Rice, Brookhaven physicists decode initial stage of cell fusion
...ntil one single, continuous membrane envelopes the contents of both cells. Huang and co-author Lin Yang, a former graduate student of Huang at Rice and now a postdoctoral physicist at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), used a variant of X-ray crystallography called X-ray diffraction to exp...JCI table of contents: October 1, 2002
...low two highlighted articles and the full table of contents for the October 1 issue. ************************************************** NOT ALL MAMMALS VOMIT -- OR HOW TO STUDY EMESIS IN MICE If biologists have learned anything over the past decade, it is how similar all mammals are at the genetic level. Gr...Study: Isoflavone-enriched soy proteins fail to increase bone mineral density in young women
..."We found no changes in bone mineral densities and contents after 12 months in either the isoflavone-treated group or the isoflavone deficient group," he said. "Other variables also remained essentially constant over the year, including normal menstrual patterns in both groups." Isoflavones such as genistein...Northwestern launches major gene banking project
...ly scrambling the letters and numbers) so that its contents are legible only to those with security clearance. After DNA is isolated from a blood sample, it will be identified only by a unique serial number and not the participant's name, Social Security number or medical record number. Thus, any DNA or medi...Food pathogen vector shows promise against cancer
... subsequently lyses the phagosome and explodes its contents into the macrophage interior. Once in the cytosol, the ovalbumin is taken to the surface of the macrophage and serves as an antigen, a sort of red flag that tells T-cells what to search for and eliminate within the body, in this case melanoma cells c...Coralreef fish desperately needs mangrove forests and seagrass fields
...rtain place. An examination of the fishes' stomach contents together with chemical analyses revealed that the fish use the mangrove forests as a shelter from predatory fish. The seagrass fields not only serve as a safe haven but also as a feeding place. Due to changes in their diet, carnivorous species move f...Ag economist calculates value of knowing that food's safe
...made was whether the mothers trusted that the food contents were actually what they claimed to be. If the quality and safety of cheaper infant foods could be guaranteed, people would be confident enough to buy the generic brand at a savings of as much as 57 cents a pound, Masters said. Government and independ...GSA release 02-55: Dec. Geology & GSA Today media highlights
...s@geosociety.org . To review the complete table of contents for the November issue of GEOLOGY, go to http://www.gsajournals.org/gsaonline/?request=get-toc&issn=0091-7613&volume=030&issue=12...The mouse genome and the measure of man
...e that scientists have compared and contrasted the contents of the human genome with that of another mammal. This milestone is all the more significant given that the laboratory mouse is the most important animal model and is widely used in the study of human diseases. "Publishing the sequence in 2001 of the ...Observing proteins and cells in the wild
...c" nature. For quantum dots to mix with the watery contents of a cell, they have to possess a water-loving, or "hydrophilic" coat. Three years ago, Simon and Jaiswal's colleagues at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory made their dots biocompatible by enveloping them in a layer of the negatively charged dihydro...Newer methods added, scope expanded in new Methods of Soil Analysis Book
...and soil water. The 26-page comprehensive table of contents can be used to locate specific soil characteristics and methods. The approach in Methods 4 differs substantially from Methods 1 with the new book using a more hierarchical approach. It is divided into eight chapters, with each chapter covering a majo...Cocaine harms brain's 'pleasure center,' addict study finds
...sicles merge with the cell membrane, dumping their contents into the gap, or synapse, and the pleasure signaling process begins again. Dopamine neurons in the brain's pleasure center die off at a steady rate over a person's lifetime. Severe damage is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease, causing its loss of move...Puzzle solved on how influenza builds its infectious seeds
...bout how the influenza virus assembles its genetic contents into infectious particles that enable the virus to spread from cell to cell, scientists have opened a new gateway to a better understanding of one of the world's most virulent diseases. This insight into the genetic workings that underpin infection b...Tufts civil engineer predicts Bostons rising sea levels could cause billions of dollars in damage
...ial, commercial and industrial buildings and their contents in metropolitan Boston (an area stretching from Ipswich to Duxbury) could exceed $20 billion, depending on how the city responds to rising sea levels. Costs could run as high as $94 billion, if climate weather conditions are more severe than expecte...Scientist pursues role of possible new cell type
...ite is esophageal reflux disease, in which stomach contents keep moving back up into the esophagus because the opening is too lax. "Our findings could mean that some congenital malformations and acquired disorders might be as a result of these cells going bad, not the cells people have been looking at," Dr. ...First sightings of individual proteins as they fold
...re attached to a clean glass surface, making their contents easy to view over long periods of time....Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Awards 2003
...ted to fixed physical principles. For example, the contents of the visual memory are determined far more by the motor properties of the visual system. This calls into question the traditional separation of memory and motor activity. Dirk Kerzel studied psychology and linguistics at Bielefeld University and re...DFG sets up twelve new research training groups
...en deals with the dissemination of natural science contents in school. It focuses on three levels of analysis:...g, didactical aspects of imparting natural science contents are examined. The level of educational research concentrates on aspects such as school organisation....Brain cells seen recycling rapidly to speed communications
...ly with the cell membrane and disgorging their dye contents all at once, brain vesicles more often remained intact, secreting only part of the tracer cargo in each of several repeated, fleeting contacts with the membrane, report Richard Tsien, D.Phil., Stanford University, and colleagues Alex Aravanis and Jas...... most significant aspect of this report is not the contents but the fact that it is written for a wide audience. This is no dry technical document it is a colourful well illustrated and provoking account that will for the first time inform the citizens of Europe about the state of their seas. This means that...