreds of kilometres. The sandstorms are tainted with pesticide residue and have been linked to high regional rates of respiratory illnes...Sleep disorders linked to faulty brain chemistry, study finds
...d the worst RBD symptoms of thrashing, talking and violent flailing while they slept. And patients with the lowest levels of acetylcholine-producing neurons in the brainstem had the most interruptions in their breathing during sleep. And while the researchers are careful to note that their findings to date c...Distinctive genetic program guides breast cancer's deadly spread
... the metastatic gene signature defines and forms a violent society -- a large group of cells in a tumor that are competent to become metastatic cells." However, said Massagu, discovery of these metastatic genes does not invalidate the classical model that tumor cells require additional genetic mutations to m...Tufts civil engineer predicts Bostons rising sea levels could cause billions of dollars in damage
..., i.e, the coastal area that would be flooded by a violent storm on the average once every 100 years. FEMA's...s a larger area and would be damaged by a storm so violent that it would just occur an average of every 500 years. Floodplains are measured in the land area t...Researchers discover anxiety and aggression gene in mice
... of Pet-1 are associated with excessive anxiety or violent activity in humans, then tests to detect these variants might be useful for early diagnosis of people who may be at risk for developing these abnormal behaviors," Deneris says. His lab plans more studies in mice to see how the gene affects sleep-wak...'The end of the world' has already begun, UW scientists say
...4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventual...Acoustic technique could disinfect medical instruments without heat or harsh chemicals
... create a form of transient cavitation that causes violent collapse of the bubbles. The enhanced cavitation takes advantage of the "anomalous depth effect," in which the impact of bubble collapse increases dramatically when subjected to roughly twice normal atmospheric pressure. Scientists have studied the ...Getting at the roots of terrorism
... males. This is hardly surprising; after all, most violent anti-social behavior is generated by young men, often unemployed or underemployed. In the first half of this century, the proportion of young men in developing nations will continue to be substantially larger than in developed countries. Huge numbers...When mistreated children act out later in life: Brain gene may play a role, study says
...antisocial personality disorder, court records for violent crimes, and evidence of aggressive personality traits from a psychological assessment at age 26. The researchers determined which version of the MAOA gene each test subject had. They found that maltreated children with the less active version of t......neration's total convictions for assault and other violent crimes. "As adults, 85 percent of the severely mal... A activity developed antisocial outcomes, such as violent criminal behavior," says Moffitt. "The combination of maltreatment and the genetic variation magnifi...