USGS reports continued decline of California sea otters
...ity of California, Davis, have been examining fresh carcasses for disease. Reproductive failure does not appear to be a factor in the decline, as the birth rate has remained largely unchanged, said Estes. Intense winter storms generated by El Nio events of 1982-83 and 1997-98 ...Vitamin C levels linked to amount of lead in blood
...measure, Simon recommends increasing the amount of fresh fruitsand vegetables consumed everyday because of their vitamin C content as well astheir many other nutritional benefits. "Humans are one of the very few mammalsthat do not produce vitamin C on their own," says Simon, "so all of it must beobtained ...Technotes -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's summer news tipsheet
...perature- and light-controlled facility thatmimics fresh water and seawater environments. The first project to bloom in thegreenhouse involves growing eelgrass in conditions favorable for flowering andseed production. Marine scientists have stockpiled eelgrass at the Sequimlaboratory for two years as part...Catastrophic draining of huge lakes tied to ancient global cooling event
...resent discharge of the Amazon River. The fresh water probably gushed into the Labrador Sea in the NorthAtlantic for about a year, reducing sea-surface salinity and altering oceancirculation patterns at the time, said Barber, also a researcher at CU-Boulder'sInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research...Linezolid is highly effective against antibiotic-resistant infections
... available antibiotics against approximately 4,000 fresh bacteriaisolates of streptococci, enterococci and staphylococci. They found that linezolid showed potent activity against all isolatestested and was the most active antibiotic against oxacillin-resistantstaphylococci and vancomycin-resistant...Geologists at UNC-CH discover state's 'most spectacular' fossils
... at an undisclosedeast-central N.C. site to expose fresh rock, he impaled the ankle bone of aprehistoric creature lying just below the surface of an ancient lake or riverbed. "Brian, who's now a graduate student at Virginia Tech, brought the boneto me and asked if it was anything interesting," said...Drought brings environmental, ecological changes
...owners in the eastern half of the country. Without fresh water to rinse out rivers and streams, salt water ...nderstand why corn, irrigated with what is usually fresh water from that stream, was wilting. Soeder said the USGS found salt content has been as high as 5,0...Microbes in basalt thrive on mixed diet of toxic waste
... unique diamond saw that could cutthin slices from fresh basalt cores, slowly, at cool temperatures, under asepticconditions. Over a period of four months the slices of native rock, with theirresident communities of microbes still in place, were exposed to solutions ofhexavalent chromium and tolue......le to beup and around, even walking outside to get fresh air and sunshine. In fact, hewould much rather be walking than sitting. "I'd rather go walking than sit inthat chair," he said, adding that another motivation is to be in good physicalcondition when he undergoes the transplant operation and eventuall...Clemson researchers link federal flood insurance program to accelerated coastal development
..., the lure of thewarm seas breezes or the taste of fresh seafood. According to researchers atthe Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University, the land rush on the coastbegan in 1972, when South Carolina adopted the federal flood insurance program. Researcher Jeffery Allen, director of the South...Virginia Tech microbe-minerals group launches new field of study
...recioussubsurface water supply. There is far more fresh water in the subsurface thanin all of the rivers and lakes in the world." The central goal of the VT microbe-mineral group's research is to gain entirelynew insights into direct and indirect interactions between microbes and mineralsurfaces that are ...Evidence of bacterial life found in deepest-yet Antarctic ice-core
...tok is the largest and deepest of the lakes, whose fresh water is kept liquid by the pressure of the overlying ice and, perhaps, by geothermal heating. U.S., French and Russian scientists have studied fragments taken from an ice core drilled 3,600 meters (about 11,700 feet) into the ice covering the lak...Fossil mayflies can be used to 'weigh' ancient atmospheres
...are much beloved by fly fishermen, who know that a fresh hatch of mayflies means trout will be biting and deploy their artificial lures (called flies) accordingly. Maturing into adults after a year or more as water-dwelling larvae, mayflies perform a mating dance by beating their wings 20 to 30 times a sec...Most highly endowed promotion prize for fourteen scientists and scholars
...protein crystallography, Schlichting has furnished fresh insights into the structure and functioning of biomolecules. She has succeeded in carefully triggering intra-crystal reactions with such molecules, and in stabilising the intermediate products long enough to gather relevant data. She has used the ver...20th century marks achievements in food science and technology
...ging (CAP) developed to increase the shelf life of fresh foods. CAP controls oxygen and carbon dioxide in t...(1985), to disinfest and/or delay ripening in some fresh fruits and vegetables (1986), and to control microorganisms in spices and herbs (1986). 1990s: HACCP...National prize in neuroscience endowed by UNC professor
...He added: "The concept is to recognize people with fresh and current contributions and make them aware of UNC-Chapel Hill." Nearing completion on the campus is a $30 million Neuroscience Research Center. Head of the new Center is William Snider, M.D., a pioneer in the action of nerve growth factors, prote...Road dust: Rural vehicles emit more pollutants than urban ones
...en 200 to 300 milligrams ppvm traveled.So much for fresh country air. "We think there is much more heavy diesel traffic outside the city and there are greater road dust emissions in rural areas because of the proximity to open land, and those account for higher rural readings," Turner explains. Road dus...Droughts worse than the 1930's likely in the 21st century
...rsity of Ghent suggests that the world's supply of fresh water could plummet causing drought-induced famine, political unrest and large-scale migration worldwide. The research, which will appear in the January 27th edition of Nature, proves for the first time that extreme fluctuations in the earth's wat...Could fish clean up sewage works?
...ilisers. When too much of these nutrients get into fresh water, they can trigger explosive growths of algae. All the oxygen in the water is used up when the algae decompose, suffocating aquatic life. Some blooms also generate dangerous toxins. So Ray Drenner, a biologist at the Texas Christian University...Scientists discover key molecule in transmission of AIDS virus
...unter between HIV and cells in the body. It offers fresh avenues of research for developing innovative treatments for AIDS, and may lead to vaccines that could prevent the virus from gaining access to the body's immune cells. It is far too early, however, to determine whether the current finding will lead...