High school teacher explores South Pole
...e Antarctic environment. "Marietta will be working alongside seasoned earth science researchers," heobserved. "And, thanks to virtual reality, so will her students."...Researchers find gene for rare disorder that paralyzes children's legs
...p the SPG3A test, and to make it available for use alongside the SPG4 spastin test. Knowing the genetic type of HSP a patient has could be used to confirm the diagnosis of HSP. In some circumstances, it could also be used for prenatal diagnosis. But Fink indicates that a test for a mutated SPG3A gene sequence...Say what? Neurons and fat cells have a dialogue in the lab
...milarly. Turtzo discovered that nerve cells grown alongside fat cells produced more than seven times the NPY produced by nerve cells grown, or "cultured," alone. She also showed that adding insulin reduced the NPY levels in the mixed cells, but didn't impact the nerve cells grown alone. "Because insulin does...Rutgers scientists to explore ocean depths off New York-New Jersey harbor
... in Manhattan. Alvin and Atlantis will be berthed alongside the Intrepid for visits by the students. To prepare for the event, participating teachers will attend a Rutgers-sponsored workshop at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn Aug. 21. Port day will end with an evening event at the American Geographical So...Clemson-led team makes breakthrough in controlling Bt resistance in pests
... acted. They required non-Bt cotton to be planted alongside of Bt cotton, diminishing the chances of budworms taking a Bt-rich diet in the fields. The question was how to monitor the situation, catching Bt resistance before it ended the usefulness of Bt cotton. Developing an early-detection method had proved...Dinosaurs had a "rostral nostril," says Science researcher
...m sulfate so that they could be seen on x-ray film alongside their bony counterparts. In virtually all cases, the fleshy nostril perched out in front, close to the upper margin of the mouth. When Witmer looked at turtles and mammals, he found that the rostral nostril was the rule for those groups as well. "It ......oreseeably most important technology of proteomics alongside 2-D electrophoreses and mass spectrometry." The conference will feature a distinguished panel of scientists who will discuss the historic, decades-long search for the human proteome, as well as how the Human Protein Index was developed, its initial...What it means to be a mammal: New clues from tiny fossil described in Science
...e our distant cousin, an early mammal that existed alongside the ancestor of living mammals. Or it could be our great-great grand uncle, closely related to living mammals but not in our direct lineage. Or Hadrocodium could be the direct ancestor of living mammals. The fossil evidence can't distinguish betwee...Breakthrough in genomic technology: Identifying the biologically relevant parts of the human genome
...s, Inc. have authored one of the scientific papers alongside the Genome Sequence Stephen Friend, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Rosetta andMark Boguski, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Research & Development and Senior Author When: 12 Noon ESTMonday, February 12, 2001 Where: The Capital Hi...How wild horses were tamed by humans is uncovered by biologists from UCLA, Swedish universities
...f wild animals must be suppressed so they can live alongside humans, many biologists believe animals were domesticated through selective breeding over many generations to produce such traits as docility, Wayne said. However, we discovered that the theory of small numbers of animals carefully bred over many gen...Two distinguished scientists to share leadership of new Life Sciences Institute
...portunities for U-M undergraduate students to work alongside Institute scientists in state-of-the-art laboratories, according to Dixon. "I learned how to do science by working in a laboratory at UCLA when I was an undergraduate," Dixon said. "It was the defining moment of my undergraduate experience and one ...Bt corn variety found to be safe to Illinois butterfly
...lack swallowtail caterpillars that thrive in weeds alongside cornfields, according to both field and laboratory studies at the University of Illinois. The study -- published online Tuesday (June 6) by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science -- differs sharply from a May 1999 Nature report in which ...Emerging 'R&D' patterns in genes may reduce evolution's risks
...ce that old superfamilies can be remarkably stable alongside a new family being created," Hedgecock says. "The old idea was that all the genes of the genome were subject to similar mutational processes, so roughly speaking, the older you were as a gene family, the more opportunity you had to duplicate, to disp...Discovery of oldest dinosaur bones reported in Science
...acks other, presumably younger, forms usuallyfound alongside the earliest dinosaurs," he said. "The co-occurrence ofdinosaurs and these more ancient kinds of animals -- as well as thenon-occurrence of younger groups -- argues for the antiquity of the dinosaurs inthis deposit." Wyss explained that of t...Primitive primate makes the case for Asian anthropoid origins
...phipithecus . It's like having your ancestors live alongside you." The mix of old and new in Bahinia could mean that theanthropoid group has its roots stretching far back into time, possibly even intothe late Paleocene (58-55 million years ago). Pinpointing the anthropoid ancestor's arrival on the evolutiona...Undiscovered Biological Diversity: A Symposium On Bioprospecting
...." With interest in bioprospecting growing alongside a worldwide interestin species preservation, Colwell volunteered to bring together speakers toaddress the topic at the ASM meeting. The panel of six speakers ranges from aSan Diego marine biologist to a Costa Rican microbiologist, and they willdiscus...Story Tips: Engineering Students Pursue Cutting-Edge Research
...four years here, often in primary researchprojects alongside top scientists in their fields. Following are some story tips based on a few of this year's Provost Awardprojects: A Robotic Submarine Two seniors majoring in mechanical engineering sunk their $2,500 research awardsinto a projectthat sinks literall...Swimming Proficiency Of Marine Mammals Ranks Them Among The World's Elite Animal Athletes
...g physiological data from trained dolphinsswimming alongside a moving boat. She has also used video cameras strapped tothe backs of seals and dolphins to view their swimming dynamics while portablemonitors recorded their heart rates. When she compared different species of highly adapted marine mammals, Willia......ld work in weather stations alongside standard temperature andhumidity sensors. Then the same agencies that issue cropadvisories for insects and weeds could warn farmers about possible rain-borne pathogens. ...