Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
...paralysis or death insome chickens. A laboratory analysis of tissues in the central and peripheral nervous systemsshowed that multiple chemical exposure caused enlarged axons and axonaldegeneration, a sign of widespread nervous system damage. Tests also suggested that the severity of clinical signs depend......ing geochronologist Richard Teh-Lung Ku, whose new analysis of one of the most important finds in human evolutionary history indicates that the fossils date from at least 100,000 years earlier than scientists previously believed. Ku dated the limestone caverns in which Peking Man dwelled at Zhoukoudian, not f...Heat-loving Microbe Repairs Its DNA With Light
...in which this phenomenon can be used in thegenetic analysis of DNA repair and mutation at extremely hightemperatures....From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
...the most common modern pigments so a more informed analysis of modern paintings could result. Taft used such case studies in an undergraduate course, "Art, Isotopes and Analysis." Now he uses neutron induced autoradiography as a form of art itself. "It has always been used for analysis, but I was really int......nkle used a technique knownas stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA). This was the sametechnique used to demonstrate that the communities living arounddeep sea vents were chemoautotrophic. By comparing the distinct ratios of two carbon (12C and 13C)two nitrogen (14N and 15N) isotopes, the researchers were able ...Humble Pocket Gophers Shed Light On The Genetic Fortitude Of Cheetahs
...e so similar genetically that a DNA fingerprinting analysis by coworker David Foran could not separate individuals. The Carmel Valley gophers had much higher genetic variability, more typical of most mammals. Each Humboldt gopher accepted grafts of small patches of skin from other animals within its own popul......ologies which will be able to provide the detailed analysis required for constant monitoring of both car emiss...milliseconds in order for it to carry out accurate analysis of a range of gases. The FIAT car company expects to have the prototype sensors developed by this...Hawaiian Whales Show 'No Overt Response' To Sounds Of ATOC Simulation
...n breathing rates and unusual vocalizations. One analysis tool is "Canary," a computer program originally developed at Cornell for examining bird sounds, and which is now adapted by researchers around the world -- not only to analyze vocalizations of animals of all kinds, but also seismic events, including ......National Institutes of Health. Previous methods of analysis at this level, such as laser detectors, are useful only if the researcher knows what to look for. "But if you start without knowing anything about what's in a single cell, you need mass spectrometry," McLafferty said. "We don't even need to know th...Harvard, Duke Researchers Discover 'Off-switch' Inside Human Cells
...at interacted with activated G proteins.Structural analysis revealed that one of the candidate proteins they discovered,which they named RGS10, was closely related to the RGS family of proteinsfrom yeast, mouse and other organisms. Previous studies by other scientistshad shown that this RGS family switches of...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...ped software programs that can perform ion-channel analysis with remarkable efficiency and speed. The researchers have received a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance the programs and to move them from the current UNIX environment to Windows. The current version of ...Impact of Meteorites, Drop in Sea Level Caused Mass Extinctions 65 Million Years Ago
... extinctions. Marshall applied statistical analysis to a well-preserved and well-documented fossil record which Ward has collected -- some 40 species of sea creatures from the Cretaceous period that include clams and squid-like creatures with shells called ammonites. "For the first time, we ca...Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
...l families needed for genetic studies. But careful analysis of several extended families with MODY has provided the thorough pedigrees needed to study the genetics of this disease. Since the 1980s, Bell has been working with endocrinologist Stefan Fajans, MD, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, ...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
...efore results can be obtained. The instant analysis provided by Berkeley Lab's new sensors has obviousadvantages as a public health tool. Dangerous pathogens can be detected before a food product has been shipped to the store. Another advantage is cost. Says Stevens, "We can make an inexpensi...Methane Deep In Ocean Crust Could Feed Chemical-Hungry Microorganisms
...weathered by seawater or the atmosphere. For her analysis she creates paper-thin slices of rock and mounts them on a stage that heats them to 700 C or cools them to -200 C as she watches the minute bubbles of fluids through her microscope. By noting such things as the melting temperature of the ice formed,...Bottom-up Ecological Processes Better For Clear Waters, Study Finds
...an. 17 issue of the weekly journal Science . The analysis also casts doubt on a popular model of how energy ...eb. In the experiments summarized in the UC Davis analysis in Science, the responseof phytoplankton and zooplankton to adding nutrients was not related tothe n...Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
...ic at very smallquantities. Secondly, it makes the analysis more accurate andreliable because the chemists don't have to concentrate theirsamples. "The less we treat the sample, the morecontamination-free it's going to be," summed up Caruso. Researchers in the College of Medicine will also present theirfindin......s.The newly published study provides a statistical analysis of the life spanof more than 400,000 Mediterranean fruit flies. It was conducted by UC Davisstatistics professor Hans-GeorgeMüller and entomology professor JamesCarey and will appear in the March 18 issue of the Proceedings of theNational Academ...President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...R&D spending over the past three years, the latest analysis by the American Association for the Advancement o...&D by the year 2002. A detailed report of the AAAS analysis will be presented at the 22nd Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy April 23-25 ...... oxygen atom as previously believed. This detailed analysis should help the development of inhibitors for the illness. The Computational Chemistry Group uses the latest computer tools to probe and model complicated chemical changes. The rapid advances in computer technology mean that many of today's chemis...