Formosan termite may be top concern of entomologists of the new millenium, according to report
...ent ancestor of humans swatting at mosquitoes on a hot day in East Africa several million years ago. Since then, it's gotten worse, if anything. Fleas carried the bubonic plague across Europe, and millions died. Mosquitoes have caused outbreaks of disease across the globe. The greatest challenge in the m...Tube worms in deep sea discovered to have record long life spans
... especially compared to their cousinsliving at the hot and dynamic hydrothermal vents, according to a pap...gy, and Charles Fisher, professor of biology. "The hot hydrothermal vents are a much more vigorous, variable, andephemeral environment than the cold hydroc...Professor says college athletic departments must pay more attention to eating disorders
... figure skating, she said. "Like a lot of other hot topics, eating disorders go in and out of vogue," Bickford said. "But this is a problem that's not going away. In the past few years, it has been getting less and less attention from the people who should be paying more attention to it." The UNC-C...Unusual mussels may use whale bones en route to hot sea-floor vents
...s on the evolution of the unusual animals found at hot vents on the deep-sea floor. The study, co-authored by graduate assistant Amy Baco and Professor Craig R. Smith from UH and researchers at the University of Maine and Harvard University, appear in the Feb. 17 issue of the British journal Nature. "Mus......r moose. "Moose don't perspire," he explained, "so hot weather causes them to overheat and they don't eat...ay have shown that moose killed by hunters after a hot summer have greatly reduced body weights compared to those killed following a cool, moist summer whi...Acid-loving microbe may be a key to mine pollution
...re exposed to air and water, conditions that mimic hot battery acid. The microbe, the scientists say, is ...o any form of life, an environment that is acidic, hot and full of toxic metals. "The mine has a fairly simple ecology and this seems to be the major playe...Reports of "weird life" almost stranger than fiction
... a bacterium living in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring has made possible DNA fingerprinting and a ...ed microbes clinging to the underside of stones in hot dry deserts like the Atacama in Chile. "They would like a pond better but would be outcompeted by ...Nerve protein shown crucial to sensations of pain from heat, injury
...sing the heat caused by ingredients inparticularly hot foods. The capsaicin receptor, better known as the...ith capsaicin, suggesting that the spicy nature of hot cuisine issensed via the capsaicin receptor. Most importantly, the increased sensation to heat pain ...Microbes on Earth may be key to identifying life on other planets
...be easier to identify thanks to microbes living in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. "The existen...r the deposition of travertine by actively flowing hot springs at Angel Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs. "Travertine is a crystalline form of calcite that f...PRAECIS announces positive results for abarelix depot-M in two pivotal Phase III clinical trials
...n 90% of patients. Reported side effects, such as hot flashes, were similar for all three hormonal treatment regimens. "The studies show that abarelix depot-M represents a potentially new prostate cancer treatment which acts rapidly without causing a testosterone surge when therapy is initiated," said...NASA Materials Conference Features Science Results, Experts on Technologies for Exploration
...xperts from across the nation will discuss current hot topics in their fields - such as nanotechnology and biomaterials. Media can hear about the latest research findings reported by hundreds of investigators from NASA, universities and industry. The conference is hosted by Marshall Space Flight Center ...June 'Geology' and 'GSA Today' highlights
...y suggests that in some areas the oceanic crust is hot enough to melt, and the products of this melting form peculiar volcanic lavas called adakites. The authors use a new geochemical tool, lithium isotopes, to test if the subducted ocean crust beneath Panama has melted. Similarity between the lithium is...DNA details suggest how human chromosomes break, rearrange and cause a genetic disease
...f the smallest human chromosomes, is known to be a hot spot for disease, including heart defects, leukemias and schizophrenia. Genetics researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are teasing out details of how that chromosome's chemical structure renders it particularly vulnerable to defects ...Scientists look to nature to cut greenhouse emissions
...ere it survives near boiling point temperatures in hot springs, a climate similar to that of a coal-fired power plant. But their ultimate goal is to create technology that can use any type of algae found in abundance in the world. "We hope to make this a process that doesn't depend on any specific orga...Purdue researchers track deadly foodborne bacterium
...her 100 people. Approximately 15 million pounds of hot dogs and luncheon meats were destroyed because of the outbreak. Listeria monocytogenes can cause diarrhea, headaches, fever and even more extreme conditions such as meningitis, encephalitis, liver abscesses and pregnancy miscarriages. Unlike Salmonel......t, which help to overcome the burning sensation of hot chillies, and cool the mouth. It is a perception that Dr Klieber likes to test on school students when they visit the Waite Institute. "We had a school visit and I got the students to taste chillies, including Habaneros, and then see whether ......percent throughout the Long Island summer. "On hot summer days, the air just hangs over the island. Combine that with the intense ultraviolet rays and the greater New York City pollutants in the air, and you have a recipe for a lot of high ozone days," says McGrath. "These results document that ozo......secondary to the hormone's known ability to reduce hot flushes. The night sweats, experienced by most pe... 80 percent of the depressed women, independent of hot flushes. This level of relief, and the time required to achieve a therapeutic effect, about 3 weeks,......the concept of lymphocyte circulation, which was a hot topic in the 1970s, back into the scientific limelight," she says. "There could be applications to many other diseases."......ound; why women have orgasms; why many of us crave hot fudge sundaes; how religion and states evolved; and the origin of ethics. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and many other books and scientific articles, is Bing Professor of Population Studies and president of the Center for Conservation Biolog...