Scientists Hope To Learn How Long Trees Can Absorb High Levels Of CO2
...arbon dioxide concentrations and growthexceeds the capacity of the soil to provide limiting nutrients. "We may need to put more focus on the issue of soil management socarbon dioxide can be stored in the ground," DeLucia said. "Thekey is long-term, locked-up storage below ground. Everything we see abovegroun...Proteins Deep Inside The Nucleus Hold Clues For Two Diseases
...ons can function properly. When SMN is mutated the capacity ofthe cell to produce mRNA is impaired, leading to motor neuron death. Mostrecently, Dreyfuss and his team found that the SMN protein was concentrated innewly found cell-nuclei structures they dubbed Gemini coiled bodies, or gems,because they resembl...Virginia Tech Scientists Studying Cells From Extreme Environments
...--------------------------------- "Nostoc has the capacity to survive in a dry state for hundreds, perhapsthousands, of years," Potts says, "and we're trying to find out the mechanismsthat make this possible at the physiological, structural, and molecular levels."Desiccation, the drying out of all moisture, ...Where The Rubber Meets The Air
...from waste tires generally has a larger adsorption capacity ofmercury than coal-derived activated carbon. In addition to cleaning smokestack emissions, another possible market foractivated carbon adsorbents made from discarded tires is the automotiveindustry. Uses could include canisters that collect and p...DOE Joint Human Genome Effort Exceeds Sequencing Goal
...f laboratory andoffice space, accommodating at its capacity 200 researchers working in threeshifts around the clock. The genomic technologies being developed by the JGI andother efforts around the world, he said, will provide the basic informationabout human genes needed to address many issues related to dise...Monkeys Have Numerical Abilities, Two Columbia Psychologists Report
...'two' orthe symbol '2,' they share with humans the capacity to master simple arithmetic,on at least the level of a two-year-old child. We don't have direct evidenceyet, but it seems likely that these monkeys, and other non-human primates, cancount." In a recent series of experiments, Ms. Brannon and...Aquaculture: Not An Easy Answer To Overfishing
...roduced outside their nativehabitat. The ocean's capacity to assimilate wastes, provide feed and stock, andmaintain viable fish populations is being challenged. The viability of tropical ponds used to rear shrimp often collapsesafter 5-10 years of use from disease, chemical and biological pollution,creati...Novel Viral Vaccine Protects Aids In Animal Model
...es that the gene-attenuated viral vaccineshave the capacity to prime that immune system to fight HIV. "We arecurrently treating KU-SHIV-1-infected monkeys with anti-HIV drugs to controlthe viral infection. Then we administer the vaccine to induce an HIV-fightingimmune response. Our goal is to build a therapy ...Supplementing Diet With Fruits And Vegetables, Rather Than Vitamins, Provides Needed "Antioxidants"
... fruits and vegetablescan increase the antioxidant capacity of blood, which protects against lipidoxidation," says Miller, of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, andClinical Research at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore. "Suchlinks between healthy dietary patterns and reduced rates...Rare Fossil Shows Theropod Dinosaurs Are Fast, Dangerous 'Turbocharged' Reptiles
...erving energy. Buttheir enhanced lung ventilation capacity gave them the potential for theaggressive, extende...ll they can function. Then if you add in the lung capacity that we'refinding for meat-eating dinosaurs, what you have is a turbocharged reptile. Ifyou could g...Rare Fossil Shows Dinosaurs As Fast, Dangerous
...onservingenergy. But its enhanced lung ventilation capacity gave it the potential for thetype of aggressive, e...s "hepatic piston" mechanism probably enhanced the capacity for highlevels of oxygen exchange - and the fast-paced activity associated with it -that could have ...Genes Linked To Early Onset, Location Of Hereditary Colon Cancer
...xposure to carcinogens and an individual's genetic capacity to detoxify them may play a role in the development of tumors," said PaiviPeltomaki, associate professor in the Human Cancer Genetics Program at Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center. It also implies that measures found to help prevent colon cance...A Real Smart Asp: Snakes Show Surprising Ability To Learn
...ochester, has found that snakes have a muchgreater capacity for learning than earlier studies had indicated.His research also indicates that, like humans, many snakes relyon sight to get around, and that older and younger snakes differin how they gather and decipher information about the worldaround them. ......Those with AIDSdementia may need drugs with a high capacity to penetrate the blood-brainbarrier in order to treat HIV that is evolving independently in the centralnervous system." At the very least, the findings suggest that clinical trials shouldevaluate the success of new HIV drug treatments in the......ous biological weapons, such as smallpox, have the capacity to initiatea spreadingepidemic of contagious disease that may be difficult to contain. Henderson says the point of the symposium is not to look for quick fixes,but to marshalthe expertise of public health professionals, government officials, int...Should Great Apes Be Given Legal Rights?
...he believes the crucial issue is simplyan animal's capacity for suffering. Certainly, chimps should not be sittingalone in small cages. But that's because the animals are obviously distressed,not because they are obviously human. Behind closed doors, some supporters ofthe New Zealand campaign happily concede ...Duke Scientists Engineer 'Stealth Virus' To Deliver Genes
...as its own benefits and drawbacks in such areas as capacity forcarrying genes, infectability, scalability, persistence, and stability,Amalfitano said. "Gene therapy will become very much like cancer therapy," he said. "There are many different kinds of cancer, and each is treated with differentcombin...Managing For Deer, Moose, Elk, Wolves -- And People
... populations do not exceed the ecological carrying capacity of the NorthernRange. They conclude that the Northern Range is not overgrazed by ecologicalstandards. Their study explores the history of natural regulation as a policyin the NPS, asserting that the diversity of opinions surrounding thecontroversia...Degrading Plastics To Reduce Waste
...aterial, called SPI-TEK, couldhelp to increase the capacity of landfill sites by as much as 20-30% bydegrading rapidly and allowing other organic materials to decompose. Thematerial has exactly the same mechanical properties as traditional polyethenebut decomposes in a maximum of five years, compared to 100 ......ges in the proteinsprincipally responsible for the capacity of heart muscle to contract and relaxas it pumps blood throughout the body. As a result, the wall of the leftventricle -- the heart's main pumping chamber -- thickens, leaving little roominside the chamber for blood to fill. The wall also can stiff...