Italian wolves haven't gone to the dogs--yet
...l dogs, current threats to European wolves include competition for food and space. Each year, hunters, farmers and ranchers shoot and poison up to 20% of the total Italian population, targeting dispersing juveniles and small, newly founded packs. Other researchers have found evidence of hybridization between wo...Nearly identical controls of immune genes in mice and humans hint at new asthma treatment
...velop fewer mouse IL-4-producing cells, suggesting competition exists between the mouse and human cytokines genes for expression in the transgenic mice. The fact that including an "extra" human copy of the genes cuts down on expression of the mouse copies suggests to Locksley that some "rate-limiting factor is......viewed scientificjournals. HHMI will carry out the competition via the Web, with applications requiredby November...pected tomake the awards in December 2001. The new competition builds on two previous rounds of awards by HHMI forscientists in the Americas. In 1991, HHMI awarded...New genes protect trees from insects, disease
...s from covering up the reforested area and forming competition for tree seedlings," he says. "Insect pests, such as the white grub, which normally feed on grass roots, must then turn to tree roots for food. White grubs are voracious eaters that can completely chew away the roots of a young tree, leaving it unabl...Biological legacies a key of ecological rebirth after Mount St. Helens eruption
...effects. The first invaders have not succumbed to competition even 20 years later and they have greatly influenced the patterns of vegetation found today. This "luck of the draw," more than any other factor appears to dictate the nature of which plants inhabit areas after a major disturbance. Besides survivin...HHMI announces selection of 48 new investigators
...48 scientists who have been selected in a national competition to be appointed as HHMI investigators. The scientists, from 31 institutions, were selected as assistant investigators or in the emerging field of computational biology. They will join 305 HHMI investigators across the United States, a group whose hon...Susan Okie receives microbiology communcations award
...of microbiology. Runner-up awardees in this year's competition are Charles Petit and Laura Tangley of U.S. News and World Report for their story "The Invisible Emperors" about the expanding field of microbial research, and Ellen Licking of Business Week for her report on biofilms, entitled "Getting a Grip on Bac...Warman named to Hughes Institute
...arman is one of 48 scientists chosen in a national competition by HHMI and is the only Ohio researcher among the group. HHMI is one of the nation's largest medical research and philanthropic organizations. Warman is the second CWRU researcher to hold this distinction. Three years ago, Sanford Markowitz, the Ing...Spiders get better web sites by rising early
...rritory to rebuild their daily webs in the face of competition from other large spiders and smaller ones. The researchers assumed they would observe belligerent behavior every day as the spiders fought for space. Not so. Instead they found that large spiders in colonies use the time-honored capitalist techniq...AAAS seeks entries for online category in Science Journalism Awards
... addition of the online news category for the 2000 competition reflects the growing media for science journalism. Since the creation of the competition 50 years ago, news reports have expanded to consist of analysis, commentary and features, while publ...HHMI awards $15 million to scientists outside United States
.... The initiative is HHMI's first international competition to focus on scientists working on a specific research topic rather than in a particular geographic region. HHMI's international program has previously awarded $53 million in grants to scientists in 19 countries. HHMI also has two other international ...Northeast a haven for many carnivores species
... Ray. Species such as lynx and bobcat suffer from competition with other species such as coyotes. Mink and otter, while not yet showing evidence of decline, are susceptible to PCB contamination found in fish, their main source of food. The report also notes the general lack of information available on mes......ecially against undertaking endurance training and competition while subject to respiratory infections....An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...acecraft and jet aircraft. The CIC is a nationwide competition that recognizes college student/advisor teams for ...stitutions nationwide, were entered in this year's competition (a 33% increase from last year). The initial entrants included full-time undergraduate, graduate an...Winners of the DFG Bioinformatics Initiative
... States. The DFG's Committee and Senate wanted the competition to give an impulse to the universities and researc... the international team of experts stated that the competition had resulted in a pioneering atmosphere that was perceived way beyond the circle of successful initi...Sea Grant and CTDEP announce $3.5M for LI Sound lobster research
...and state funds that will be awarded in a national competition for research projects to investigate the causes of mortality and shell disease syndrome in Long Island Sound lobsters. The $3.5 million research fund is projected to include $2.5 million in Federal funds as proposed by NOAA's National Marine Fisheri...Study indicates certain rules underlie calling behavior of bullfrogs
...g with the males. The males take their competition for females very seriously. To limit the possibility of getting injured in such a fight, some male frogs lie low and keep mum when another male is nearby, a breeding behavior called satelliting, Horowitz said. Sa......ce to the other. In theory, imprinting represents competition between Mom and Dad over your genes: Mom turns a certain gene on and Dad turns it off, or vice versa. Yet despite the recent discovery that entire genome regions can be imprinted, scientists understand relatively little about the marking process for......l, and the extent to which it has declined through competition with feral animals. Removing these introduced pests from the Arid Zone Recovery site has proved the point. "We have had no known mortality so far mainly due to the success of our fence design which is very good at excluding cats and foxes," said Ms M...