Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...iorhas evolved. Theinner core rotates in the same direction as the Earth and slightlyfaster, completing its once-a-day rotation about two-thirds ofa second faster than the entire Earth. Over the past 100 yearsthat extra speed has gained the core a quarter-turn on the planetas a whole, the scientists found. Su...Cooking And Salad Oils Could Lubricate Cars, Boats, Machines
...sadauskas, a doctoral candidate working under the direction of J. Larry Duda, chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Joseph Perez, adjunct professor of chemical engineering, reported that, when blended with a proprietary additive developed at Penn State, some veget...Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...iles wide. It extends from Central America in the direction of the Galapagos Islands, and the researchers managed to track some of the turtles well beyond the Galapagos before the transmitters expired. Even though the turtles have vast areas of ocean in which to thrive, humanity may be threatening the turtles...Bacterial Protein Structure Hints At Mechanism Of A Class Of Premature Aging Diseases
...g the DNA replicationmachinery to move in only one direction along the DNA strand, the researcherssaid. They said the work has implications for human disease because RTPinteracts with a class of proteins known as helicases, which have been shownto be involved in several genetic diseases. Bastia is now startin...Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds
...ght-control program should be undertaken under the direction of a veterinarian. Cats probably won't jog with you, but interactive exercise is the most effective thing we can do for overweight animals. Find a toy you can both play with -- something that dangles on the end of a line, for example -- and...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
...taryDisease Foundation in Santa Monica. Under the direction of Wexler, theFoundation has formed the Cure Hunti...d optimistic that theywill lead researchers in the direction of an effective treatment. At the moment,a blood test can detect the HD gene, but there is no cure ...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
...rway as part of the Human Genome Project under the direction of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of NIH. When scientists achieve this monumental goal, they will begin the daunting task of reading and understanding all of our protein-coding genes. They will accomplish this task, in part, by ...Low Oxygen, Key To Fetal Development, Also Offers Cancer Clues
...oundstudies, including some at Rochester under the direction ofobstetrician Richard Jaffe, have indicated that low oxygen levelsplay an important role in the first trimester, so Fisher decidedto measure the effects of hypoxia on the developing placenta, thestructure in mammals that develops and serves as a bri...Fossils Show British Columbia Was Once 2,000 Miles South
...d. If the rockshad been formed at the equator, the direction of the magnetism in the formationwould have been horizontal. At the poles, it would have been vertical. Thus ifrocks in British Columbia show a magnetic field slightly tilted from thehorizontal, the implication is they were formed far to the south. ...New "Wonder Peanut" Beats Olive Oil In Healthful Benefits
...he consumer - because of its chemistry. "It is the direction that breeders will go with peanuts in the future," he said....Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...olved in forming the palate and they are under the direction of dozens of genes," said Melnick. "There are many potential places for things to go wrong, and the places may vary among families and racial groups. We have identified one pathway that accounts for steroid-induced cleft palate in mice, and provide...Cellular 'Short Circuit' Causes Insulin Resistance
...ust treat its symptoms. An important step in this direction has been made by Prof. Yehiel Zick of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Cell Biology Department. In a study reported in the November 21 issue of the Journal ofBiological Chemistry, Zick and colleagues provided a new insight intothe molecular basis...... it the first time. The polarity ofthe diodeDwhich direction it passes a currentDrepresents a piece of storedinformation. Perhaps we can use that to make computer memories, the team membersspeculate. Note to Editors: Additional illustrations are available. Please call MarthaMolnar at (212) 307-2580. The Techni...Heart and Soul: The Blood Vessels And Brain Use Common Guide
...s suggests that neuropilin might impart a sense of direction to thegrowth of capillaries, but does so by acting in conjunction with anotherreceptor. This finding jibes with a growing notion among molecular biologiststhat receptors often work in pairs and that it is the particular combination ofindividual recep...Small-Scale Fires Key To Understanding Forest Structure
...n each area. Thecontrolling factor seems to be the direction that the slope faces," Beaty toldattendees at the ... Geographers today(March 29) in Boston. "A slope's direction influences species distributions andfire vulnerability because of microclimates." Fire supp...Agriculture and urban activities impact water quality in the South Platte River Basin
...ns meet the plains and isoriented in a north-south direction from Denver to Fort Collins, Colorado. Copies of the 38-page, color report, "Water Quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1992-95," by Kevin F. Dennehy, David W. Litke, Cathy M. Tate, Sharon L. Qi, Peter B. ......phages. If it is, thisinformation could provide a direction for developing a drug to prevent it."...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...he sameconclusion. "The results provide important direction for learning how genesaffects a person's risk for high blood pressure." O'Donnell's co-authors are Klaus Lindpainter, M.D.; Martin Larson, Sc.D.;Valluri Rao, Ph.D.; Jose Ordovas, Ph.D.; Ernst Schaefer, M.D.; Richard Myers;Ph.D.; and Daniel Levy, M.D....DFG To Set Up 32 New Postgraduate Research Groups - First "Virtual Research Group"
...isciplinary research and study programme under the direction a group of professors renowned as researchers and university teachers. About half of the students receive DFG fellowships from federal and state government grants, the rest are supported by the university. At the moment, about ten per cent of all doc......d byinfiltration of the sewage disappeared and the direction of ground-waterflow changed. Clean ground water is now flowing through the areapreviously contaminated by sewage, flushing away contaminants such as boronand dissolved organic carbon from beneath the old infiltration beds. Not all the effects of nat...