One Chimp Can Perceive States Of Awareness In Others
...d grapes, a food the chimps highly desired, as the hidden treat.A member of the research group hiding with a...e pair were able towatch as either the grapes were hidden in the cage, or a researcher withthe tranquilizer dart hid as a predator. For the rest of the ...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
...over the past 100 years to glean insights into the hidden history of female adolescence. Integrating information from history, the history of medicine, human development and women's studies, Brumberg discusses topics -- using a social historical perspective -- ranging from menarche, sanitary napkins and ta...Cut Pesticide Use In Half, Urges SFU Biologist
...ide poisoningworldwide every year. Add to that the hidden toll from chronic pesticideexposure, which has been linked to immune dysfunction, infertility, andvarious forms of cancer and birth defects. And there's more. Chemical pesticides kill millions of non-target species- such as birds, fish and bene...Research Aims At Nation's First 'Smart' Ground Water Regulations
...ptable. The level of acceptable risk that had been hidden in the regulations has been forced out into public discussions, which could create new problems. "Writing regulations in terms of risk is a very different concept from writing regulations as a yes/no, can or can't do it dynamic," Engel says. "The gen...New Sunspot Cycle To Be Bigger Than Average
...ve that sunspots aredriven by the dynamo that lies hidden beneath the photosphere,they are unsure of what controls the dynamo. So what they do is study measurements ofseveral activities related to the sun and look for patterns thatproceed the sunspot cycle. Hathaway and Wilson said these includevariations ...Desert Researcher Receives Environmental Award
...he planet. He discovered that somemicrobiota were hidden from view under the surficial crusts of porous rocks. Prior to his work, it was commonly thought was that there were no growingmicroorganisms in the cold and hot deserts of the world. He works closely with NASA, and the two books on biogeochemistry a......ents. "Could it be that the real signals are being hidden and confused by looking at only averages?" he wondered. "I thought likely so, and indeed our work shows that to be the case." The signal from a single vesicle is important because cells send and receive vesicles one at a time. "The contents of one ve...Williams Syndrome: New UD Study May Shed Light On Rare Genetic Disorder-And Normal Development
...ound by examining how the children searchspace for hidden objects. Although they are impaired when asked to ...me disoriented in space. When asked to find acoin hidden under one of several cups on a table, the children do so quiteeasily--even if they have moved from o......ne experiment, mice had to learn the location of a hidden target ina maze that tests their ability to rememb...their way home. ApoE3 mice learned how to find the hidden target with relative ease, whereastheir apoE4 counterparts had difficulty with the exercise, and som......ld the prion protein by chemical means so that the hidden regionwill be exposed. Predictably, the antibody's immunoreactivity to the denaturedregion, as measured by its degree of binding to the molecule, is much higherthan it is to the diseased protein in its natural state. The ratio of denaturedto native ...Patented Bait System May Hold Answer To Combating Formosan Termites
...th the ground or, in the case ofFormosan termites, hidden behind building walls," the entomologist says. After these introduced termites feed on the cardboard, they shouldventure into nearby shelter tubes and lay down trails that termites in thetargeted colony will follow back to the bait. ...Williams Syndrome: UD Research Pinpoints Language And Learning Traits Of Those With The Disorder
...ecial, eye-tracking device that uses a tiny camera hidden within thevisor of a cap placed on subjects' heads, UD researchers studied children's eyemovements as they attempted to solve a set of block construction problems. Thesubjects with Williams Syndrome "made many more errors than controls,particularly o...Chemical "Nose" Could Sniff Out Landmines
...ding the estimated 120million unexploded landmines hidden around the world. The chemicals that mayrelieve dogs of this dangerous duty are being developed by a team of scientistsatthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge. "We've come up with a very specific, sophisticated polymeric material,"...Treatment With IL-2 Plus HAART Markedly Reduces HIV In Immune System "Hiding Places"
...em," says Dr. Fauci. Scientists believe that other hidden reservoirs of HIV exist, and mayinclude the brain, testes, CD4+ T cells in other lymphoid organs such asthe gut, and other immune system cells such as macrophages. Together,these potential viral sanctuaries pose a formidable obstacle to theultimate ...Molecular Mechanism For Evolution Described
... changes. "The way that Hsp 90 covers and uncovers hidden genetic variations providesa very plausible mechanism for revealing variation for natural selectionto act upon. Proving that it actually functions on an evolutionary timescale, however, will be no easy task," says Lindquist....Native Gray Ants Play Positive Role In Valley Peach Orchards
...parts of Nevadaand Oregon. Its nests are commonly hidden under the soil or in the decayingwood of tree trunks and roots. It exits the nest through cracks in the soil andforages individually for food on the ground or in the trees. For these reasons, native gray ants may be less apparent than other ant spec...Researchers Identify Molecular Site That Is Key To HIV's Ability To Infect Cells Of Brain, Colon
...from detection by the immune system, andthat these hidden pools may be less susceptible to the combinations of drugscurrently used to combat HIV infection, known as highly active anti-retroviraltherapy, or HAART. HIV generally initiates infection in the body by latching first onto the CD4receptor, the loa......from detection by the immune system, and thatthese hidden pools of virus may be less susceptible to the combinations of drugscurrently used to combat HIV infection, known as highly active anti-retroviraltherapy, or HAART. CD4-negative cells, said Goldsmith, may be more apt to harbor sequestered HIVthan CD......e knots used inthe experiments were unable to find hidden stones in dry sand. Under the horny layer of the end of their beak, knots have clusters of 10to 20 corpuscles of Herbst in the bone and these are sensitive todifferences in pressure. When the bird sticks its sensitive beak into thesand at low tide, ...