Body clocks keep migrating monarchs on course, Science study shows
... to know how the circadian clock functions in four dimensions not only how the clock functions to keep time, but also how time regulates spatial information," he said. "Increasing knowledge of the genetic makeup of the monarch circadian clock will help tease apart the entire migratory process, a process that r...Virginia Tech inventions, creations can improve lives
...plied, molecular-level polarization may change the dimensions of the material. Piezoelectric materials, conversely, produce an electrical charge displacement when mechanically strained. By using electrostatic self assembly in conjunction with at least one layer of dipolar material (molecules that separate posit...Carnegie Mellon scientists create unique DNA probe with great potential
...dimensions. The well-defined and easily controlled dimensions of DNA, combined with the simple pairing rules for the nucleobases, already has led to the use of double-helical DNA as a construction element for nanostructures, according to Armitage. Any new recognition mode that adds to the structural diversity o...Scientists re-evaluating the meaning of 'desertification,' Duke ecologist says
...in his interview. "If you don't consider the human dimensions and the biophysical dimensions simultaneously, you're going to miss the boat." Reynolds described a hypothetical dry land ranching...Alcohol researchers relate a genetic factor to anxiety in women
...naires that use harm avoidance as a measure of the dimensions of anxiety. As another measure of anxiety, they also recorded the volunteers' EEG readings, which are known to display highly inherited characteristic patterns. In addition to these tests, the study team analyzed DNA from blood samples to determine t...Researchers develop 'natural bandages' that mimic body's healing process
...at we're making these fibers at basically the same dimensions you would find in a natural clot," Bowlin continue...s, and the researchers have closely mimicked these dimensions by creating fibers of about 80 nanometers in diameter, Bowlin says. For reference, the average human...Survey of Chesapeake Bay watershed residents may save the bay
...e Chesapeake Bay Program. Julie McClafferty, human dimensions division coordinator for the Conservation Management Institute, led the survey with support from Virginia Tech's Center for Survey Research. "The protection and restoration of the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay watershed is perhaps one of th...Combining global environmental changes yields surprising ecosystem response
... results of the Carnegie-led experiment reveal new dimensions of ecosystem responses to global change. In the California grassland studied by this team, elevated CO2 suppresses plant growth in many treatments, especially treatments where growth at normal CO2 is fastest. Field noted, "When we look at impacts ...Neanderthals used both hands to kill
...Schmitt and WilliamHylander initially measured the dimensions of a number of Neanderthalhumerus bones. This showed they are thicker front to back than side to side,which is what would be expected if the bones had adapted to cope with anasymmetric force. Later humans who were known to have used spears hadrounder...What does one inherit: depression or temperament?
...en, Japan Based on data from a genetic analysis of dimensions of temperament and mild depression in monozygotic ...s affected by additive genetic effects that affect dimensions of temperament; those act together with environmental experiences unique to the individual. The auth...Impact of geography on species challenges paleontologists
...will deliver the paper, "Spatial and environmental dimensions of shelly morphospaces: Geometric morphometrics of the matrid bivalve Mulinia," at 4:15 p.m. (Tuesday, Oct. 29) in A108/110 of the Colorado Convention Center. Co-authors are Virginia Tech geological sciences professor Michal Kowalewski and G.M. Daley...Would 'race' disappear if the United States officially stopped measuring it?
...re and evolution of belief systems about race--the dimensions of how people use the concept and apply it in different circumstances. Racial profiling in law enforcement activities, "redlining" of predominantly minority neighborhoods in the home mortgage and insurance industries, differential medical treatment, ...New insight into how eyes become wired to the brain discovered by Salk, UT Southwestern scientists
...in to properly process the horizontal and vertical dimensions that compose images that are projected onto the retina. Using the Eph mutant mice provided by Henkemeyer, the Salk Institute researchers, including O'Leary and two of his postdoctoral fellows, Drs. Robert Hindges and Todd McLaughlin, who were co-prin...Corroding plumbing materials producing environmental problems
...l focus on the economic, consumer, and biochemical dimensions of potable water infrastructure corrosion. The findings will especially be of interest to the Environmental Protection Agency, manufacturers of plumbing materials, and the potable water industry. The NSF grant is part of its Biocomplexity in the Envi...Marijuana receptor gene abnormality in schizophrenia
...l volunteers induced cognitive impairment of three dimensions resembling closely that of schizophrenic patients. The hallucinogenic action of cannabis and marijuana mediated the central cannabinoid receptor, G-protein-coupled receptor CB1, which was discovered in 1988. CB1 receptors were expressed abundantly ...Physics tip sheet #13 May 15, 2002
...PRL/v88/e215004 2) Neutrinos make for small extra dimensions H. Davoudias, P. Langacker and M. Perelstein Physi...ysics and cosmology often require the use of extra dimensions that might be curled up to small scales. The existence of oscillating neutrinos (as recently confirm...Electronic tongue for environmental monitoring
...tched with millions of tiny pores and channels, of dimensions of nanometres. So if you etch a spot a millimetre square, you actually have several square metres of internal surface area, says Professor Barrow. It is in effect a tiny chromatographic extraction cartridge. You could put the system in a river or fac...Bat sonar and anti-submarine warfare
...ty to detect and classify a flying beetle in three dimensions at thirty feet. ONRs Bio-Sonar program supports the bat research of Brown University neuroscientist, Jim Simmons. Bats use sonar to find food and avoid obstacles much the way our military sonar systems would like to find and detect submarines and mi...April GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
...up to several kilometers deep that have horizontal dimensions of hundreds to several thousands of kilometers. They occur on the concave side of arc-shaped topographic features. Backarc basins form in overall convergent tectonic settings in the overriding plate during rollback of the subducting plate. In most ba......es examples of some possible configurations in two dimensions as a starting point for further exploration. Journal article: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v65/e084002...