B2MIN9: Beagle 2 teams continue efforts to communicate with the lander
...a signal from Beagle 2 will be undertaken over the coming days. Tonight the radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank and Stanford University in California will again listen for the carrier signal from Beagle 2, while the next Mars Odyssey pass will take place tomorrow evening at 18.57 GMT. Meanwhile, scientists are...Scientists await first call from Beagle
...ounce along the surface for several minutes before coming to rest at 2.54 GMT. Finally, a system of laces holding the three gas-bags onto the lander was to be cut, allowing them to roll away and drop Beagle 2 about 3 ft (1 m) onto the surface. The whole descent sequence from the top of the atmosphere to imp...Mouse embryonic germ cells and male gametes created in the lab
...termine which copy of the gene is turned on - that coming from the mother, or that from the father. Cells maintain these imprints throughout life - but in embryonic germ cells, the imprints are erased. This erasure has direct implications for cancer research, says Niels Geijsen, Ph.D., lead author of the...Dinosaur symposium at the Smithsonian Institution
... a roadmap for new theories and discoveries in the coming decades. Several of the 30-minute talks will be followed by a question-and-answer session. The lectures begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4:45 p.m. On Dec. 14, world-famous dinosaur paleontologist Jack Horner will kick off the second day of the sy...Genetic info of cloned pigs may help babies before birth
...oking at the top ten genes that the ones that were coming up were known imprinted genes," Piedrahita. Piedrahita has established partnerships with Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill to investigate a possible human health connection. Researchers there will provide normal placental material that will be comp...Mercury in ocean fish may come from natural sources, not pollution
...been found in tuna and other ocean fish may not be coming from pollution, but from natural sources. The...environment. "The question is not where mercury is coming from, but where methylmercury is coming from," Morel says. Mercury concentrations in the air are of ...Brain's 'master molecule' produces same behavior in mice from three different psychostimulant drugs
...ally a master molecule that integrates information coming in from all parts of the brain and is involved in mediating and regulating the actions of many, many neurotransmitters," says Greengard. The investigators knew that, like many such proteins, DARPP-32 can be activated by the addition of a phosphate m...Hebrew University Ph.D. graduate wins young scientist prize in US
... School of Beijing University for two years before coming to Jerusalem. Along with her Ph.D. degree awarded in 2002 by the Hebrew University, she received the Kennedy-Leigh Prize for outstanding Ph.D. research performed at the university as well as the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine Prize for an exce...Clock cells, tumor suicide, tailored therapies among subjects of AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference
...s the foremost annual meeting in drug development, coming at one of the most exciting times in the history of cancer research," said AACR President Karen S. H. Antman, M.D., Wu Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York. ...Ethical guidelines needed before 'nutrigenomic' groceries come to market
...ne of the most hotly debated medical issues of the coming decade," says Dr. Abdallah Daar, Director of the Program in Applied Ethics and Biotechnology at the JCB. "Even at this early stage, scientific progress is outstripping the public's ability to make informed choices about what kind of regulations shou...Wolves are rebalancing Yellowstone ecosystem
... such as elk or antelope. What researchers are now coming to better understand is the "trophic effect," or cascade of changes that can take place in an ecosystem when an important part is removed, Ripple said. The comparatively pristine conditions of a national park allowed this type of research to make "ca...Dose of PTEN protein found to determine progression of prostate cancer
...comes depending on the actual dose of PTEN protein coming from that gene." Earlier studies by Drs. Pier Paolo Pandolfi and Antonio Di Cristofano had demonstrated that loss of the Pten tumor suppressor gene in mice is responsible for a variety of malignant tumors. In humans, these were shown to include melan...Duke commits to enhance Primate Center
...nnual $1.1 million operating budget, with the rest coming from the National Science Foundation. "When we began our review in 2001 of the Primate Center's role at the university, we were concerned it was not fulfilling its promise as a source of significant research advances and as a teaching resource for ou...New genomic data helps resolve biology's tree of life
...a necessary to build robust phylogenetic trees are coming on line. Already, scientists have genomic sequences for a number of different organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans. "It's time for people to scale up, " says Rokas. "By increasing the amount of data, we will see a more robust picture of the tre...New medicines at risk from biodiversity loss
...cone snails as a source of new medicines, they are coming under intense pressure in the wild. Their shallow tropical habitats are rapidly being destroyed and snails are being collected at alarming rates from the wild to supply the ornamental shell trade as well as for biomedical research. Cone snails are e...New scheduling method raises efficiency of electronics recycling
...mputers is expected to rise substantially over the coming decade. While these products contain valuable materials, including copper, aluminum and steel, they also harbor hazardous substances such as lead. Although certain recycling centers specialize in electronic products, there is no software designed for...Huge iceberg wreaks havoc on Antarctic marine ecosystem, study finds
... satellite. "SeaWIFS measures the amount of light coming out of the ocean at different wavelengths," noted Arrigo. "Phytoplankton contain green chlorophyll, and with SeaWIFS you can measure the intensity of the greenness of the water. The greener the water, the more phytoplankton there are." According to ...NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
...cal trial with no standardization across trials is coming to a close. The development of a common infrastructure for clinical research must be explored aggressively as a way of expanding our knowledge of disease mechanisms and accelerating the therapies of the future," said National Institute of Arthritis a...Experts to demonstrate latest, cost-cutting computer-based caregiving for older Americans
...d Technology and Caregiving for Older Adults" this coming Thursday and Friday, October 2-3, at the National Institutes of Health/Natcher Conference Center, in Bethesda, Maryland. More than 250 health professionals and caregiving managers, university and academic researchers, medical, behavioral science and...Salmonella uses molecular staples to change structure of infected cells
...have learned about Salmonella is a first step in a coming molecular understanding of similar processes in many bacteria. This field of study is really coming of age." Defining how pathogens invade human cells may ultimately aid in the design of novel antibi...