Californian wins neuroscience prize endowed by UNC scientist
...s responses to capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot peppers. The capsaicin receptor, VR1, is also responsible for the transmission of noxious heat sensations. That discovery four years ago, and Julius' subsequent studies, build on the pioneering research of neurophysiologist Edward R. Perl, M.D., Sar...Researchers identify molecule that senses osmotic pressure in vertebrates
...l heat and to capsaicin, the pungent ingredient of hot peppers. Liedtke's, Heller's, Hudspeth's and Friedman's co-authors are graduate student Yong Choe, Andrea M. Bell and Charlotte S. Denis in the Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience; and postdoctoral associate Marc A. Mart-Renom, Ph.D., and Associate...Analysis of Martian meteorite using unique magnetic microscope
...to so much energy that even their interiors become hot enough to sterilize any life-forms they might be c...etermine whether the meteorites interior had grown hot enough on its voyage to sterilize any living passengers, the researchers heated some of the samples ......ecent years has made headlines as a contaminant of hot dogs, cheese, cole slaw and other food stuffs, causing more than two thousand infections every year and 500 deaths. Though it hits immune-compromised people the hardest, its overall fatality rate is about 20 percent. Listeria bacteria establish an in...Hopkins scientists show enzyme is key to hallmark of Alzheimer's
...ains controversial. Gamma-secretase is a research hot spot because nearly a quarter of the people with early-onset Alzheimer's have mutations in genes (presenilin genes) linked with the enzyme's activity.......s C in summer, local areas of volcanic activity or hot springs might have provided enough warmth for life to evolve. In the Martian winter, temperatures fall to around -120 degrees C, but Zurek says there is no reason why organisms would not be able to survive. "Under those kind of conditions, life g...Global warming: lessons taught by snails and crabs
...tidal creatures that frequently are exposed to the hot rays of the sun during low tide? To find out, Some...e that porcelain crabs experience during extremely hot low tide periods,`` Somero explains. The results, recently published in Physiological and Biochemic...How much of the world do we really see?
...terest that has made both forms of cognitive error hot research topics. Such errors raise important questions about vision. For instance, how can we reconcile these gross lapses with our subjective experience of having continuous access to a rich visual scene? Last year, Stephen Kosslyn of Harvard Un...Microbial transport at Yellowstone: by land, sea or air?
...first collect water, rock and air samples from the hot springs environment. Then they use the sensitive ...searchers found the same microbes that live in the hot spring. "Whipped by winds, these microbes could be transported for hundreds of miles, or even globa...Bilbies invade central Australia
...y interesting to see how the bilbies fare over the hot months," she said. The research will involve trapping the bilbies and attaching transmitters to their tails. "We already have 4 with transmitters and they are travelling throughout the exclosure and digging extensively," said Ms Moseby. "We also some...December Geology and GSA Today highlights
...antle plume, where the plume represents a "jet" of hot mantle rising thousands of kilometers from near the core-mantle boundary. In contrast, the new teleseismic data from Yellowstone, combined with geologic data, can only be explained if there is appreciable upper mantle convection beneath Yellowstone. ...Huge new hydrothermal vent system found on seafloor
... silica, in contrast to most other mid-ocean ridge hot spring deposits which are formed by iron and sulfu... flanges form hydrothermal deposits reminiscent of hot spring deposits in Yellowstone National Park. During the Alvin dive, expedition leader Patrick Hicke...7,000 feet under the Sea: LSU scientists take geology to great depths
... when oil reservoirs beneath the sea floor get too hot and pressurized. When methane reaches the seabed through passages provided by geologic faults, it is either contained in ice forms called hydrates, or released into the water and then into the atmosphere, where it may cause damage to the environment...Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
...us years, the editors of Science have chosen six hot topics to watch in 2001. This year, their choices include: infectious diseases, ocean studies with satellites, quality control in RNA synthesis, science funding around the world, the post-Big Bang "quark soup," and asymmetry in cell development. The ...Earlier water on Earth? Oldest rock suggests hospitable young planet
...ecause rock is constantly recycled or sinks to the hot mantle of the Earth. Over the great spans of geologic time, there is little surface material that has not been recycled and reprocessed in this way. The tiny grain of zirconium silicate or zircon found by Wilde in western Australia was embed...Oldest crystal reveals early Earth
...ecause rock is constantly recycled or sinks to the hot mantle of the Earth. Over the great spans of geologic time, there is little surface material that has not been recycled and reprocessed in this way. The tiny grain of zirconium silicate or zircon found by Wilde in western Australia was embedded in a ...New group of microorganisms discovered in the open sea
...ure volcanic vents on the ocean floor, continental hot springs and fumeroles, and highly salty or acidic waters. Now, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have found unexpected, astounding numbers of archaea living in Earth's largest biome, the open sea. The researchers--D...Genome project finds the 'triggers' for E. coli illness
...tor Fred Blattner. The team expected to find a few hot zones on which to concentrate, but instead found differences across the genome. "The sheer magnitude of the differences was totally shocking to us," says lead author Nicole Perna, an assistant professor of animal health and biomedical sciences. "We c...Scientist searches Yellowstone Park for carbon dioxide-eating microbe
...iversity-Bozeman, carries with him as searches the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park this winter. ...heat-loving organisms that live in and around park hot springs. "They must be thermotolerant because the gases from these coal-fired power plants--which ...DOE funds commercialization program for new energy-saving sensing device
...irector of the VTLP. For example, these extremely hot environments are the hosts to jet engines, power plants, and ceramic engines that might power the autos of the future. By placing this sensing device in a jet engine, it could monitor sound-wave pressures, and warn the pilot that the engine is on the...