New Long-Term Ecological Research Site Funded For Plum Island Sound Ecosystems Study
...." Adds Philip Taylor, director of NSF's biological oceanography program,"The Plum Island project addresses the question of how ecosystems in a regionrespond to large-scale disturbances, such as long-term sea level rise. In thiscase, the region is the U.S. East Coast." Scientists working on the proj...Salamanders May Reveal Best Way To Manage Forests
... are also oneof the two most important centers for biological diversity in the United States,the other being the Klamath Mountains of western Oregon. The research reported was conducted on wet nights in the mountains ofsouthwest Virginia and West Virginia, where salamander populations may varygreatly fr...Blindness Linked To The Cytoskeleton?
...man genome, without detailed information on the biological function of the gene product. The challenge was to find the needle of 3,800 base pairs (which represents the protein coding portion of the RP2 gene) in a haystack of 4,000,000 base pairs of X-chromosomal DNA where, according to da...Bug Expert's Latest Books Feature Simple Language, Vivid Photos
...gy course in 1944. "I try to be a liaison between biological science and the layman," saidWaldbauer, whose first in-retirement book, "InsectsThrough the Seasons" (Harvard University Press), brought critical acclaim in1996. "I want to be as reader friendly aspossible, and avoid relying on the jargon of the fiel......advances in the determination of the structures of biological molecules. Seeman's team worked with synthetic DNA double-crossover (DX) molecules. Theresearchers exploited the key chemical feature of DNA -- its ability toassociate with and recognize other DNA molecules by sequence-specificbase-pairing. Gene...Temperature may be a key cue for setting the biological clocks that govern the daily ebb and flow of activ...ght into some fundamental properties common to all biological clocks: how they respond to temperature changes and adapt to control rhythm over a wide span. Ligh....... Apoptosis is an essential component of numerous biological processes,including tissue remodeling, immune system regulation and embryonic development. Abnormal activation of apoptosis, however, is implicated in the development andprogression of a number of different human diseases, and links between specificc...Alaska Sea Grant To Convene Ecosystem Considerations In Fisheries Management Conference
...ished methods exist to apply stock assessments and biological reference points,further progress must be made if ecosystem considerations are to result in tangible fishery managementadvice. Ecosystem processes also include the effects of nutrient additions from fish carcasses which have beenidentified in estuari...New Research On Environmental Pollutants
...roxine - one of the feweffects shown for TBBP-A in biological systems. Several other brominated flameretardants can also affect the thyroid endocrine system, and in a more complexway than hitherto believed. In tests on pregnant mice, TBBP-A and other brominated flame retardants havebeen shown to accumulate in t...Enzyme's Structure Yields Blueprint For Antibiotic Resistance
...crets at the heart of someof life's most important biological processes. Using x-ray crystallography, HHMI investigator <AHREF="/science/strucbio/burley.htm">Stephen K. Burley and his colleagues,working with Alex Vassilev, Yasutaka Makino and Yoshihiro Nakatani of theNational Institute of Child Health ...USGS Scientists Learn Lessons From Captive Released Manatees
... history. As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian mappingagency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2,000 organizations acrossthe country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resourcemanagers, planners, and other customers. This information is gath...Study Demonstrates High Conservation Potential Of Logged Rainforest
...-authored by David Peart, an associateprofessor in biological sciences at Dartmouth College, and Mark Leighton,d... graduated from Harvard with abachelor's degree in biological anthropology in 1989. To fill that gap, Cannon and his co-authors selected sites that had be...The Biology Of Antarctic Sea Ice Explored In New Volume
... contribution toward an interdisciplinary study of biological and physicalinteractions in sea ice. ISBN 0-87590-901-9Cost: $31.50 (AGU members), $45.00 (non-members)Special price for combined purchase of Volumes 73 (Biological Processes) and 74(Physical Processes): $80.50 (AGU members), $115.00 (non-members)Ava...UV Skin Damage In A Different Light
...rs approach similar projects. Insteadof studying a biological molecule exclusively under the type of light that itabsorbs most, Dr. Simon suggested that scientists may need to expose themolecule to a whole spectrum of light, slice by slice, to fully understand themolecule's physiological effects. Please mentio...Animal And Human Health Symposium Scheduled At Virginia Tech
... Disease," rabiesepidemics, and anthrax threats in biological warfare are just a few of theissues that have recently catapulted veterinary medicine into the headlines. "Veterinary medicine protects and enriches human life by promoting thequality of our food supply, controlling infectious diseases that t...Gene Therapy Showing Promise In Fighting Melanoma
...mans, MacEwen said,because of their large size and biological similarity. The causes and behaviorsof cancers in humans and dogs are also very similar. Melanoma is a common type of oral cancer in dogs. While oral melanoma is rare inhumans, there are roughly 35,000 cases of melanoma skin cancer reported inAmerica......iscoveries to exam topics such as the doctrines of biological science,genetic illnesses, the sovereignty of genes in our daily lives and the ethicalimplications of technological advances in genetic screening and engineering. Heconcludes with a chapter on meaning. Avise defends calling genes "gods" by ...Researchers Discover The Pattern Of Inheritance Of Non-Chromosomal DNA
...and that you can swap them out," said Butow."Basic biological processes are well-conserved between yeast and humans.That has been borne out over and over again." Genetic disorders caused by mutations in mtDNA include a variety ofneuromuscular lesions and muscle-tissue diseases, and they are inheritedfrom the mo......ope to use the space-grown crystals to improve the biological understanding of how these molecules work based on...is moves the investigation closer to revealing the biological function of these complex molecules According to their report, the space crystals reinforce the c...Symposium Explores Neandertal Question, Mystery Of Human Origins
...s. This would make Neanderthals a clearly distinct biological speciesfrom humans, despite the fact that they had similar brain capacities and hadevolved human-like culture and tool-making abilities, as the archaeologicalrecord shows -- beings very much like us, but very much not us as well. Other presenters, no...