ALife experiments show how complex functions can evolve
... improve it for its new function, and that's a lot easier than inventing something entirely new." That's where ALife sheds light. "Darwinian evolution is a process that doesn't specify exactly how the evolving information is coded," says Adami, who leads the Digital Life Laboratory at Caltech. "It affects...Artificial life experiments show how complex functions can evolve
... improve it for its new function, and that's a lot easier than inventing something entirely new." That's where ALife sheds light. "Darwinian evolution is a process that doesn't specify exactly how the evolving information is coded," says Adami, who leads the Digital Life Laboratory at Caltech. "It affects...Wake Forest researcher identifies syndrome as leading cause of death in premature infants
...specialized staining procedures make these lesions easier to see. " While it is not yet known how to prevent these malformations, Brown and his team hope that by understanding how these lesions occur, strategies can be developed to prevent them and the subsequent preterm birth and early death. "We suspect f...Stanford researchers isolate protein needed for stem cell maintenance
...em cells from other tissues to divide, making them easier to use in potential therapies. What's more, knowing how stem cells self-renew could lead to ways of blocking self-renewal in the cancer stem cells that populate tumors. "We are now actively looking at whether any mouse or human cancers are using the ...Novel method identifies 'hidden' genes
... humans, but have a much smaller genome, making it easier to identify key genes and regulatory sequences. The researchers found 15,000 genomic segments that were known to exist outside of the protein-coding regions in the human, mouse and puffer fish genomes but still appear to have been retained since the ...New study finds yogurt may help burn body fat
... turn up the body's fat-burning ability making it easier to lose fat while maintaining lean muscle. The new study presented by Michael Zemel, Ph.D., professor of nutrition at the University of Tennessee found that individuals who included Yoplait Light as part of their weight loss plan lost significantl...Neural biology explains ejaculation
...s in humans and then develop treatments to make it easier for paraplegic men to ejaculate (important for those men who wish to have families) and to help the 30 percent of adult males who experience ejaculatory problems sometime in their lives. And what about women? Dr. Coolen also is developing research...Virginia Tech inventions, creations can improve lives
...previous molecular self-assemblies. The process is easier as the patterning techniques do not require etching, which may damage the layers, or stamping, which may lead to uneven application of the film. Potential uses include full color flat displays, membrane separation, conducting and insulating circuits,...Biotech regulations impede crop domestication
...t," Strauss said. "Now, as it becomes increasingly easier and less expensive to map out the genomes of different crop plants, we have an opportunity to make similar and more precisely designed types of changes with genetic engineering. But the current environment of regulations and oversight is making this ......elieve them of administrative tasks and to make it easier for them to take on highly qualified junior scientists. Scientists from any field may be nominated for the prize. From the many candidates put forward for the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the DFG nomination committee primarily chose those who pro......zation that there are no good or bad foods made it easier for individuals to make long-term lifestyle changes." Researchers also found that women of different ethnic or racial background selected different foods to reduce their fat intake. White women reduced added fats more than African-Americans, Hispani...Europes population has developed new tendency to shrink, Science study reports
..., according to Lutz. "Giving women more choices is easier said than done," Lutz said. "It would involve revamping the career pattern that's structured around the male life course with no room for a baby break. This male-oriented career pattern needs to be changed." "In thinking about what different policy ...Bacterial viruses make cheap easy vaccines
...in shell of the virus making it longer lasting and easier to store. In addition, bacteriophages have a large cloning capacity, making large-scale production cheap, easy and extremely rapid important attributes considering the current bioterrorism threat when sudden demands may be placed on vaccine stocks....University of Ulster develops DNA fingerprint techniques to fight bio-terrorism
...agent that has been used. Subsequently, it will be easier to treat victims and prevent more outbreaks. The bottom line is that the introduction of these new technologies will help save lives. "I will be involved in evaluating the US military's present bio-detection hardware which is currently used in their ...UC Riverside biochemists develop technology to increase Vitamin C in plants
...eafy crops as well as in grains and should make it easier for people to obtain enough of the vitamin for their optimal health." The UCR Department of Biochemistry engages in basic biochemical and molecular biological research and instruction. Areas of research specialization represented within the Biochemi...U of A scientist finds Atlantic salmon escapes higher than government reports
...ide demand for salmon by growing Atlantics, deemed easier to farm than native Pacific species, in open-net cages along the B.C. coast. Young salmon are reared in fresh-water hatcheries and then moved to sea cages to be grown to market size. That discovery came after assurances from the provincial and feder...There's no business like snow business
...ears. "Improvements in ski design will make skiing easier to learn," he says. From the slopes back to the microscopes, snow science contributes to basic science and our understanding of the natural world, according to John Wettlaufer. Science at the thin "quasi-liquid film" at the surface of ice helps scien...Mechanism controls movement of cell structures
...on, manipulating and analyzing yeast genes is much easier and faster than working with higher life forms. The machinery that moves vacuoles in yeast also moves other organelles, as well. One question that interested Weisman and her colleagues was: how can this same mechanism move different organelles to dif...Brain imaging study sheds light on inner workings of human intelligence
...ople with higher fluid intelligence should have an easier time resisting being distracted by the conversation and keeping attention focused on the phone number. The Washington University study included 48 participants, all healthy, right-handed, native English speakers between the ages of 18 and 37, about h...Toxicogenomics provides insight on assigning breast cancer drugs
...at the gene and protein level, may someday make it easier for doctors to decide what treatment is more appropriate. Such information also would lead to the development of better biomarkers to detect toxicity earlier during medical treatment, researchers said today at the 2003 American Association for the Ad...