Researchers review evolutionary history of modern algae
...d producing oxygen for planet Earth, but they have allies in the water: phytoplankton, or in another word, algae. Phytoplankton are mostly single-celled photosynthetic organisms that feed fish and marine mammals. They are responsible for nearly 50 percent of the earth's annual carbon-dioxide consumption an...Patients' cells from tumors, the immune system merged for customized cancer therapy
One of the strongest natural allies that cancer patients can tap to help fight tumor growth and metastasis may well be their own immune systems, and scientists affiliated with the Harvard University Medical School have devised ways of bolstering patients' immune response against kidney...Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers
...etter practices," she says. "Investors can be key allies of the CBD by using their money in ways that help influence business behavior." She adds that their business interests should motivate individuals and institutions to include biodiversity considerations in investment decisions. "Since biodiversity ra...Waging war: The curse of human intelligence
ORONO With America and its allies poised to attack Iraq and the U.S. and North Korea locked in a showdown over nuclear weapons, diplomats and politicians would do well to remember that humans may have nuclear technology but still only possess stone-age brains. This is often a lethal ...Getting at the roots of terrorism
...utors to such terrorism. The United States and its allies have responded to the heinous attacks of Sept. 11 with a short-term campaign focused on the necessary but insufficient task of bringing the perpetrators to justice. It did not respond by instituting a sane energy policy emphasizing conservation and r......uced anthrax was destroyed, although theUS and its allies kept samples. To be identified as "Ames", by these scientiststherefore, the anthrax used in the recent attacks must either be theAmerican military strain or one that's very similar. So why choose this strain? "Ames is certainly a challenge to any vac...Science study explores social memory in elephants
... their social skills are better and they recognise allies more easily. The results were gained using high powered hi-fi equipment. Elephant calls were recorded to digital audio tape and then played back through custom-built bass box loudspeakers in the back of a Land Rover. The researchers then noted whet...University of Colorado salmon study spawns new insight into human brain aging
...Instead of being murderers, amyloid plaques may be allies of the brain during times of stress and trauma," said Jones. "Our work on salmon could indicate amyloid plaques may form around dead neurons somewhat like Band-Aids, preventing toxins produced by dead neurons from reaching healthy neurons." A paper ......orthern Mexico. "Their craniofacial configuration allies them more closely to the living Chinese than to any other population in either hemisphere," Brace notes. To refine the linkages and identify the ultimate origins of these peoples, Brace emphasizes that additional analyses need to be performed, using ......he Earth’s ozonelayer. The Congressional move allies US law with the Montreal Protocol, which calls formethyl bromide use to be reduced in increments, beginning with 25% less in 1999, 50% lessin 2001, 75% less in 2003 and then eliminated in 2005. The action renews the sense ofurgency felt by farmers na...