Researchers make key genome public on the Internet
... cells. This work is the culmination of almost two decades of work at the University of Washington by a group of microbiologists including Dr. Eugene Nester, Dr. Milton Gordon and Dr. Mary-Dell Chilton. The scale of the project was so large that the team included Dr. Maynard Olson, professor of medicine and ...... the Journal of Biological Chemistry. "Despite two decades of research into the biochemical basis of heavy metal detoxification in animals, never before had the involvement of phytochelatins been even cursorily mentioned or speculated," said Rea, a member of Penn's Plant Science Institute. "Discovery of thi...Rafting rodents from Africa may have been ancestors of South American species
...techniques to address evolutionary questions posed decades ago primarily by paleontologists. "Recent discoveries in molecular evolutionary biology are changing significantly the traditional ideas about mammalian evolution," Honeycutt says. "For example, in the late 1960s and early 1970s Wilson and Saich, two...Worlds largest scientific society convenes regional meeting October 10-13 in Lincoln, Neb.
...e not well understood, etoposide has been used for decades in treating small cell lung cancer, testicular cancer and Kaposis sarcoma. The researcher will present synthesis and properties of new members of the etoposide drug family. (David Berkowitz, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Department of Chemistr...Mountain cloud forests imperiled by lowland deforestation, says Science study
...y at habitats that they wouldn't have touched four decades ago." The other members of the research team include R.A. Pielke Sr. at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. This research was supported in part by the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS), Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES), and...Blame North America megafauna extinction on climate change, not human ancestors
...ng over the bones and evidence for more than three decades but can not agree on what caused the extinction of many of the continent's large mammals. Now, in two new papers, a University of Washington archaeologist disputes the so-called overkill hypothesis that pins the crime on the New World's first humans,...Answers to Florida bay restoration are clear as mud!
...mal communities in Florida Bay during the last few decades are driving massive ecosystem restoration efforts both in the bay and in the Everglades. Salinity and water quality are critical issues in the bay. Short cores collected in Florida Bay provide evidence for natural variability in salinity and seagras...Science reviewer calls anti-environmental book 'dangerous' and 'misguided'
...he primary work of those individuals was completed decades ago. Most importantly, Grubb says, Lomborg fails to make the connection between new policies and environmental advances. Major improvements in London's air quality, for instance, were directly driven by the 1956 Clean Air Act, which banned raw coal c...Researchers discover 'thermostat' that regulates bone density
...chieve sufficient bone mass during the first three decades of life, a significant risk factor for the development of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is the underlying cause of more than 1.7 million hip fractures annually worldwide. In the United States alone the cost of treating osteoporotic fractures approaches ...PNNL science, technology help keep America safe
...onal security legacy at PNNL began more than three decades ago. Today, the laboratory plays a critical role in supporting the governments missions in countering terrorism; proliferation detection and mitigation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction; national defense; and nuclear en...Purdue leads center using pollution-busting plants, microbes
...he gunky, tar-like substance was left behind after decades of manufacturing natural gas from coal. "The roots of the poplars grow down into the sludge zone," Banks said. Poplars are in a category of plants called phreatophytes, which send their roots deep into the soil in search of water. The "water-loving"...Earth's 'last edens' receive $20 million boost
...uccessful action. Its conservationists have spent decades establishing the science and trust necessary to make this new approach work. The Wilson grant will also be used to help fund a variety of other WCS conservation efforts. The organization supports some 350 projects in more than 50 countries. The...Scholar: hurricanes helped shape Cuban culture, history
...aribbean for 25 years, to examine the fallout over decades that followed. The example was equally as dramatic for the peoples understanding of what they were experiencing, he said.For years, hurricane parties were a tradition, complete with rum and beer, but that changed in 1963 when Hurricane Flora covered ...Women more susceptible to orthostatic hypotension
...al hypoperfusion and syncope. Reports over several decades support the hypothesis that adequate sympathetic constrictor responses during the assumption of upright posture are critical for the maintenance of arterial pressure and cerebral perfusion. Whether orthostatic sympathetic vascular control is differen...Prescribed burning: Do we really know what we're doing?
...at by reducing the unnatural fuelbuildup caused by decades of fire suppression, prescribedburning reduces the...iresuppression, the area that has burned in recent decades hasremained constant or increased, say Keeley and C.J. Fotheringhamof the University of California a...Fatty food triggers taste buds, new research finds
... all, according to Purdue University research. For decades scientists agreed on four basic food tastes: sweet, salty, sour and bitter. In recent years, scientists also have agreed on a fifth sense, umami, which is evoked by monosodium glutamate (MSG) in foods. Nutritionists and other scientists have said for......Georges Bank fish community. Over the past several decades the structure of the Georges Bank fish community has changed significantly, with increases in sharks, rays, herring, and mackerel and decreases in groundfish and flounders. As part of NOAAs Coastal Ocean Program, Georges Bank Predation Study, Tso...Drugs, electronics, and 'green' catalysts: The chemical year in review
... 2001: The ever-faster computers of the last few decades were possible because engineers packed more and more information onto ever-smaller chips. Many researchers fear, however, that the silicon-based chip currently in use will soon reach its smallest size limit. Phaedon Avouris of IBM used carbon nanotub...Like storm clouds, natural disasters carry a silver lining, biologist says
...r ordinary people with an interest in nature. For decades we believed that the most important ecological pro...utrients that have been bound up in trees for many decades and return them to the soil, he said. They also open up the forest to let much more light in. Sudden......ells from bone marrow and blood have been used for decades in cancer treatments and more recently for some inherited metabolic disorders.)...