Scientists track phosphate to better understand global warming
... much of a good thing can be bad. Excess phosphate derived from fertilizers, detergents and other human sourc...ailability to plants. Most phosphate fertilizer is derived from rock phosphate - a nonrenewable resource. "Organic fertilizers could replace this source, but w...Ancient origins found in arabidopsis genome
...s like Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese are derived from Latin. "We can see the roots of the modern words as being derived from Latin," he says. "In our case, we are finding the genetic roots of the genes before they dupli...Changes in Australian ecosystems tied to arrival of exotic animals
...al Australia since European colonization, the team derived proportions of grasses compared to bushes and trees in the diet of emus that laid their eggs between 300 and 14,000 years ago. The team then compared eggshells collected in the past 25 years with those going back to the last glacial maximum 15,000 y...... University of Georgia, have found that a compound derived by simple enzymatic conversion from starch is successful in laboratory studies in assisting with the extraction of certain underground contaminants. The highly weathered soils and sediments of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, that are commonly found ...New lab-made stem cells may be key to transplants
...ase therapy. The new cells, called embryoid body derived cells (EBDs), "will be the workhorses that carry o...ls from each environment now called embryoid body derived cells were grown again, this time in culture solutions that favored growth of specific cell lines, ...UCSF study of HIV patients identifies interleukin-7 as a key factor in controlling T-cells
...ls. T-cells are disease fighting white blood cells derived from the thymus that are essential for a healthy immune system. Infection with HIV destroys T-cells and decreases T-cell production resulting in immunodeficiency. The researchers found that the level of interleukin (IL)-7, a cytokine that stimulate...New species of early bird discovered in Mongolia by team of research scientists
...fore Apsaravis. The name of this type specimen is derived from the Sanskrit Apsara, or winged consorts prominent in Buddhist and Hindu art, and the Greek aves, or bird; Ukhaana refers to Ukhaa Tolgod. Apsaravis ukhaana is part of the collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, to which it will be retu...Economic costs of extreme weather, state by state
...osite data from which the comparative rankings are derived hasbeen extended to the same period. The 2001 Sourcebook pegs the U.S. average annual cost from tornadoes,hurricanes, and flood damage at over $11.4 billion (excluding Hawaiiand Puerto Rico). The composite rankings for the top ten states areas follow...A bizarre new predatory dinosaur unearthed on Madagascar
...The first part of the name of this new dinosaur is derived from masiaka, the Malagasy word for "vicious", and sauros, which is Greek for "lizard". The second, part, knopfleri, honors singer/songwriter Mark Knopfler, lead singer of the musical group Dire Straits. The reason for the reference to Knopfler is t...How wild horses were tamed by humans is uncovered by biologists from UCLA, Swedish universities
...ncluding more than 190 pedigree horses and a breed derived from animals imported to Iceland by the Vikings. T...s conducted by other scientists indicate that they derived from a small number of animals domesticated in just a few places 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. These mo...UCSF-led study points to pivotal, early event in cancer development
... The researchers placed the two cell types, both derived from normal breast tissue, in separate culture dishes to observe their growth patterns. The differences were quickly apparent. The fibroblasts displayed the classic characteristics of normal cell behavior. They maintained an active cell cycle for s...UW researchers show that the human genome is helpless in the face of chocolate
...dition of neohesperidine DC, an intense sweetener, derived from bitter oranges and supplied to the researchers by a company in Spain. There were no differences between PROP tasters and non-tasters in their evaluation or enjoyment of white, bittersweet, or bitter chocolate. "Sensitivity to bitter can be ...Plants as plants: gene could convert crops to plastics factories
...lastics are produced by making chains of compounds derived from petroleum. Scientists call these chains polymers, and the individual molecules that form the chain are called monomers. One reason scientists are interested in making plastics from plants is that plants produce an amazing array of compounds that...Rat study shows high-fat diet impairs concentration and memory
...o three dietary groups -- those fed high-fat foods derived from saturated fat (beef tallow) or polyunsaturated fat (soybean oil), and those on standard lab chow. Each of the rats underwent 21 days of training to learn a simple Go/No Go test. Basically they had to learn to alternate their response to a lever ...Scientists detail parts of biological motor' key to cell life
... Though the research was conducted on proteins derived from the fruit fly, the findings have implications for humans as well, Barbar noted. "LC8 is virtually the same in humans as it is in flies, so it must be so important that it didn't change through evolution," she said....Brookhaven scientists determine key Lyme disease protein structure
...t causes Lyme disease. Called OspC, the protein is derived from two strains of the Lyme disease bacterium. Th...on. This feature is only found in the OspC protein derived from bacterial strains that cause human disease. The scientists believe that a vaccine based on Os...Dried cells, tissues could solve biological materials storage, transport problems
...inciples of functional genomics and bioinformatics derived from VIGEN's work on extremophile microorganisms currently supported through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Extremophiles survive extreme conditions of heat, cold, moisture, radiation, salinity, alkalinity, and acidity. P......n terms. Building a scorpion based on biologically derived design principles is the basis of a new discipline called biomimetics - mimicking nature. If you could give it marching orders, well... it just might make the perfect ground soldier. "And the fact that it could look like a scorpion," says Office of N...New materials hold promise for human healing applications
... from intestines to vocal cords. The materials are derived from the stomach, urinary bladder and liver of pig...tions," Badylak said. Two of the new materials are derived from a layer of tissue, known as the submucosa, in the stomach and urinary bladder. This tissue laye...New egg-free flu vaccine called promising for those with egg allergy
...ner and his associates uses a cell line originally derived from kidney cells of the African green monkey. The cell line has a demonstrated safety record in medical applications and is the only cell line currently licensed for the production of vaccines for human use, according to Kistner. Some viruses...