Wild salmon vulnerable to climate change, Science study reports
...ld harvest. But our study suggests a need for new, flexible management policies that take climate and lake nutrient levels into account," said lead Science author Bruce Finney of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Finney and his colleagues delved beyond recent human influences by studying historical levels...LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...gs by using the toolkits features. The toolkits flexible architecture will allow students and professors to tailor it to specific courses or research and teaching needs. The toolkit was designed to enable collaborative scientific research at EMSL, a Department of Energy user facility managed by Pacif...Bio-X grant recipient explores link between molecular chaperones and serious diseases
... comments, ``and that requires a structure that is flexible and dynamic.`` As an example, she points to actin - a rod-shaped protein that helps cells move and muscles contract. ``Actin has to change shapes regularly,`` says Frydman, ``and it can only acquire its unique structure with the assistance of TR...Five New York City research institutions collaborate to study 3-D structures of proteins
...ocks called amino acids that fold into compact yet flexible shapes, carry out virtually all of life's essential functions through chemical reactions. Their structures are determined by the order of the amino acids, which is prescribed by the genes carrying instructions for making the proteins. It would take ...Polymeric chains in 'Flatland' reveal surprises, researchers say
...s at the University of Illinois have revealed that flexible polymers stuck to a solid surface crawl around in ... This restrained motion is known to occur in bulk flexible polymers, but only when the chains are very long and tangled together like noodles of spaghetti. "B...Study shows receptor molecule facilitates introduction of corrected genes into cells
...human airway cells," Kreda said. "This strategy is flexible and conceptually could allow us to successfully correct other cell types or use different gene therapy vectors." Boucher, director of UNC-CH's Cystic Fibrosis Center, likened vectors to mail delivery trucks moving valuable cargo. He also called the......ficial muscles and novel techniques to manufacture flexible body parts," said Full, "we are on the verge of a revolution in biologically inspired robotics. "Nature can now be a good teacher of engineers. But you don't want to copy, you want to extract principles. Nature has all kinds of screw-ups. Evolution i...Beetle uses fecal defense against predators
... feeding and the first fecal strand emerges from a flexible turret on its abdomen. The first strands are short, but they don't go to waste. Instead, the strands are shaped into curves by the anal turret and they are attached - by a droplet of glue from the turret - to a structure called a caudal fork that ri...'Biomedical switch' regulates how cells stick together and communicates
... remain largely immobile, while interaction with a flexible matrix results in the formation of fibrillar adhesions, which are then carted away together with their accompanying proteins towards the cell center. "Cells demonstrate a tactile-like sense that informs them of changes in their environment," says Gei...NY pilot study pushes Human Genome Project toward cures for disease
...ocks called amino acids that fold into compact but flexible shapes, carry out virtually all of lifes essential functions through chemical reactions. Their structures are determined by the order of the amino acids, which is prescribed by the genes carrying instructions for making the proteins. "In architecture...Obesity gene controls bone density via brain pathway
...y are the bones dense, they are also as strong and flexible as normal bone. The situation is the reverse of what occurs in osteoporosis, where the honeycombed bone becomes thin and weak.While the absence of a functioning leptin circuit may be beneficial for building dense bone, the animals suffer the adverse ...Mouse embryo hints at how mammalian body forms
...em cells. Embryonic stem cells are developmentally flexible cells that can be grown in culture from early embr...nt leads us to ask, 'what kind of system can be so flexible as to recover its patterning when it is experimentally perturbed?' " Building on the shoulders ......ulty, build much needed core facilities andprovide flexible monies for pilot projects. We are grateful to have been among this year's group ofawardees," Steele said. The Biomedical Research Support Program aims to support US medical schools in their efforts tomaintain and modernize research capabilities for ......e snakes are able to do this becausethey have very flexible hinged jaws. Most snakes savor their infrequent feasts, taking anywhere from several minutes to several hours to consume a meal. But threadsnakes, which measure just six to eight inches long and weigh in at roughly one gram, survive largely on the p...Giant plant-eating dinosaur found; two cast skeletons to be unveiled
...or in courtship contests," said Sereno. Jobaria's flexible neck and spoon-shaped teeth were well adapted for nipping the smaller branches of trees. Sereno's field and lab work was supported by the National Geographic Society, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Pritzker Foundation and the Women's B...UT Southwestern researchers develop technique to determine protein communication, function
...icsto make the car stop; the rigid tubes carry the flexible fluid. We push thebrakes gently, and it's interpreted as a significant structural change at thebrakes. "In exactly the same way it makes sense that pathways that sense signalson the protein at one site then move the energy along to communicat...From lemurs to gorillas, new book explains primate anatomy
...book shows that primates are highlyadaptable, with flexible capacities that confound simple assumptions about theirnatural behavior. "If you look at a horse, you can tell that it's never going to climb atree. But primates are very different. A change in their environment can make anenormous difference...Researchers suggest new mechanism to explain DNA charge transfer process
...rm that researchers have been lookingat. DNA is a flexible structure, and the different forms have different distance relationships between the atoms ofDNA. It's the interaction between these atoms thatfurthers the charge transport." Understanding how electrical charge moves through DNA could help research......radiation sensor that is comprised of lightweight, flexible glass fibers thatprovides portable, real-time measurements of neutrons and gamma rays. CalledPUMA for plutonium measurement and analysis, the sensor is both more flexibleand rugged than rigid gas tube sensor technology. The fibers emit light toindi......ative potential, they lack the kind ofsubstantial, flexible and largely unrestricted research funding that can enablethem to make groundbreaking discoveries. We are very proud of this program. Webelieve it applies the Foundation's resources in an area where public sectorfunds are necessarily limited, and be...