Endangered freshwater mussels saved
...estruction of their natural habitats. "Mussels are excellent water quality monitors," Neves says. "Because they live so long and move so little, we can take a piece of tissue, analyze for contaminants, and tell what's been going on in the water system for 50 or more years." He and his colleagues collect gravid...Ames Laboratory pursues new standard in sensor technology
... flexibility and cost-effectiveness of OLEDs offer excellent opportunities for developing OLED/optical chemical sensor arrays and high-density microarrays. Such systems, in principle, could contain up to 16x16 = 256 sensors on a single, one-square-millimeter chip. They would be able to discriminate between m...Darwin's Time Machine: Scientists begin predicting evolution's next step
...tic resistance gene in the laboratory gave Hall an excellent tool with which to test the model, but there was no reason that the model couldn't be extrapolated beyond the past evolutionary outcome into the future. Mutating key genes in the bacteria and subjecting the newly evolved bacteria to new antibiotics w...Hopkins researchers test new molecular marker for prostate cancer
...'ve learned about AMACR could not only serve as an excellent early marker for prostate cancer but also could id...s not found in most normal tissues, it could be an excellent candidate for the development of molecular probes for non-invasive detection of prostate cancer and ...Selenium: an insidious and persistent toxin
...in the United States," said Lemly. "It provides an excellent case study of the insidious and persistent toxicity of selenium to aquatic ecosystems." As selenium accumulated in Belews Lake, the 20 resident species of fish started showing deformities to the spine, head, fins, and eyes. In 1986, the power plant s...New Science Press launches Proteins: From Sequence to Structure
...ther than on biological categories, and it does an excellent job of outlining the fundamental themes."Stephen C...s] with great interest. Overall I think it is just excellent - (in fact it follows almost exactly the same course as my 2nd year lectures on protein structure)."...UCR scientists developing process to convert wet bio-waste into energy
...is research. If it pans out, it will afford us an excellent way to avoid much of the extra expense imposed by the increased restrictions on land application." Partnering with local government agencies benefits CE-CERT as well, said Joseph Norbeck, professor of environmental engineering at UCR and director of ...UT Southwestern, M.D. Anderson researchers identify lung-cancer tumor suppressor genes
...h Dr. Minna and his team at UT Southwestern, is an excellent example of translational research, Dr. Roth said. The team in Dallas identified the region on the chromosome, while the M. D. Anderson group analyzed the function of the genes, and together we are using the information to develop and improve treatmen...Association found between anthrax vaccination, medication and health problems of Gulf War veterans
...he current time. Among those veterans who reported excellent health before the war, 36 percent who said they received an anthrax vaccination reported poor to fair health in 1996 compared to 18 percent of those who did not report receiving the anthrax vaccination. In contrast, those who were not mobilized and d...People and fire at Florida's wildland-urban interface
...ndscape that frequently burns, Florida provides an excellent study area. With an estimated 16 million inhabitants in 2000, Florida is the fourth most populous state in the USand a place where prescribed fire is used extensively to manage forests and to prevent wildfires. A large portion of the states populatio...Can we learn about sex from animals?
...arrowly as some would have us think. Males can be excellent caregivers, and females want sex as much as males. We can take our inspiration from bonobos, which show female-female sexual interactions. Or we can look to several species of butterflies, in which females mate with several males in succession and ...Researchers solve killer protein's 'crime'
...similar kind of programmed cell death and thus are excellent model organisms in which to study this process. According to the new research, Reaper triggers programmed cell death, or as scientists say "apoptosis," by instructing a fly cell's principal guard protein, called Drosophila IAP1, or DIAP1, to in es...NHGRI prioritizes model organisms for sequencing
...ons as an important member of the IWG. This is an excellent example of inter-agency cooperation to leverage the nations infrastructure of high-throughput DNA sequencing." As researchers submit additional white papers to NHGRI, more organisms will be added to thepriority groups that can be sequenced by the cen...Minneapolis researchers receive award for developing vegetable-based oils
...than the sum of its parts." Vegetable oils possess excellent lubricative properties, but they gel and degrade at extreme high and low temperatures. Kodali and Nivens have developed a series of commercial lubricants, Agri-Pure TM 500, made from modified vegetable oils that overcome these problems. The oils, ...Study of fossils found in arctic shows plants more developed at earlier time
... of primitive vertebrates. Such animal remains are excellent index fossils fossils that indicate time. We conclude that the Bathurst Island flora presents the best evidence to date of substantial diversity of form, complexity and stature of vascular plants in this period, Gensel said. In 1996, she and collea...'Trojan horse' technology destroys blood supply to cancer tumors in mice
...ctable in the adjacent normal tissue, so they make excellent targets for the development of therapeutic agents that inhibit tumor growth and metastatic spread by inhibiting the new blood vessel formation," Dr. Rosenblum said. The researchers chose the genetically engineered toxin gelonin to link to the VEGF "c...Americans lack knowledge of ocular hypertension
...ated Dr. Singh. "I have found BETIMOL is often an excellent choice in such patients that require IOP lowering. Besides being better studied than generic preparations, BETIMOL is generally well priced, especially in comparison with other branded topical beta-blockers."...Brains of outgoing people react more to happy faces than those of shy individuals
...unity to meet everyone, while others think it's an excellent opportunity to feel lonely and awkward. It's interesting to imagine the mechanisms in the brain that support this desire for what seems to be a pleasant experience, and how they differ from one person to another." Extreme introversion is associated w...Scientists get no-strings awards for biodiversity leadership
...ievement awards, which total US$900,000, recognize excellent work which promotes the understanding and conservation of biological diversity, as well as the communication of diversity's value to the public and policy makers. The winners' efforts include tracking the evolutionary history of animals in China suc...Frozen 'lake' beneath Antarctica ideal to test sterile drilling techniques
...s' polar caps in search of life. "This would be an excellent place to develop a sterile drill," said P. Buford Price, professor of physics at UC Berkeley. "Then, if we find that we've inadvertently contaminated the permafrost lake, we can be confident that the contamination is confined to only a small area." D...