Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...on in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despit...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...on in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despit...New sequence involved in DNA replication timing may aid in cancer detection
...ins in the DNA molecule. These replication origins fire at specific times throughout S phase, causing each...ve suggested that, by default, replication origins fire early in S phase, but they can be forced to fire later by flanking and internal DNA sequences. Now, ...DuPont developing new protective suits for military, first responders
...in New Orleans. In addition to traditional DuPont fire resistant materials, DuPont TM Nomex and Kevlar, these new, lightweight suits contain a selectively permeable membrane developed by DuPont that will help protect front line defenders from toxic industrial chemicals and military warfare agents. Thro...Convulsions in worms mimic epileptic seizures
...ht release less neurotransmitter and therefore not fire properly. That, in turn, could lower the worms' convulsion threshold. "Neurons are still just cells," said Caldwell. "Trafficking defects may manifest themselves in different ways in different cell types, and seizures may be one result in neurons." ...Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
... sensitive, especially to temperature changes, and fire seasons there may respond more dramatically to glo... between observed climate and an 85-year record of fire extent during the 20th century and used them in conjunction with existing state-of-the-art global cl...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
...at theyre dealing with. For example, if you have a fire in a lab, and that lab has large quantities of wat... to expire. The same thing with inspections of fire extinguishers, biological and chemical safety cabinets, emergency showers and eyewash stations in th......signal to theinsect's brain. Before the switch can fire again, it must be reset byremoving the pheromone, like a wine-taster rinsing her palate. As they fly toward the female, the male beetles come across wafts ofpheromone separated by periods of no scent. To get an accuratereading and stay on course, th......n, urbanization, exotic plant species, and altered fire patterns. In a session to be presented at the ESA...ill follow with a discussion on the suppression of fire in settled areas and the increases of fire fueled by cheatgrass in his presentation "Invasive specie...Lehmann lovegrass won't succumb to fire
Using fire to control the introduced Lehmann lovegrass won't ...minate or control it. Land managers use fire to manage Lehmann lovegrass and other non-native grasses, he said. To keep prescribed bu...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
...as that the grass would disappear. So the fuel for fire would be lost. We'd see the erosion start. The chemistry of the lakes would change. We would see these dust-bowl effects. "And then, within several decades to a century later, the grasses would come back, fires would start back up and erosion would s...Warmer weather, human disturbances interact to change forests
... the U.S. Forest Service to examine the effects of fire in the pine barrens of New Jersey....Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
...lease is also avaialable in German They are what fire fighters have long been calling for: low-cost and ... towards this goal. They have constructed a forest fire sensor which could be produced more cheaply than commercially available infrared detectors, although...Satellites are tracing Europe's forest fire scars
...uropean Commission, each hectare of forest lost to fire costs Europe's economy between a thousand and 5000... as the Entente Interdpartementale. "To cope with fire disasters, the most affected Departments in the south of France have decided to join forces to ensur...Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
...vats and the remains of what were once open-hearth fire pits. In the fire pits, hot-burning llama and guinea pig dung, along with other refuse from the settlement, were used ...Pump failure implicated in a form of dystonia
...e substances that are necessary for the neurons to fire properly, activating muscle cells. The scientists' analyses of the mutations revealed them to be six different "missense" mutations in the gene, each of which caused the incorporation of an incorrect amino acid unit into the protein during synthesis....Poker Flat Research Range supports unmanned aerial vehicle operations
...ng capabilities, provided real-time information on fire locations, fire movement, and previously unidentified hot spots on a mission flown July 9. Poker Flat Research Range...Wildland fires: After the smoke clears
... Congressional Briefing--While a raging wildland fire can be terrifyingly destructive, some of the biggest dangers come after the smoke clears. Scorched land is vulnerable to a number of threats, including landslides; erosion and sedimentation that can impact water quality; and invasive weeds that can ...Articles on forest fire risks published in BioScience
...ences (AIBS), provide new assessments of US forest fire dangers and propose improved ways to reduce the ri...te University, criticizes the view that decades of fire suppression have promoted unnaturally-large accumulations of fuel, and that these have fed unprecede......re. As the 35th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire approaches, Adler reflects and revisits his resear...ontext and history of the legendary Cuyahoga River fire reveals a complex story about the causes and consequences of various institutions' choices in enviro...