Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
...na in Tucson, used fish earstones, or otoliths, to decipher where the fish lived during their babyhood. The chemistry of the almond-sized otoliths documents what type of water the fish lived in during various times in their lives. Otoliths act like the fish version of a flight recorder. "You are what you swim...Botulinum toxin structure offers clues for vaccines/treatments
... all seven of the serotypes," Swaminathan said. To decipher the toxin's molecular structure, the scientists bombard crystalline samples with high-intensity X-rays produced by the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven, one of the most widely used scientific facilities in the world. By studying...Proven method of bone analysis may clarify human origins
...lex and convoluted, as paleoanthropologists try to decipher relationships between a host of similar species with subtly shifting characteristics in a spotty fossil record. A novel method has been developed that may prove to be a valuable tool in clarifying the picture. In the March 30, 2004 issue of the Proc...Damania of UNC receives Elion cancer research award
...cogene of the virus named K1. Her research aims to decipher how this gene can transform cells to become malignancies. Damania has already performed groundbreaking work related to KSHV and has published more than 20 journal articles on the subject. Damania earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvani...Germ-free transparent fish open new window into gut development
...ng is critical for maintaining health. To begin to decipher the mechanisms underlying the observed abnormalities, the team determined the genetic profile of three groups of fish: a group raised under conventional conditions with bacteria; a group raised in a germ-free environment; and an initially germ-free g...Pioneering flu researcher wins major Imperial scientific award
...ural biology techniques to help fellow researchers decipher how cells function." The winner of the Ernst Chain Prize is chosen by a panel of five and receives a personal award of UKP10,000 together with a commemorative medal. Sir Ernst Chain was jointly awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,...Top US scientist honored with prestigious award
... involved in hereditary deafness in humans, and to decipher their underlying cellular and molecular defective mechanisms. Her work on the sensory system also led her to identify genes responsible for Kallman syndrome, the only hereditary human disease causing a loss of olfaction. Lucia Mendona Previato , Pro...Optically recording millisecond brain nerve impulses
... in brain tissues of higher animals and could help decipher the wiring of the brain and possibly explain consequences of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's. "This technique gives us the ability to look at membrane potential in nerve-cell signaling with high resolution deep in intact tissue, wher...Could memory performance and spatial learning be genetically based?
... be of critical importance to scientists trying to decipher how the molecular genetic mechanisms of learning and memory are disrupted or impaired. The results of a new study provide evidence that individual differences in some cognitive functions may have a genetic basis. A New Study The authors of the stu...Scientists discover way to streamline analysis of maize genome
... are separated by wide and extremely difficult to decipher expanses of highly-repetitive DNA. This complex structure has greatly complicated efforts to sequence the genome of maize, which is one of the world's most important crops. In an effort to streamline the way that researchers identify...NASA scientists discover spring thaw makes a difference
...America and Eurasia's boreal forests and tundra to decipher effects on the timing and length of the growing season. These regions encompass almost 30 percent of global land area. They store a major portion of Earth's carbon invegetation, in seasonally frozen and permafrost soils. Large expanses of boreal fore...Mustard-root map breaks new ground tracking gene expression
... gene clusters, Benfey said, could help biologists decipher the genetic machinery of development and eventually lead to new ways to enhance crops. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields...An apple a day keeps the doctor away . . . but so may a cigarette
...stress. Next on the agenda for the UH team is to decipher how stress and hypothyroidism produce mental deficits and what role nicotine plays in correcting them....Computer model offers new tool to probe Woburn toxic waste site
...theny explained. We just wanted to see if we could decipher how and when the chemicals got into the wells. Our plume model is as good as it is because we approached it as unbiased scientists, she continued. We had the advantages of much faster computers loaded with memory and software that were not available ...New genomic data helps resolve biology's tree of life
...r of the Nature paper. "The challenge has been to decipher the true tree from those that have changed as data have been added and re-analyzed over time." In efforts to arrive at a reliable tree of life, scientists since the 1980s have used genes to infer the evolutionary history for various organisms. By com...'Timeless' gene found to play key role as timekeeper in mammals
...veterinary biosciences, continued with the goal to decipher the previously conflicting findings. "This paper has substantial supportive data that provides definitive evidence that timeless needs to be back in the loop," Gillette said. Much of the supporting data, in fact, is presented online to complement the...Scientists determine identity, cell locale and quantity of nearly all proteins in an organism
...those of gene studies, the scientists were able to decipher some of the logic by which certain genes are normally turned on and off together. They found that such "co-regulated" genes code for proteins that reside in the same place in the cell. "Things make more sense when you can look at the level of protein...SLU researchers first to decipher new protein structure
...logy at Saint Louis University. "What we did is decipher the molecular structure of the protein, which is part of the machinery that allows the successful copying of genetic information," Korolev said. "Every protein is essentially a three-dimensional machine. To understand how the machine functions, you n...Scripps team part of collaboration that reveals first ecological genomic 'blueprints'
..."These results are helping us do that. Starting to decipher whole genomes of different groups of organisms will help us understand how diverse they are and why they are diverse." In the same issue of Nature, a team led by Gabrielle Rocap of the University of Washington reported extensive differences between t...Nitric oxide may change basic understanding of cellular machinery
...articularly relevant today as researchers begin to decipher the function of the "proteome" -- the thousands of proteins encoded by the human genome, which is the body's complete set of genetic instructions, Stamler said. "Understanding dynamic interactions among proteins is critical to understanding biologica...