Lyme disease ticks follow rivers in midwest
...d as far south as Peoria County. "Unlike the heavily wooded northeast, the north-central United States is not generally a hospitable environment for ticks," says Cortinas. "These river corridors are like oases in the desert, where the ticks can survive and move along." While the movement of the ti...Genetic protection against fetal alcohol syndrome?
...ay discourage the control persons from drinking as heavily as the latter subjects. However, this was not tested as the controls were anonymous participants." Krause calls the study's findings "one piece in a large puzzle of undefined size, with many missing pieces. The exact factors or genes involved," she...Assessing the risk of mad cow in sheep
...in the future, the researchers will have to depend heavily on accurate, large-scale screening of sheep flocks to determine whether BSE infection does indeed exist. Also, much research needs to be done on how infectivity develops through time and how BSE or scrapie might transmit from animal to animal, he sai...Antimicrobial peptides: new weapons to fight infection
...Insects, octopuses and starfish, for example, rely heavily on antimicrobial peptides for defense against deadly microbes, and do so quite effectively without the help of lymphocytes, a thymus or antibodies. Multicellular organisms live, by and large, harmoniously with microbes. The cornea of the eye of an an...Reserve creates model for science-based indigenous stewardship of land
...that links the Atlantic to the Pacific and will be heavily traveled has split a once continuous expanse of forest. Waves of colonists already are following the highway, clearing and fragmenting the area. Illegal hunting and fishing have increased. Commercial logging companies have begun to cut hardwoods alon......f the primary auditory cortex of a bat that relies heavily on both echolocation and passive sound localization. The objectives of the investigation were to identify insights into the organizational features present in both echolocators and passive listeners. This study also attempted to map the cortex of t...'Wishful thinking' gene regulates neural development
...ession pattern for the receptor and found it to be heavily expressed in the nervous system," said OConnor. Other researchers had already screened the chromosomal region containing wit for mutations, and O'Connor and his colleagues identified fly mutations in which wit function was eliminated. Although th...Comparing ag and industrial runoff between estuaries
...off. The Gulf of Gdansk, which is surrounded by a heavily populated region and agricultural land, has an area of 3,800 square kilometers (1,467 square miles) and is 53 meters (174 feet) deep. The drainage basin, or watershed area, for the gulf is 194,000 square kilometers (74,904 square miles). The nitrog...Is the evidence for human 'replacement' really clear?
...mental and/or demographic conditions doesnt select heavily for a particular behavior, then there will be no evidence for it, he said. Its no accident that the art is concentrated when -- after 20,000 years ago -- and where -- in southwest France, northern Spain -- it is. These southern refuge areas were the......arch for the IPCs in the spleen an organ which is heavily involved in the bodys immune reactions. Experiments performed by collaborator Bernhard Odermatt marked interferon in a purple color and helped them zoom in on a hot zone: an area of the spleen called the marginal zone. But here they ran into problem...Agri-tech innovations promise better food security
...tribute to environmental degradation. "Cambodia is heavily dependent on agriculture," Koma said. "We need to find a good solution for small farmers which make up around 85 percent of the total population. The Rice Intensification Program can be a good solution for the highly populated areas in Cambodia and A...Proliferation of Argentine ants in California linked to decline in coastal horned lizards
...s, nocturnal species that are hidden from view-are heavily influenced by their proximity to people." "The next nightmare for the lizard may be the red imported fire ants, which have been spreading through urban habitats in southern California since 1998," points out Fisher. "They have destroyed small ve...Surgeons to train on artificial bodies
...EC. The success of these technical advances relies heavily on the skills training of surgeons. Traditionally, surgeons have acquired skills as apprentices, but many surgical trainers are uncomfortable about trainees starting to learn on real patients, and it is widely acknowledged that training has lacked un...'Buried dams' help clean recycled water
... in many areas our groundwater resources are being heavily exploited. This appears to offer a safe, clean way to recharge them. We also need to think about our environment, and the importance to natural streams and wetlands of maintaining adequate subsurface water supplies. Dr Toze has tested the antiviral ...International consortium to create sequence-ready map of the cattle genome
...ents may be critical to states whose economies are heavily dependent on animal agriculture, he said....Report supports sustainable food production
...onment can regenerate them, and because it depends heavily on resources that are nonrenewable, meaning fossil fuels. Horrigan and his colleagues use examples from around the world to illustrate their points, but they place emphasis on the United States food system. Because of its focus on resource-intensive ...Cultured sea fans to be re-seeded in Florida keys national marine sanctuary
...he Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary that was heavily damaged when a ship ran aground there in 1989. HARBOR BRANCH Reef Restoration Biologist Kevin Gaines, who hopes to re-seed the reef April 10th, said it is a giant step in a project with two main goals; to better learn how to conserve and restore co...Wake Forest commercializes new soy technologies through licenses
...rand name as dietary supplements, which are not as heavily regulated as medical foods. The initial study on soy and prevention of memory loss will be a pilot study involving 25-50 patients in nursing homes. "If the results are promising, we would look to expand that trial greatly through our own funding ...