Farmers Can Afford To Clean Up Gulf Of Mexico, Analysis Shows
...c zone is a 7,000-square-mile area in the northern gulf that has too little oxygen to support most marine ...ers, and the excess nitrogen delivered just to the gulf is 1.5 million tons per year. So agriculture, which uses 6.5 million metric tons of nitrogen a year,...Defective cell transport suggested in Alzheimer's disease
...ggregations in diseased brains, but there is a big gulf in understanding whether the generation of protein aggregates causes the disease per se. In the brains of patients with Alzheimers disease, a peptide called amyloid-beta accumulates in areas of the brain where nerve cells die en masse, leading to pro......ific areas of the brain. Despite the evolutionary gulf separating humans and fruit flies, neurotoxicity unfolds in a similar manner in both species. Like humans, Drosophila melanogaster experiences neuronal loss upon expression of alpha-synuclein, a protein implicated in the onset of Parkinsons disease ...Comparing ag and industrial runoff between estuaries
...p. The drainage basin, or watershed area, for the gulf is 194,000 square kilometers (74,904 square miles). The nitrogen load for the Gulf of Gdansk is 5 millimoles per meter squared per day, says Swaney. That is more than twice the nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay and is a cause of concern for European e...Timing of chemical signal critical for normal emotional development
...icals, such as serotonin, which cross the synaptic gulf between cells and bind to receptors on neighboring cell membranes. Medications that enhance such binding of serotonin to its receptor (serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs) are widely prescribed to treat anxiety and depression, suggesti...The pathway to anxiety begins early in life
...itters such as serotonin--which cross the synaptic gulf between nerve cells and bind to receptors on neighboring nerve cell membranes. Once the neurotransmitters bind to the receptors, the nerve cells become activated. Medications that enhance the binding of serotonin ...Drug averts Parkinson's disease in fruit flies, suggesting new approach for humans
...ific areas of the brain. Despite the evolutionary gulf separating humans and fruit flies, neurotoxicity unfolds in a similar manner in both species. Like humans, Drosophila melanogaster experiences neuronal loss upon expression of alpha-synuclein, a protein implicated in the onset of Parkinson's disease...Scripps Institution researchers develop new approach for designing marine reserves
... The result was a mapped series of reserves in the gulf that not only met conservation goals, but could be adjusted to avoid societal conflicts with fishing interests. According to the Science paper: "The most important benefit of this approach is the objectivity it provides to the process of siting ...Worlds leading journal editors urge self-governance and responsibility ...
...Cultures problem, which he applied to the cultural gulf between the sciences and the humanities, has now emerged in a different form, Kennedy said, as a chasm between the scientific and the security communities. The two cultures now must come together for the greater good, he added. Attendees at the 9-10 ...Gene more than doubles risk of depression following life stresses
...ger after it's been secreted into the synapse, the gulf between cells. Since the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants act by blocking this transporter protein, the gene has been a prime suspect in mood and anxiety disorders. Yet, its link to depression eluded detection in eight previous studies...Creation of new neurons critical to antidepressant action in mice
...tters, such as serotonin, which cross the synaptic gulf between cells and bind to receptors on neighboring cell membranes. Medications that enhance such binding of serotonin to its receptors (serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs) are widely prescribed to treat anxiety and depression, suggesti...Isotopes from feathers reveal bird migration
... well as migrating Peregrine Falcons caught on the gulf coast of Texas, back to their breeding grounds in Canada. The principle behind the work is simple: birds are what they eat. And what birds eat while growing feathers on the breeding grounds contains isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen. These v...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...icult to make quantitative comparisons between the gulf in 1940 and today, cautions Chuck Baxter, an autho... by the 1980s, commercial shrimping throughout the gulf was in sharp decline, largely because of overfishing. Gilly and his Mexican counterparts conducting ...Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
...ish species totoaba and the commercially important gulf corvina require the brackish water habitat provide...rine life, including many fishes. Both totoaba and gulf corvina spawn in the mouth of the Colorado, according to fishermen's reports. Rowell wondered whethe......sease. 2. Long-term antibiotic doesn't ease gulf war illnesses A 12-month course of the broad-spectrum antibiotic doxycycline did not improve symptoms of Gulf War veterans' illnesses (GWVI), a new study found (Article, p. 85). The researchers did the study because of speculation that infection wit...