Dietary soy reduces pain, inflammation in rats
...inful response. The most effective medications to date have been opioids such as morphine, but the side effects like constipation are so severe that not all patients can tolerate them. "Our generation is very open to the idea of dietary methods of pain control," says Jill M. Tall, Ph.D., lead author of...Centuries-old lotus seeds germinated by UCLA scientists
...ame lakebed in China the oldest living seed whose date could be established, in research published in 1995. The lotus plant is known from the geologic record as early as 135 million years ago, dating from a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, Shen-Miller said. In China, it has been grown for at least 4...Go ahead with EMBO restart fellowship
...le students has for many years been above 50%. To date approximately just 40% of submitted PhD dissertations in Europe are written by women and the number of female scientists continues to decrease significantly after PhD level, as women scientists tend to drop out more frequently than their male cou...Is the evidence for human 'replacement' really clear?
...of symbolic behavior manifest as art, can, in fact date much further back, depending on the locality, and can also be associated with Neandertal fossils as well as with those of modern humans. Conversely, evidence of more primitive behaviors, such as the use of stone flake tool technology (commonly descr...Still waters? 'Clear-cutting' robs the deep-sea of ancient treasures
... Some life forms in extreme deep-sea environments date to the Mesozoic Era, she noted, while others are recent invaders. Young or old, they may hold the answers to key biological and evolutionary questions. Certain vent-dwelling barnacles and primitive gastropods, for example, may be living fossils, havi...Comparing ag and industrial runoff between estuaries
...rld's estuaries and coastal water systems. But to date there has not been a uniform approach to measure the effects of loads of nitrogen and phosphorus in those waters," says Dennis Swaney, an environmental biologist at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research Inc., located on the campus of ...Researchers link migratory birds' winter, summer ranges
...sites. "This is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the connectivity between breeding and wintering ranges of a songbird species," said C. Page Chamberlain, Rubensteins undergraduate co-advisor and former professor in Dartmouths Department of Earth Sciences, now at Stanford University. "It builds ...Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting: press conferences scheduled
...ve registered for Ocean Sciences Meeting as of the date of this advisory. Lou Bergeron, Freelance Kristen ... 5, 2002. The form must be received at AGU by that date for your badge to be available upon arrival, avoiding delay. You may, of course, also register onsit...What remains to be discovered in Central American forests
..., ecological and taxonomic information gathered to date from each region. The team made maps detailing the extent of knowledge about different groups of organisms throughout the Central American Isthmus. Some of the orange areas indicating well-studied floras on the maps represent the efforts of one or ...Gondwana split sorts out mammalian evolution
...eria and other placentals at ~103 million years, a date that coincides with a major plate tectonic separation." The result is controversial. Some researchers cite fossil evidence that suggests that mammals diversified only ~65 million years ago. But Springer and colleagues argue that the separation of...2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting - Media Advisory 1
... 5, 2002. The form must be received at AGU by that date for your badge to be available upon arrival, avoiding delay. You may, of course, also register onsite in the Press Room (not at the main registration windows). Once the Abstracts are available in CD-ROM and/or book form, and while limited supplies la...The influence of disturbance on tropical rain forest biodiversity: End of a controversy in sight
...s in Panama (2). This is the only other attempt to date to check the intermediate disturbance hypothesis at the same scale of observation. From the study of a 50-ha plot of natural forest, these researchers concluded that disturbance level had no effect on tree species diversity. They proposed instead a r...Nuclear medicine aids early diagnosis of pulmonary anthrax
...he early diagnosis of anthrax infection. As of the date of this press release, no patients have been imaged. The good news is we currently dont have patients who need to be part of this protocol, said Bridwell. The better news is that we have additional testing opportunities to try should the need arise....Beware of leap year when predicting climate change, warns researcher
...urveys of spring events were based on the calendar date rather than on their timing relative to the vernal...omes a day later on the calendar. As a result, the date of the calendar equinox and the true equinox diverge as the years progress. Over the course of a cen...December Media Mighlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
...wn as Optically Stimulated Luminescence, which can date when quartz grains are buried and shielded from sunlight, has revealed that instead of being covered by a half mile of ice, the 100-square-mile Bunger Hills were much as they are today. This finding is at odds with the current understanding of Antarc...Forest management may mitigate global warming
... Seasonal patterns also produced fluctuations. The date the fall and spring seasons began, the amount of snow covering the ground or the amount of rain during the summer all seem to affect carbon exchange, she says. "Discrete weather features make a big difference in carbon balance from year to year." But...Global warming more common than thought, deep-sea drilling off Japan now demonstrates
...fic clearly show multiple episodes of warming that date back as far as 135 million years, according to one of the projects lead scientists. Analysis of the samples indicates warming events on Earth were more common than researchers previously believed. The expedition aboard the scientific drill ship JOID...Study shows that aspirin and warfarin are equally effective for stroke prevention
... at 48 participating centers the largest trial to date comparing aspirin to warfarin for recurrent stroke prevention. The study was sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Treatment is far superior to no treatment and treatment with either aspirin or warfarin is...Researchers say gene discoveries could translate to health benefits, but consent should be updated
... School of Public Health. Much genetic research to date has focused on rare genetic mutations among families with a heavy burden of disease such as multiple family members affected with breast or ovarian cancer, Beskow said. This kind of research could uncover genetic information that has significant impl...Conservation International and Starbucks announce new coffee sourcing guidelines
...ee industry. A major outcome of the partnership to date has been the availability of Shade Grown Mexico coffee in Starbucks stores and other retail channels. The production of Shade Grown Mexico coffee protects biodiversity while providing economic benefits for local farmers in the last remaining cloud f...