Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...with a variety of other options," such as flue-gas capture to reduce emissions or remove carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. Post and his colleagues considered the range of possible costs and benefits that could accrue from adopting land-management practices designed to increase the uptake of carbon di...Knock knock knocking on rhythm's neural doors
...ng their results to humanoid robot algorithms that capture such behavior, and perhaps even give future robots a bit more rhythm in their stride -- "but don't look for them right away in hip-hop music videos," he says. Dagmar Sternad of the Penn State department of Kinesiology and Rieko Osu and Mitsuo Kawato ...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...uthors describe how the neck may have been used to capture prey. "This is important research because we hav...other approach. When it thrust its head forward to capture prey, the ribs along its neck would splay outward. This would increase the diameter of the esophagus...Snakehead in your inbox? Welcome to the nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System
...mation such as a link to a press release about the capture or an identification page."...New research suggests link between maternal diet and childhood leukemia risk
...ave been mixed. This study is the first attempt to capture a woman's overall dietary pattern - using a 76-food-item questionnaire - and its relationship to the development of leukemia in a child. Researchers also studied the use of vitamin supplements, but did not find a statistically significant link to chi...Protein fishing in America: The movie
...ts of proteins. But to do dynamic measurements, to capture proteins in motion, this is unique." Techniques su...ule doesn't have many photons give out. We need to capture as many photo-physical properties as we possibly can." On this project, Lu's group collaborated with...Two warbler species find the West isn't big enough for both of them
...es south of Mount Rainier. They used a fine net to capture individual Townsend's, hermit and hybrid warblers. All the captures came between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. to minimize the effect on their measurements of hormone level fluctuations throughout the day. They lured the birds with taped warbler song and decoys,...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
... These "smart" sensors are designed to selectively capture and preconcentrate signatures in the marine environment. "The vision is to establish a network of sensors and biosensors that can be easily and inexpensivelydeployed across wide regions on or near the shore. This network would serve as an early warni...Scientists visualise cellular handmaiden that restores shape to proteins
...old in the cavity. The scientists' next goal is to capture these cellular handmaidens in the act of folding strings of denatured protein back together again. They already have clues as to the sorts of proteins that might be fixed by the chaperonin complex - during their work to crystallise the protein struct......ally moves the specimen through the light sheet to capture images from each layer. No out-of-focus light is c...ng 3D cell cultures. With SPIM, scientists can now capture images that would have otherwise been impossible. It enables completely new applications in scientif...Revealing bizarre deep-sea secrets
... animals cannot see. This will allow the camera to capture natural behaviors and quite possibly footage of animals that have evaded scientists using other tools. The system can be triggered to begin recording at programmed intervals to record animals attracted to bait or to an artificial lure designed to mim...DNA tests point to extinction of 2 distinctive arctic bird populations
...pecies. "Traditional classifications often fail to capture the diversity and evolutionary history of organisms below the level of species," Dr. Montgomerie explains. "If we consider these populations to be distinct species, they would deserve immediate preservation under the Species at Risk Act, changing man...New paper in Science introduces revolutionary new paradigm for fishery management
...rely upon, the direct and indirect effects of fish capture methods, and finally, the target species itself. "We've been putting blinders on, but it is now clear that single-species management is inadequate, and in many cases, destructive," says Dr. Ellen Pikitch, an internationally renowned fisheries scienti...European researchers tackle mitosis
...ming each group of cells over a 48-hour period, to capture the full impact of silencing particular genes. The task of analyzing the enormous amount of data will be accomplished in a close collaboration of scientists at EMBL and the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ). The end result of the work at EMBL will...New space-borne instrument to track greenhouse gases, ozone destroyers, and other pollutants
...ndenberg Air Force Base in California. HIRDLS will capture the chemistry and dynamics of four layers of the atmosphere that together span a region 8 to 80 kilometers (5 to 50 miles) above Earth's surface: the upper troposphere, the tropopause, the stratosphere, and the mesosphere. Using infrared radiation as...Carnegie Mellon U. imaging study reveals sex-based differences that persist as mice enter adulthood
...ulses of radio waves. MRM uses stronger magnets to capture images at a resolution 10-100 times finer than conventional MRI. Using MRM, Ahrens and his colleagues imaged the brains of male and female mice, aged 1 month (adolescent) and 3 months (adult). Koshibu used a software program to digitally isolate the...Underground carbon dioxide storage reduces emissions
...ca. "We have been able to show that you can safely capture carbon dioxide that would otherwise go back into the atmosphere, and put it back into the ground. It's very exciting work." Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas in the atmosphere whose concentrations have increased as a result of h...ESA and EADS-CASA sign contract to build instrument for the SMOS mission
...m, the novel MIRAS instrument has been designed to capture images of microwave radiation emitted from the surface of the Earth at L-band (1.4 GHz). MIRAS is made up of a central structure and three deployable arms. There are 69 antenna elements, so-called LICEF receivers, which are equally distributed over ......ommunities and Conservation Program. "We wanted to capture the dynamic nature of this magnificent landscape, both in terms of the park's past, present and future." Published by Syracuse University and the Adirondack Museum, the atlas is the culmination of six years of effort by WCS's Adirondack Communities ...Model shows long-held constant in ocean nutrient ratio may vary as ecological conditions change
...s primary production," Klausmeier explained. "They capture energy from the sun and have a big role in biogeochemical cycles -- how elements cycle through the biosphere. Phytoplankton have a main role in the carbon cycle. They need carbon dioxide to grow, so they suck it out of the atmosphere, controlling its...